QLD GPS Rugby 2019
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Phil Hardcastle (33)
I think you will find they will follow the TSS model and wait until grade10 before to award scholarships to students when they can better judge their academic and rugby skill levels as well as physical development as this allows them to plug the right holes - hopefully kicking as well.
I was advised 16s had a few injuries but when you look at the cattle returning hopefully including Howarth, a few new scholars and 16s and 15s they’ll put a decent 1sts together again.
I watched the game yesterday, credit to the culture of this team they seem a great group of kids - Howarth hugging the minion water boys after scoring tries - he seems a great kid indeed.
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Desmond Connor (43)
Time for you blokes to get your own BBC thread.
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Alan Cameron (40)
Well its always been very BBC Centric despite those that pretend they are from elsewhere
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Alan Cameron (40)
And they did take a kicker to the TSS Game .....Aussie Luke . They took 3 of them ( not including Lukas Ripley )
Ripley , believe it or not , didn't get the passed the kicking tee until half way along into proceedings v TGS
Ripley , believe it or not , didn't get the passed the kicking tee until half way along into proceedings v TGS
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Desmond Connor (43)
Noticed that. You certainly keep this thread moving. You should kick off with the team of the season. Over to you.
Ripely also kicked the last conversion from the sideline against IGS...the week before TSS. Drahm obviously couldn’t work it out that he was the best kicker even though it was staring him in the face! He has since kicked 10 from 10!
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Alan Cameron (40)
You've gone OK yourself Bob
But since you asked here goes
1. Harry Vella ( NC )
2. George Blake ( TSS )
3. Zane Nongorr ( TSS )
4. Jock Thompson ( NC )
5. Wilson Blyth ( TSS )
6. George Gibson ( BBC )
7. Mitch Lowrie ( NC )
8. Titi Nofoagotoa ( NC )
9. Kalani Thomas ( IGS )
10. Connor Claridge ( BBC )
11. Hamish Roberts ( TSS )
12. Lastus Aukaki ( NC )
13. Jojo Fifita ( TSS )
14. Jack Howarth (BBC)
15. Dion Samuela ( TSS )
16. Jake Tierney ( BBC )
17. Andrew Romano ( BBC )
18. Saipele Tamilo ( IGS )
19. Michael Van Der Schyff ( TSS )
20. Luc Lyndon ( TSS )
21. Henry Wilson ( ACGS )
22. Sam Walker ( IGS )
23. Lukas Ripley ( BBC )
24. Ben Murphy ( IGS )
25. Seamus King Smith ( IGS )
8 x TSS
6 x BBC
5 x NC
5 x NC
1 x ACGS
But since you asked here goes
1. Harry Vella ( NC )
2. George Blake ( TSS )
3. Zane Nongorr ( TSS )
4. Jock Thompson ( NC )
5. Wilson Blyth ( TSS )
6. George Gibson ( BBC )
7. Mitch Lowrie ( NC )
8. Titi Nofoagotoa ( NC )
9. Kalani Thomas ( IGS )
10. Connor Claridge ( BBC )
11. Hamish Roberts ( TSS )
12. Lastus Aukaki ( NC )
13. Jojo Fifita ( TSS )
14. Jack Howarth (BBC)
15. Dion Samuela ( TSS )
16. Jake Tierney ( BBC )
17. Andrew Romano ( BBC )
18. Saipele Tamilo ( IGS )
19. Michael Van Der Schyff ( TSS )
20. Luc Lyndon ( TSS )
21. Henry Wilson ( ACGS )
22. Sam Walker ( IGS )
23. Lukas Ripley ( BBC )
24. Ben Murphy ( IGS )
25. Seamus King Smith ( IGS )
8 x TSS
6 x BBC
5 x NC
5 x NC
1 x ACGS
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Desmond Connor (43)
The only 2 changes for me are 21. Finn Hearn and 22. Reesjan Pasitoa. Pasitoa had an average year but still in the top five for points. I would probably switch 13 and 14. Solid team.
EDIT: Jock Thompson is my player of the year. Not Nudgee bias, you would have to agree?
EDIT: Jock Thompson is my player of the year. Not Nudgee bias, you would have to agree?
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Alan Cameron (40)
No , not really ......I wouldn’t have to agree at all
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I think Howarth from BBC was my pick for player of the year. If they won the premiership, his name would have been the one everyone would have been attributing it to. Hamish Roberts from TSS must be up there also, but he did miss a kick close to in front of the posts on Sat which would have won them them a true undefeated Premiership, so this one blemish when it counted might weigh it n Howarth's favour for me.
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Alan Cameron (40)
He ( Hamish Roberts ) also won the premiership - twice over
1. To sink Nudgee at home in the last play of the game
2. Two shots to sink BBC - to tie it up in a poor forward pass play - and then to kick the go ahead score with the barge through the middle to take out the 9 - 30m in front of the posts
You, and others keep talking about the kicking Luke - but BBC were in front with 9m to go and the error count was 7-3 against - nearly all of them unforced - the difference is BBC’s errors cost 6 points . Luckily for Southport , their fewer errors didn’t cost them
And that , as they say , was that
Dunno that Hamish Roberts is the player of the season - but he sure as shit had the single biggest say on the outcomes of what this season presented. It’s pretty hard to say that isn’t the case
1. To sink Nudgee at home in the last play of the game
2. Two shots to sink BBC - to tie it up in a poor forward pass play - and then to kick the go ahead score with the barge through the middle to take out the 9 - 30m in front of the posts
You, and others keep talking about the kicking Luke - but BBC were in front with 9m to go and the error count was 7-3 against - nearly all of them unforced - the difference is BBC’s errors cost 6 points . Luckily for Southport , their fewer errors didn’t cost them
And that , as they say , was that
Dunno that Hamish Roberts is the player of the season - but he sure as shit had the single biggest say on the outcomes of what this season presented. It’s pretty hard to say that isn’t the case
fairplay
Johnnie Wallace (23)
Cheika, is that you? Just kidding. Nice team but you have picked a fantasy team to play a game against somebody else.
For a proper GPS combined 1st XV, I think you have to pick players based on the position they played for the majority of the season.
Did Jock Thompson pack down in the second row, or was Blake hooking in the scrum? Gibson at six?
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Stan Wickham (3)
Would swap Howarth and Jojo around and also Lastus and Ripley
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Desmond Connor (43)
There is no way I would elevate Connor Claridge to starting 10. There is no question over Sam Walker to secure that position. Even Mason Gordon over Connor Claridge from what I saw at the beginning of the season.
Hamish Roberts, Jack Howarth and Jock Thompson all big contributions to this year’s GPS.
Good year fellas. Not the outcome predicted at the beginning of the year but a solid year of rugby. With my son finishing up this year in GPS, and many of your lads too, we can move over to the Colts thread and continue our rivalry. Go Brothers.
Hamish Roberts, Jack Howarth and Jock Thompson all big contributions to this year’s GPS.
Good year fellas. Not the outcome predicted at the beginning of the year but a solid year of rugby. With my son finishing up this year in GPS, and many of your lads too, we can move over to the Colts thread and continue our rivalry. Go Brothers.
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Billy Sheehan (19)
BBC pumped us 29 -12 in 15A( our biggest loss all year by a long way)-and looked very well coached.
BBC scored 2 tries to 1 in 14 As and lost 11-10(both tries under the posts!).
16 As were are romp-but I see BBC beat TSS in 16 A -so something went wrong on weekend( i hear they had a lot out).
But I agree -next year depth will be a big issue for them.
NC 16 A are very very strong. Here we go.
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Alan Cameron (40)
Claridge was a big factor in containing Walker , completely dominated the TSS inner midfield and was a big big factor in blunting Pasitoa down the stretch - like he handled him one on one defensively in the first trial of the season. He’s got a big kicking game and when employed properly he’ll get his team around the park . He was the perfect , understated foil to a big time centre pairing and got them moving - the attack was absolutely on song v TSS and NC and Claridge’s execution was at the centre of that
Gordon will be an ok player and feasted on a poor Churchie team , a 1 win Terrace team and a no win Grammar team - but he isn’t anywhere near things Claridge can bring to the table - and he’s a big big part of the reason why other team’s 10’s really couldn’t fire too many shots. That , and Jack Howarth wedging in from 13 like something from a Sir David Attenborough African nature special - shut it down good and proper. But make no mistake - there was a reason Steve Kefu wanted him and you have to say it was 100% the right decision and gave BBC the chance to win it all
And they didn’t win it all because of kicking - they didn’t win because of poor coaching preparation and no in game adjustments and critical errors in the last 9 minutes v TSS that led to a 6 point swing . End of story .
But Claridge out played Schmidt and Pasitoa and probably just had the edge over Walker - who I thought mismanaged it with a rookie Coach in an 8 point game in the 2nd half when they had 67% 2nd half possession . BBC scored on last play of the game to open it up to 15 points in the scorecard - and they were the better team , no question , but IGS still squandered opportunity in a “close on the score board” game with 67% 2nd half possession
With Pasitoa , truth is , he didn’t take the game over when he needed to v BBC and didn’t really put his put down until the 2nd half v IGS. I expected him to dominate a lot more ( Hearn too ) v the rookie halves of TSS - but I found it a bit underwhelming.
So , without doing the “name pick” thing that most seem prone to do - and based purely on the merit I could see - Claridge is my starting 10 for the season
And yes , Go Brothers
Garry Owens
Alan Cameron (40)
No but I think Double Take had Jordan Petaia out of the position he played . There have been several other examples in prior teams of the season
But to acknowledge your point I sort of know what you are saying . The only guy I picked as a starter that didn’t play the whole season was Claridge - and only reason being is because he did it against the best in the comp
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
"He was the perfect , understated foil to a big time centre pairing and got them moving - the attack was absolutely on song v TSS and NC and Claridge’s execution was at the centre of that"
I'd still probably have Pasitoa as the overall best number 10. But Claridge has been very good for BBC doing the traditional flyhalf role, and physical and aggressive in defense.
Having said that, your sentence above is completely on point 100%