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U16 schoolboy rugby

Soupnasty

Soupnasty

Allen Oxlade (6)
This U16 and U19 Super rugby would be run as a cost/investment for Rugby.
It makes no sense for that investment to have teams lose by 100.
It is impossible to tell whether the NSW team or players were excellent as they weren't tested.
Complete waste of content for Stan; surely only the families of the boys that played bothered to watch.

Rugby in Australia can't afford to keep messing this up.

It might have been better to have no Rebels team, feed them into the Brumbies squads and then not have a bye.
 
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Allen Oxlade (6)
The Brumbies were already strengthened by some Waratah players and lost by 90 anyway.

Agree the comp doesn’t work. Those Brumby and Rebels teams looked about the strength of a good Sydney school team. The U16 Randwick team would have easily beaten both.

The best thing for that age group would be a National champs with Melbourne, ACT, WA playing the Sydney and Qld districts. Then maybe a NSW v Qld match.
 
Soupnasty

Soupnasty

Allen Oxlade (6)
RugbyBot said:
The Brumbies were already strengthened by some Waratah players and lost by 90 anyway.

Agree the comp doesn’t work. Those Brumby and Rebels teams looked about the strength of a good Sydney school team. The U16 Randwick team would have easily beaten both.

The best thing for that age group would be a National champs with Melbourne, ACT, WA playing the Sydney and Qld districts. Then maybe a NSW v Qld match.
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My guess is, if you asked someone in the system, they would say that this is run as a counter to Harrold Matts and SG ball and that is their "strategic validation" for the competition.

But

It's not working
It's not competitive.
Clearly, it isn't doing the job of keeping players.
And the general standard is very poor - so it is not making better players either

Just like Super Rugby, it needs a major rethink.
 
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Mule

Larry Dwyer (12)
Soupnasty said:
My guess is, if you asked someone in the system, they would say that this is run as a counter to Harrold Matts and SG ball and that is their "strategic validation" for the competition.

But

It's not working
It's not competitive.
Clearly, it isn't doing the job of keeping players.
And the general standard is very poor - so it is not making better players either

Just like Super Rugby, it needs a major rethink.
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Not much of a rethink required; basically like the Senior Super Rugby squads worked, pick the best 150 players nationally (yes more from NSW & QLD), allocating them equally across the brands (afraid it means quite a lot of local lads from ACT, VIC & WA would miss out though…)

closer games, better spectacle, rewarding the best players, inspiring those on the cusp…
 
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Larry Dwyer (12)
thoughts??

Australia U16 Squad

Agapetos Lote-Felo (QLD Reds, The Southport School, Gold Coast Eagles)

Aidan Wunsch (ACT Brumbies, Daramalan College)

Alfie Bowman (QLD Reds, Anglican Church Grammar School)

Aston Weir (NSW Waratahs, The Scots College, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club)

Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage (Western Force, Byford Secondary College)

Chase Bunce (Western Force, St Mark's Anglican Community School)

Creighton Meafou (NSW Waratahs, Edmund Rice College, Randwick Warriors)

Cyrus Bloomfield (NSW Waratahs, Oakhill College, Dural Rugby Club)

Darcy Feltham (NSW Waratahs, Oakhill College, Hills Junior Rugby Club)

Halaliku Lauhingoa (Melbourne Rebels, The Grange Secondary College)

Harrison Asi (QLD Reds, Brisbane Boys College)

Harry Whitaker (NSW Waratahs, Newington College, Randwick Warriors)

Hasani Bloomfield (NSW Waratahs, The King's School, Hills Junior Rugby Club)

Hemi Rakuita (QLD Reds, Ipswich Grammar School)

Jack Calleja (QLD Reds, Ipswich Grammar School)

Jarryd King (NSW Waratahs, Newington College, Randwick Warriors)

Justice Taumoepeau (NSW Waratahs, St Joseph's College, Oatley Junior Rugby Club)

Nicholas Kotarac (NSW Waratahs, Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga Tigers)

Oliver Smith (NSW Waratahs, The King's School, Norths Pirates Rugby Club)

Selesitino Mainakavika (NSW Waratahs, St Johns College Dubbo, Dubbo Junior Rugby Club)

Tahj Smith (NSW Waratahs, Barker College, Central Eastwood)

Taione Taka (QLD Reds, Brisbane Boys College, Wests Rugby Club)

Talen Risati (NSW Waratahs, The King's School, Dural Rugby Club)

Visesio Kite (QLD Reds, Anglican Church Grammar School)

William Adrian De Klerk (QLD Reds, Sunshine Coast Grammar School)

Unavailable for selection due to other Rugby commitments:

Flynn Farrell (NSW Waratahs, Oakhill College, Blacktown Scorpions)

Rohan Nichol (QLD Reds, Sunshine Coast Grammar School)

Sam Polley (NSW Waratahs, Oakhill College, Blacktown Scorpions)
 
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Larry Dwyer (12)
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