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That's not true, there are kids in the Qld sides from Brisbane Grammar, Ipswich Grammar & Brisbane State High. These aren't proper Qld teams, they are schools' teams made up from kids who played at the Qld schools carnival in Townsville a month or so ago. It is correct that a lot of the GPS...

Yes they have all been ushered through for some unknown reason. As an interested spectator on the weekend at Camden i was very interested to watch Holmes from Barker play as i had heard good things about him, however i was disappointed in what i saw, passes to the ground, box kicking out on the...

his performances would speak otherwise but because he is a "pathway" player he will continue to get picked and i think that is the point you're missing.

100% these kids need to be playing on the Sunshine Coast, half of them arent even that good and have been on the famed Pathway. If they are as good as they are alleged to be they should be playing this week and dominating that tournament

it doesnt matter as long as you are on the pathway your actual performance on the field is irrelevant

but he has been on the RA pathway so its all good...

There lies the point, the pathways programs are broken if a kid is continued on that pathway just because he was selected on a pathway at 14! Alot changes between 14 & 19 and for kids who mature later how do they get a head if RA continue to pick from there chosen pathway players.....

its not a case of Brumbies/Force players being better, its the fact they've never had to work for their position. There is a kid Sam Howarth playing for Bond Uni in the Qld comp, offers far more than Sharples. The selectors will almost never opt for a kid that hasnt been on the pathway, if they...

not talking about Sharples in this instance, its kids that get cottoned wooled into PONI squads and dont have to fight for their positions (like Sharples has never had to) when we have kids who get placed into squads without working for it (like Sharples) we have situations like we did last...

All eligible u18 players should be available for selection to play in the upcoming schools' tournament on the Sunshine Coast. No player should be placed in cotton wool and given a free pass through to the next stage

No one is saying to start from scratch, but selectors should start casting the net slightly larger. Putting your "PONI" player in cotton wool and not having them play on the Sunshine Coast is embarrassing. These kids need to be playing Rugby not pushing tin in a gym or prancing around on the...

so by form more CAS players should have been selected, + ISA were superior to the GPS team as well.

Thats rugby as whole, lets pick players on a reputation they developed as a 13/14 year old and guide them through a pathway despite other great kids being better than them. Take a look at the 20's this morning.

If Hwi Sharples isn't the definition of being "identified" at 14 and then given the rails ride through the pathways i don't know what is.

100% the PONI rubbish is what is killing our game, kids getting selected based on what they did when they were 13/14 and bigger and stronger than everyone else, no one and absolutely no one should be given a rails run into any rep team. I dont care if Grover or Taumoepeau are the greatest...