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John Eales (66)
Yeah my bad, Teddy Thomas would've been unfair.
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Nev Cottrell (35)
Bowen showed multiple dimension to his game. Very steady head.
Tagg and Gibson were my best. The latter doing all the unseen 1%.
Tagg and Gibson were my best. The latter doing all the unseen 1%.
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David Wilson (68)
Starting halfback I thought was excellent. Very nuggety for a No 9 but very sharp and strong defender.
Bowen looks like he has all the skills required to go quite a bit further.
Bowen looks like he has all the skills required to go quite a bit further.
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Tim Fanganuku(?) - West no 1
Jake Tierney - UQ no 2
Jayden Christenson - Brothers no 3 would make a pretty handy front row. All have played in reds pathways teams.
Taine Riori - Easts No 8 or 5 - although is apparently with the squad at the sunshine coast
Lachlan Howse - GPS no 7 (6)
Michael Van der schefe - UQ no 4 (6)
Carsen Patu - Bond no 6 (2)
Tom Lynagh - UQ - 10 (15)
Appears the Reds academy didn't play any U20 games this year (or last) so the potential exposure of the cohort was not there for Nathan Grey to see.
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Zac Hough spends too much time standing on the wing for mine. Prefer to have a seven that goes after the ball at the breakdown far more.
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Peter Johnson (47)
There was sufficient video footage of u20s in 2021 in Queensland (premier colts was the premier colt comp because Shute shield got cancelled) - also gps rugby was premier school boy comp cause Sydney comp was canned.
Contracted reds players under the age of 20 made the u20 team so unsure what your point is?
you didn't watch this game did you?
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Andrew Slack (58)
Bowen has all the fundamentals there for such a young man (I think he's still 18?) We've all seen too many players that have got to this level off pure natural ability then fail to kick on once playing with professionals.
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Rae Rae
Grey picked Tim Faingaanuku in one of the camps held last year. Is he still young enough this year?
Clearly Grey knows who he is.
There are 7 Reds players in the squad plus Hough, Nofoagatotoa, Gordon and Ripley have all relocated from Queensland for Super Rugby contracts so it is a bit rich to suggest that Queensland players are being ignored because Grey doesn't know about any of them.
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he is proven
plus not my son
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Andrew Slack (58)
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waratahs, brumbies, rebels and force U 20 played games that Grey and crew attended
Qld Reds were asked to provide a list of names as the only way Grey and crew could then watch film of.
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have watched Hough since he was 14 not only this game
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all I said was there are other front rowers given the way the Argentineans towelled up ours in game one
my comment was on this game....
On a side note, does anyone know which players in this squad were still 18 at 1 January 2022 and will therefore be eligible for the 2023 Under 20 World Championship?
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David Codey (61)
I know Floyd Aubrey, Taj Annan, Mason Gordon and Teddy Wilson are.
Assuming the qualification for u18s last year was based on the same date that year then Max Craig, Nick Baker, Zac Hough and Jamie Clark will all still be eligible next year. Maybe others too, this is just based off of QLD and NSW under 18 squads from last year.
I believe Jack Bowen is at least?