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Qld Premier Rugby 2023

SouthernX

SouthernX

Ken Catchpole (46)
I know this is the 2023 premier thread and there’s still 3 weeks of high quality football left…

But SOUTHS looking like they could be a powerhouse (again) from 2024 onwards…. Winning the minor premiership in colts and having a really promising premier grade team with a good coaching candidate.

They should be recruit very well this off-season building off what they have done in 2023.
 
warhorse

warhorse

Jimmy Flynn (14)
SouthernX said:
I know this is the 2023 premier thread and there’s still 3 weeks of high quality football left…

But SOUTHS looking like they could be a powerhouse (again) from 2024 onwards…. Winning the minor premiership in colts and having a really promising premier grade team with a good coaching candidate.

They should be recruit very well this off-season building off what they have done in 2023.
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Totally agree. Narrowly missed the 4 in Prems, in the finals in 2nds, Minor Premiers in 4ths and 5ths. Minor Premiers in Colts 1 and in the finals in Colts 2 and 3. Narrowly missed the finals in Colts 4, finishing in equal 4th but missing out on for & against.
The Premier Grade was certainly an extremely competitive team but they did suffer with the unavailability of the Junior Wallabies. They had the highest representation of any one Club in the Junior Wallabies with four players: Harry McLaughlin-Philips, Taj Annan, John Bryant and Trevor King.
The Club fought strongly in the Doughty Shield. It is onward and upward for the Magpies in the remainder of 2023 & in 2024.
 
Confucius Say

Confucius Say

Trevor Allan (34)
When they won the Colts premiership a few years back, it proved to be a false dawn for Souths. The following year they fielded a very young side in first grade and were out of their depth most weeks. Then covid…

They look to have built a much broader and deeper base of talent this year. So agree that the future looks bright.
 
hdnmstsnr

hdnmstsnr

Frank Nicholson (4)
Confucius Say said:
When they won the Colts premiership a few years back, it proved to be a false dawn for Souths. The following year they fielded a very young side in first grade and were out of their depth most weeks. Then covid…

They look to have built a much broader and deeper base of talent this year. So agree that the future looks bright.
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Two words - Kohan Herbert.
 
Sir Charles

Sir Charles

Ted Fahey (11)
Two letters for the young thunder cats coming out of Souths - UQ, they are rebuilding and they will take from somewhere.....History says Souths, Sunnybank and Norths. In saying that East stole Rhys from their successful Colts program that year as well.
 
Bulldog

Bulldog

Nev Cottrell (35)
How come the Dammers impact on the transition of that recent colts success into first grade situation which 12 months ago didn’t look so promising, never gets a mention?
 
Bulldog

Bulldog

Nev Cottrell (35)
Sir Charles said:
Two letters for the young thunder cats coming out of Souths - UQ, they are rebuilding and they will take from somewhere.....History says Souths, Sunnybank and Norths. In saying that East stole Rhys from their successful Colts program that year as well.
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I think Mr Dammers might have played a part in Rhys moving from Souths colts to Easts - that was 5/6 years ago.
 
PPRugby

PPRugby

Allen Oxlade (6)
Bulldog said:
I think Mr Dammers might have played a part in Rhys moving from Souths colts to Easts - that was 5/6 years ago.
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I think you will find Dammers housed him early on & has a good relationship with him still… He graduated to grades in 2019, the year he went to Easts.
The Picone factor as he was not his manager squeezed him out the door I think you will find.
 
Wilson

Wilson

Steve Williams (59)
SouthernX said:
So @Wilson with the scoop over in the wallabies 2023 thread

James O’Connor is going to Darwin this weekend (wallabies camp) which you’d think will most likely rule him out on Sunday?
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It is very much 3rd or 4th hand rumour at this stage so I wouldn't rule him out just yet, but if he is indeed on the plane you have to assume he won;t be playing for Brothers this weekend. I had hoped we might have seen QPR teams by now to give us a bit more of a hint at that wallabies squad though.
 
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Willo

Stan Wickham (3)
I don't understand that if JOC (James O'Connor) goes to Darwin this weekend to hold the bags for the WC squad the lack of respect for club rugby. We wonder why our game is losing players and fans at such a great rate. I personally am jack of it. DISGRACFUL.
 
SouthernX

SouthernX

Ken Catchpole (46)
Willo said:
I don't understand that if JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) goes to Darwin this weekend to hold the bags for the WC squad the lack of respect for club rugby. We wonder why our game is losing players and fans at such a great rate. I personally am jack of it. DISGRACFUL.
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He is putting the country ahead of brothers… I believe he might be in the frame for selection
 
PhilClinton

PhilClinton

Peter Sullivan (51)
SouthernX said:
He is putting the country ahead of brothers… I believe he might be in the frame for selection
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I posted on the Wallabies thread that Kerevi’s hand from what I’m told is actually broken.

Ikitau is gone from the RWC with injury.

I guess could do worse than have JOC (James O'Connor) as 10/12/13 cover particularly if Quade has been dropped as rumoured.
 
Wilson

Wilson

Steve Williams (59)
So Eddie confirmed O'Connor is in Darwin as a training extra, but interestingly brothers have named on the bench according to rugby Xplorer. May just have been in case they had him available though, who knows when they found out versus when the team was named.
 
SouthernX

SouthernX

Ken Catchpole (46)
Wilson said:
So Eddie confirmed O'Connor is in Darwin as a training extra, but interestingly brothers have named on the bench according to rugby Xplorer. May just have been in case they had him available though, who knows when they found out versus when the team was named.
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If he flys back in for the minor semi final
- major respect.

Would be even better if the brand landed in tigerland via parachute 5 mins before kick off with his immaculate hair.
 
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