Recent content by jmc07

The Under 15 Queensland Championships is universally considered one of the best representative tournaments with GPS and AIC players split up across the teams with matches evenly contested and a number of teams contesting the title. It is a bit rich and rather narrow minded to attack the...

Great win by Downlands at TGS on Saturday in the annual grudge match. A massive crowd, as usual, saw captain and man of the match, John Moloney (Number 7) lead his boys to a 38 to 33 win to secure the O'Callaghan Cup. Downlands were up 38 to 12, but dropped their intensity a little too early...

I have just confirmed (from scores published by both schools) that the score in the trial was BGS 26 def DC 19 (four tries to three). Both schools have also published the fixtures for this weekend with 1st XV, 2nd XV and 3rd XV teams listed to play. Those who saw the Second XV match during...

I watched Downlands play Terrace in Round 2 and I watched BGS play TGS on the weekend. Downlands played some great Rugby against GT, while BGS were very poor against TGS. Even if BGS plays their strongest available team, they could be in for a shock. I am told by a friend who follows BGS...

From what I saw last week and based on what I heard about the match in Round 1, Downlands are more than capable of playing school's 1st XV teams and don't need to play 2nd XV teams to be competitive.

Just found out that TSS Second XV will play Downlands Second XV in the main game at Southport. Neither First XV are playing. My predictions: BBC def BSHS by less than 7 IGS def GT by 10 BGS def TGS by 20 NC def ACGS by 15