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    Western Force 2024

    Well they have been collecting replacement players for scrum injuries.
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    Brumbies 2024

    Pretty sure LHP and still to comeback from ACL12 Months ago in summer trial against NSW at St Edmunds College
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    July Test tied to North South Test Championship
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    Brumbies 2024

    Elevated from Brumbies Academy but formerly a WA kid with NZ bloodline and played NPC for Waikato and time at Hamilton Boys High. Success has many fathers.
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    When Jake White was coaching at the Brumbies, I went to a members night where Jake explained why he stopped the Brumbies players playing in the Shute Shield and were required to play in the JID. That for the players to compete in the Shute Shield they would leave at lunch time on Thursday to...
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    My favourite is Tongan Thor. Taniela Tupou - Age: 27 - Position: front row Current club: Queensland Reds NRL comparison: Lindsay Collins The man they call the ‘Tongan Thor’ would need to shed significant weight off his 135kg frame, but Tupou has the skill to be a ball-playing front rower in...
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    The question turns out to be more complex with layers like an onion. Queensland tend to have interstate players at High School. Examples past Digby Ioane, WA boys in Reejsan Pasitoa and even from Wollongong in Blake Schoupp. Or say Charlie Hancock from ACT goes to Sydney Uni post HSC and...
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    I think you need to consider the other 10 - Super Rugby or injured and the numbers becomes Brumbies 18 Reds 13 Waratahs 12 Force 8 Rebels 4
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Noting that John Ulugia moves up from the U19's coaching team to take Dan Palmer's role with the scrum as Assistant Coach for Brumbies.
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Now the comp is won & done will be interested in the selections going forward. Whether size & reputation still counts.
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Lachlan Hooper The younger brother of Brumbies and Wallabies star Tom Hooper, Lachlan has led the junior Brumbies throughout the season. A Junior Wallabies talent in his first year out of school, many experts are tipping Lachlan to be even better than his older brother. Captain Lachlan Hooper...
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Toby Macpherson Another Junior Wallabies talent, Macpherson is an emerging lock who can impose his physical presence on opposition packs. The teenager impressed for Uni-Norths throughout the John I Dent Cup and looks set to join a deep crop of Brumbies locks in the coming years. Like Hooper...
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Shane Wilcox It should come as no surprise the Brumbies have had their eye on Wilcox for years. The St Edmund's graduate played for Australia under-18s this season and has spent the past 12 months training with the top ACT squad. Wilcox is an outside back with immense talent and the humble...
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Canberra Times article with profile of 4 Players Staniforth, Hooper. Wilcox & Macpherson. I found Staniforth's story interesting. Angus Staniforth Angus Staniforth grew up dreaming of following in his uncle's footsteps and playing for the Waratahs. The nephew of former Wallaby Scott Staniforth...
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    The one and only Wallaby Coach thread

    There is always Phil Waugh he does everything at RA and he could be a Hamish's 'Captains Pick'
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    Waratahs 2024

    Or is that warehousing with the new regime.
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Good to see a couple of Penrith Emu's in the Brumbies Under 19.
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    U16/U19 Competition 2023

    Also play seniors in JID Cup with 6 pretty handy teams. Pathway slightly different for the ones who were not anointed.
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    Or Rob Penney and we have to pay compensation to Canterbury
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    Australian Rugby / RA

    I am tired of Eddie Jones mouthpiece in the French Scrum coach yapping. The one person Eddie told to shut up was Fisher. How bizarre.
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