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When you know you get roasted so you tell the other person to seek refuge at another forum. :(

If you truly believe that players are picked on performance why would you not be willing to try the aforementioned trialing system? I feel that you believe this would threaten the chances of the less talented and frankly unworthy GPS players making QLD teams as has been the case for some time.

Their performance or the school they come from?

Could not have said it better myself

Money might not but a removal of bias and opportunity to grow and achieve sure will.

This demographic is present at in the AIC comp but is not being seen or allowed to grow due to the aforementioned.

So you don't trust their selections. What makes you think that GPS selectors know rugby any better than AIC/CSS selectors. This is exactly why the boys are not turning up to trial. They don't trust that those currently at the helm will give them a fair and equitable chance at making a state...

Unfortunately this is going to be hard to prove as most of the top players will be at Confro due to the inherent bias against them and their schools. As quoted in a secondary post this is a huge loss to Queensland Rugby and hopefully the effects will not be witnessed through future Reds teams.

The clear bias against the quality players due to their school is why few make the cut, not lack of skill. This is a sad reality that has been ongoing for a long period of time. Unfortunately, people such as yourself are unable to recognize this. As stated in a secondary post I am a fan and...

Friend, the point here is these boys are obviously going to choose to spend a week with their mates playing 'the other code' when they feel there is little chance of being selected in a Queensland side (that they could rightly make) due to there being a clear bias against them as a result of the...

No. I think it is safe to say that the top 3/4 teams in AIC this year are as strong as any GPS schools (minus there scholarship players many of whom are poached from the AIC comp but that is discussion for another forum). The reality is that many of the top players opt to play in the...

Top 2 games of the season without doubt - SPC 3rd XV v Padua Rnd 7 - Tight, hard, tough play and a textbook example of what schoolboy rugby is all about. SPLC 1st XV v Padua Rnd 7 - effectively grand final with nail biting finish

The game yesterday between Padua and Pats was probably game of the day at Shorncliffe and without doubt one of the best you'd hope to see in 3rd XV for a very long time. The final score was 13 - 10 to Padua but was an intense standoff from the kickoff played in front of literally a full...

Does anyone know if through all the hype if either Emosi Tuquiri or Ben Bucknell made AIC 1?

Sorry for the misunderstanding John about where you live. In hindsight it is actually very thoughtful of you to watch other teams train and pass information onto other coaches. Unfortunately I will have put down your offer of scouting for the Cowboys as my allegiances already lie firmly with the...

Thank you Mr Dickens this will help a lot. I hope you are feeling okay after your walk as it must be a long way for you and your dogs from Ipswich (or Ashgrove) to Indooroopilly.

Check out Ben Wicks Photography on Facebook for some sic pics from the Pats games. Give the page a like and support an emerging photographer. Stallard has nothing on this fella.

Game of the round is without doubt the 3rd XV St Pats v Padua in the "Grand Final". I think the game will be won and lost in the forwards with the key match up being Malou from Pats and 'Nugget' Fordyce from Padua. Game is at 11:00 Field 1 at Curlew Park

If games occur tomorrow players from Pats to watch are - #11 Jack Stevens #2 Callan Waterford #1 Edmund Morven This is these fellas last chance to make a bid for AIC 1 so they will defineitly be playing hard. This is in conjunction with the fly-half who has almost surely already earned a spot...

Gwynn-Jones is almost definitely the top pick at #10 for AIC 1