Author: Hugh Jarse
The 42nd Sebel Australian Schools Rugby Union Championships start on Monday, 4 July 2016 at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview in Sydney. The National Schools Championships are the highest level of U18 year-old state representation and competition in Australia and are administered by the Australian Schools Rugby Union. The ARU and ARU High Performance Unit are involved through the program including funding, programs scheduling, refereeing, coaching and selection. . . Division I – there are two teams each from Queensland and NSW, and one each from WA, Victoria and the ACT. An eighth team, Combined States, has been selected from players…
The 41st Sebel Australian Schools Rugby Union Championships starts on Monday, 29 June 2015 at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, in Sydney. by “Hugh Jarse” The Australian Schools Rugby Union Championships [the “Nationals”] are the highest level of U18 year old state representation and competition in Australia. The Nationals are administered by the Australian Schools Rugby Union (ASRU). The ARU and ARU High Performance Unit are involved through the program including funding, programs scheduling, refereeing, coaching and selection. The Divisions In Division I there are two teams each from Queensland and NSW, and one each from WA, Victoria and the…
Mark Kendall Bingham was Rugby Player who died on United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Along with others on that plane, he is credited with orchestrating a passenger rebellion to prevent the hijackers achieving their objective, believed to be the White House. 44 people died on United Flight 93 when it crashed into an open field in Pennsylvania after the Passenger action. They gave their lives to save numerous others. Mark was gay. He was a hero. Below is a trailer for a documentary about the life and times of Mark Bingham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhSM3OMZ-o You can see the full film on ABC…
by “Hugh Jarse” The 40th Sebel Australian Schools Rugby Union Championships starts on Monday, 30 June 2014 at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview in Sydney. The Championships are the highest level of U18 year old state representation and competition in Australia. The tournament is administered by the Australian Schools Rugby Union. The Australian Rugby Union and its High Performance Unit are involved with the program through funding, programme scheduling, refereeing, coaching and selection. Division I comprises eight teams. There are two teams each from Queensland and NSW, and one each from Western Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. An eighth…
The 2013 National Under 16 Championship starts on Monday 30th September at St. Ignatius College, Riverview. After rigorous selection trials, the cream of Australian Under 16 year old rugby talent will fight for the coveted Rod McQueen Shield. This tournament is an important stepping stone on the ARU Pathway to Gold, and, who knows, one of these boys may even be the scorer of the final try that helps to bring Bill back from RWC 2019 in Japan. The Championship provides the first taste of open national level competition and state/territory representation for Australia’s best U16 year old rugby players.…
For those who missed the general preview: The Australian National Under 16
After rigorous selection trials, the cream of Australian under-16 rugby talent will shortly descend on St Ignatius’ College, Riverview to fight for the coveted Rod Macqueen Shield. This tournament is an important stepping stone on the ARU Pathway to Gold, and who knows, one or more of these boys may even be in the Thunderbolts’ tilt for Rugby 7s Gold at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics. The National U16s Championships provides the first taste of open national-level competition and state/territory representation for Australia’s best under 16-year-old rugby players. It would be naïve to think that the annual assembly of the…
Now that we’ve covered the basics of Wheelchair Rugby we can review the Aussies’ performances at the London 2012 Paralympics. Competition In London 2012, the Steelers were in drawn in Pool B with fellow powerhouse Canada, along with Belgium and Sweden. The USA — hot favourites for a second successive gold medal — were in Pool A along with Japan, Great Britain and France. The Steelers topped their pool with victories 64-52 over Canada, 60-47 over Sweden, and 58-43 over Belgium. In the semi-final the Steelers comprehensively outplayed Japan 59-45 to advance to the gold medal match, expecting to face the…
There are some pundits who think there is little in common between Wheelchair Rugby