The Chairman
Bob Loudon (25)
Well done to Sharples (J, 2023) for making the Wallabies U20 Rugby Championship Squad.
Well done to Sharples (J, 2023) for making the Wallabies U20 Rugby Championship Squad.
BOCChecking in from Brisbane.
Will GPS games be streamed this year? I've heard that cluch.tv is no longer operating?
Cheers
Thanks Rudderless, always appreciate the effort you put in.FYI
schoolsrugby.com.au
Click here to edit the announcement-bar module. This text is only for editing and will disappear after you publish the changes. ASRU website VIEW ALL Edstart is Major Partner of ASRU Games Learn more…schoolsrugby.com.auTOMORROW, WE WILL PUBLISH THE FIRST IN WHAT WILL BE A SHORT SERIES OF ARTICLES TELLING THE STORY AND DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS RUGBY UNION, THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS AND NOW ALSO THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLGIRLS.
Tomorrow’s piece is on the 1969 Schoolboy Tour to South Africa, the first ever Australian Schoolboys team and the first ever Australian Schoolboys tour. It will be accompanied by a brief piece by Greg Cornelsen, who was a 16-year-old attending The Armidale School at the time and was selected for the team.
They are a fascinating read.
Over time, we will also include the inside story of a few other key tours, such as the 1973/74 Tour To England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the Australian Championships; Pacific Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga; and the creation of the Australian Schoolgirl Sevens.
In the near future, we will also redesign aspects of the website to include, among other things, a ‘History’ tab, where this and future historical articles, including all official team photos, will live.
We started a video interview process about 18 months ago (which is where the short clip last month with Wally Lewis came from) with a number of our early ASRU teachers and administrators, such as Brother Bob Wallace, Jim Lucey and John Howard, and coaches including the great Geoff Mould. The focus will, of course, be on many of the early players, starting with Ken Wright and the entire 1977 team (only a few more to go), with many more to follow. These interviews will progressively be posted on a new Schools RugbyTV YouTube channel, joining the flash interviews from the Australian Championships.
We are also looking to get some of the old VHS tapes of early matches digitised – at a reasonable price – so we can share them.
These articles and videos are not meant to be Pulitzer or Academy Award winners; they were written and produced by those who were there to capture, preserve, and share our history.
From time to time, we will also be reaching out for photos and memories from you, our readers, who may be able to assist with certain photos or memorabilia, just as Greg Cornelsen did with this article, supplying personal commentary and the news clipping of the day.
As I am sure most of you know, the ASRU, including this website, Facebook, Instagram, TicTok, X, and the PhotoShelter photo archives, is staffed by volunteers only. Not one person at the ASRU is paid, so 100 per cent of funds raised go directly to the Australian Championships, Australian Schoolboys, and Australian Schoolgirl Teams.
This also means we can always use help.
Thanks Rudderless, always appreciate the effort you put in.
yeah same jokerHey fellas, first post for me on this years thread. Getting excited for the season ahead. @Joker could you please put me down for the tipping comp this year if entry isn’t closed?
Also in the squadAlso making that preliminary squad from the 2023 boys is
Austin Durbridge (K)
Boston Fakafanua (K)
Nate Tiitii (K)
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This is a labour of love for which I have been running in the past. Normally I start the competition from the first trial game but others think from the 1st comp round. I always include the school rep games which is fun. Would you commit to a full season?
Thoughts? Yes/NO? All games? Comp games?
Let me know.
Each team should have 2 trials from the start of term - Some may have games coming up in the holidays. GPS starts on May 18thI vote Comp games and reps.
Still happy if trials are included - I believe it's only three rounds?
It was a 16s tournament in Darwin. Shore beat Barker 45-10. Shore 1sts and 2nds are training in Lennox Head and play TSS todayany updates from Shore v Barker games?
Kings 1sts in real trouble come scrum time so farKings New Knox 3x40min thirds
2nds Kings over Knox 24-10 and New 14-0. Knox currently up 14-0 over New in final third.
Good first hit out. Several out of all squads. Kings scored several off rolling mauls, good set piece and potential in outside backs.
Kings quite young, think will be a development year for them in Opens
Firsts to come