Author: Nic Darveniza

Nic is a freelance journalist who first tried his hand writing for Green & Gold Rugby as a schoolboy. Five years on, Nic is our resident expert on Brisbane’s local rugby scene not named RugbyReg. In April 2018 Nic releases his first book, the official biography of Waisale Serevi entitled 'Waisale Serevi: The King of Sevens'.

QLD GPS Round 8 – Nudgee win 40th GPS Championship

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For the second year in a row, Nudgee College contested the GPS premiership on the historical graveyard of hundreds of schoolboy XVs – their home field of Ross Oval. 2012 saw the Nudgee favourites trumped in an upset, but there would be no chance in hell the Nudgee team would allow another robbery to occur in 2013. Nudgee mercilessly cut down a down-on-their-luck Toowoomba side to seize the College’s 40th GPS Premiership in a comprehensive victory. Unfortunately all Nudgee supporters who saw the game were too inebriated busy celebrating* over the weekend to provide a match report. Congratulations to Nudgee College on…

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QLD GPS Round 6 – The Power Rankings

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With Queensland’s 2013 GPS Rugby season over the halfway point, it seemed an appropriate time to unleash the official* Power Rankings for the season thus far. For those of you who aren’t close followers of the coverage and analysis of the major American sports leagues like the NFL, the NBA, and the MLB, the concept of power rankings is quite simple. A knowledgeable analyst will present his opinion on the teams in the current best form, and will place them in rank order accordingly. This analysis can be based off speculation, or it can be based off statistics and formulae…

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