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QLD GPS 2025

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Sydney Middleton (9)
Footyfootyfooty said:
DF,
Glad you asked.
I believe that if were gonna base it off professional success in both the league and union game at the current moment this is your 5
1. Patty Carrigan (GT)
2. Kalyn Ponga (Churchie)
3. Fraser McCreight. (BGS)
4. Hamiso Tabuia Fidow (BGS)
5. Rob Toia/Jack howarth (NC, BBC)

This is just my opinion, would love to hear more from others

FFF
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Peter Burge (5)
CliffoXXXX said:
Hey mate cheers i'm excited to be one of the newest members to this well tied together community. Just a quick correction, the BGS 6 was played by the well-known Dyer Akauola AKA ''hot tub''. The BGS rugby custodian was a well-respected member of the BGS first XV last year holding up the back of the scrum for Bgs. Returning this year to the role of flanker in this new era of grammar rugby. I'm very excited to see what he has to offer from his side of the scrum.

PREDICTIONS for the weekend in the threesome.
BGS v IGS - (21-14)
BGS v GT - (12-7)
GT v IGS - (7-21)

Signing out, Cliffo.4.X
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Whats everyone elses predictions for this three way?
I think Cliffo's are spot on.

Cheers,
D.F
 
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CliffoXXXX

Bob McCowan (2)
Quick_Tap_Tony said:
The Tale of Harry Hockings (All time favourite GPS player)
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In the January heat of 2014, Harry Hockings was nobody’s pick. He was stuck in the 16Bs playing on the wing, a position that suited him about as well as ballet slippers on a bull. He was tall, awkward, and built like a garden rake. Most people assumed he was just there to bring the oranges. But something snapped in him that preseason. Harry got tired of being the "tall bloke who doesn’t hit rucks," so he made a decision. He threw his asthma puffer in the bin, tore up his Netball Queensland membership, and moved into the Churchie gym. Literally. He brought in a swag and started sleeping under the squat rack. His bench press was so violent it made it look like he was trying to hurt the bar. He ate like a machine — steak and rice at recess, peanut butter straight from the jar, whole lasagnas after class. He sweated through his school uniform by Period 2 most days and once blacked out mid-deadlift just to wake up, shake it off, and do another set. In 25 weeks, Harry stacked on 30kg of lean muscle. Coaches started calling him “The Concrete Giraffe.” His skin was constantly red from how hard he trained—he sweat like a busted tap and was often seen pushing a sled around in the sun until he looked like he'd been baptized in battery acid. Still, no one expected him to make the First XV. That was until the final trial, when Harry put on a performance so violent it should’ve come with a warning label. He made 30 tackles, three line breaks, and rumbled over four defenders in a single run like a runaway fridge on wheels. The selectors looked at each other and wrote his name down with shaky hands. Harry Hockings had forced his way in.

The season rolled on and Churchie dominated. Every paper, blog, and post talked about Kalyn Ponga — his footwork, his flair, his freakish ability to make defenders quit mid-play. Meanwhile, Harry Hockings was buried in the engine room, doing the hard stuff. No highlights, no interviews, just head tape, hit ups, and bruises. His teammates called him "The Boiler Room" because he was always steaming, silent, and impossible to shut down. He was the bloke making 15 tackles a game, blowing out scrums, and cleaning rucks so hard he left divots in the turf. Then, the night before the final game, everything went sideways. Harry came down with some kind of violent stomach bug and spent the night in bed shaking and throwing up like a busted hose. The team doctor ruled him out. But at 11:15 in the morning (3 hours before kick-off), white as a sheet and running on fumes, Harry drove himself to the ground in his battered Hilux, listening to Midnight Oil through the one working speaker. He walked into the sheds, looked his coach dead in the eye and said, “If I die, bury me on the try line.” That afternoon, he played his finest game. He made 20 tackles, stole lineouts, and carried defenders on his back like oversized backpacks. By half time he had no working limbs—just pure heart and desperation. He coughed blood, spat it out, and kept playing. When the final whistle blew and Churchie went undefeated, the cameras chased Ponga. But inside the sheds, the boys hoisted Harry onto their shoulders. They knew. He wasn’t flashy, but he was tough. He wasn’t gifted, but he was built. A bloke who made himself through pain, steel, and sheer bloody-mindedness. From 16B winger to Churchie’s iron heartbeat — Harry Hockings had earned his legend.
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Wow.
QTT, I'd be lying to you if i said this didn't bring a tear to my eye. I'm so glad you have shined a light upon the grassroot legends of the game we play in heaven. These blokes, the blokes that live for the hard yakka when everyone's afraid to hit the ruck they get there head down and "He hit the ruck like a dad chasing a fly with a rolled-up newspaper, wild, relentless, and somehow surprisingly effective." -Wayne''.

Signing off, Cliffo.4.X.
 
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Bob McCowan (2)
Thinking about wonderful work horses our great competition has summoned to the world of rugby. Could someone provide me with their top 10 most hard working, passionate and gritty forwards to be produced from the GPS QLD comp.

Cheers, Clif.4.X.
 
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Larry Dwyer (12)
Let's talk best ball-hawks (jackal) of the GPS:

1. Archie Illott (GT) - 2 pilfers last weekend
2. Oliver Nasser (GT) - 3 pilfers last weekend
3. Tom Wood (ACGS)
4. Lincoln Dalton (BGS)
5. Harper Enasio (BGS)
 
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Herbert Moran (7)
RucknRoll69 said:
lets be honest guys ippy for sure
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Honestly, I can see any of the teams coming away with the choccies this weekend.

With the games being played at Northgate, BGS might have a slight edge they know the ground well and are used to the conditions there. Ippy have looked sharp across the trials, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they make a real statement. And GT are coming off a massive win over Woomba, so they’ll be riding high on confidence too.

It’s anyone’s game on Saturday should be a cracking watch!

Cheers, D.B
 
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TimHealy1968

Herbert Moran (7)
TGS side for this weekend, a few boys lost to school commitments:

1. Arch Campbell
2. Ruben Kruger
3. Harrison Humphreys
4. Ben Walker
5. Dominic Seaby
6. Tom Hiscock
7. Keegan Cook
8. Rhymen Tuilagi Tusi
9. Jack Brown
10. Cooper Brown
11. Matty Johnston
12. Luke Burrow
13. Adam Davis
14. Petelo Maka
15. Myles Rosemond
 
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