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2017 Under-20 Competitions including Oceania & World U20s

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The Honey Badger

The Honey Badger

Jim Lenehan (48)
Lee Grant said:
Crikey, the Rebels must think a lot of Esei Ha'angana. The big lock is still only 17 and yet they made him the captain of their U20s; and now he's off to South Africa with the seniors, although he's not a contracted player.

Mind you, their second-rowers have been going down like flies.

He didn't take my eye in the U20 game I saw him play but that may have been more the fault of my eye than of his ability.

Also he didn't look to have the ideal build for a lock - not rangy, and arguably over-weight - though maybe it's my bad eye playing up again.

Tuipulotu is a known "commodity" but the other two touring Rebels U20s won't be able to press their case for Aus U20 selection since they are not available for the Oceania tournament.

And the 28 for the Worlds will be named after that tournament and before the final camp at the AIS in Canberra - so they must hope that they have made a big enough impression already.
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He has come along way since playing Combined States last year
TOCC said:
Esei Ha'angana, born 1999 :eek:

It scares me that from next year, we will see kids born after the year 2000 debuting in Super Rugby
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RugbyReg

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Rocky Elsom (76)
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BMW AUSTRALIA U20s NAME SQUAD FOR OCEANIA U20s CHAMPIONSHIP




The Australian Squad is subject to change depending on Super Rugby requirements leading into the tournament.

2017 Oceania Rugby U20s Championship Fixtures:
Round 1, Friday 28 April
New Zealand v Fiji, 5.00pm AEST
Australia v Samoa, 7.00pm AEST
Round 2, Tuesday 2 May
New Zealand v Samoa, 3.00pm AEST
Australia v Fiji, 5.00pm AEST
Round 3, Saturday 6 May
Samoa v Fiji, 5.00pm AEST
Australia v New Zealand, 7.00pm AEST

All matches will be played at Bond University’s Rugby Fields on the Gold Coast.

Prop
Harry Johnson-Holmes, NSW
Harry Chapman, NSW
Vaauli Faamausili, Victoria
Dan Matthew, NSW

Hooker
Tom Horton, NSW
Efi Maafu, Queensland
Sama Malolo, Western Australia

Lock
Harry Hockings, Queensland
Angus Blyth, Queensland
Ryan McCauley, NSW
Darcy Swain, ACT

Backrow
Lachlan Swinton, NSW
Angus Scott-Young, Queensland
Reece Hewat, Queensland
Liam Wright, Queensland
Angus Allen, ACT

Scrumhalf
Harry Nucifora, Queensland
Ryan Lonergan, ACT
Theo Strang, NSW

Flyhalf
Hamish Stewart , Queensland
Jack McGregor, Victoria

Centre
Tony Hunt, Queensland
Nick Jooste, ACT
Dylan Riley, Queensland
Len ikitau, ACT

Wing
James Ramm, NSW
Jayden Ngamanu, Queensland

Fullback
Semisi Tupou, Victoria
Jack Maddocks, Victoria
 
Silverado

Silverado

Dick Tooth (41)
^^^
Anyone know who is in rehab so ineligible? Some surprises is an understatement...


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Silverado

Silverado

Dick Tooth (41)
I don't like to question players selected, but the omissions that raised my eyebrows were Hoopert and Walker at prop, Girdler in the back row and Goddard at halfback. I'm factoring in players like Vui, Uelese Etc being on super duties


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Highlander35

Highlander35

Andrew Slack (58)
Rob Leota is eligible and injured, but the last (only?) injury report the Rebels put out said either Season or Indefinite, which gives no helpful information whatsoever.

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Happy to Chat

Happy to Chat

Nev Cottrell (35)
Silverado said:
I don't like to question players selected, but the omissions that raised my eyebrows were Hoopert and Walker at prop, Girdler in the back row and Goddard at halfback. I'm factoring in players like Vui, Uelese Etc being on super duties


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Lee Grant mentioned in his blog that Hoopert was out for the season with Rob Leota??


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thebreakdown

thebreakdown

Ted Fahey (11)
Oceania squad gotta perform, with the return of sevens players, super players & injury recovered players available for JWC. Go hard or Go home!!! Sound hard but that's the bottom line.


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waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
NZ Oceania U20 squad also named, no Jordie Barrett (not released by NZRU, possibly due to NM-S's slow recovery) or Stephen Perofeta (still recovering from his own ankle injury):

Forwards: Harrison Allan (Canterbury), Asafo Aumua (Wellington), Sam Caird (Waikato), Adrian Choat (Auckland), Tom Christie (Canterbury), Ryan Coxon (Waikato), Tim Farrell (Hawkes Bay), Alex Fidow (Wellington), Luke Jacobson (Waikato), Ezekiel Lindenmuth (Auckland), Marino Mikaele-Tuu (Hawke's Bay), Dalton Papalii (Auckland), Jacob Pierce (Auckland), John (JP) Sauni (Auckland), Samuel Slade (Auckland), Pouri Rakete-Stones (Hawke's Bay), Isaia Walker-Leawere (Wellington)

Backs: Caleb Clarke (Auckland), Ereatara Enari (Canterbury), Braydon Ennor (Canterbury), Tima Faingaanuku (Tasman), Tiaan Falcon (Hawke's Bay), Will Jordan (Tasman), Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Wellington), Orbyn Leger (Counties), Ciarahn Matoe (Taranaki), Josh McKay (Canterbury), Jona Nareki (Otago), Carlos Price (Wellington), Tamati Tua (Northland), Thomas Umaga-Jensen (Wellington)

http://www.planetrugby.com/news/barrett-left-out-of-new-zealand-u20-squad/
 
Braveheart81

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
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Silverado said:
Lee answered most of my queries, but I'm still a bit surprised Goddard and Girdler got overlooked. I can't say I watched all the games closely so it's just my opinion on what I saw. Good luck to all the boys.


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I guess Girdler has been squeezed out because they only picked one specialist 8 and decided that the two 6s and 7s cover Hewat. With a squad of only 29 there's presumably a fair bit of thought about likely matchday 23s.

If they're definitely going to start Hewat at 8, Cron is presumably thinking that his best 23 doesn't have a specialist 8 on the bench.

I didn't really see a lot of Goddard or Lonergan but Nucifora and Strang certainly seemed excellent. Not sure who Goddard missed out to, but seems to be a fair amount of competition at halfback this year (which is good because it has been a reasonably weak spot in recent years).
 
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