Barker heads off to Japan this weekend to play in the Sannix World Youth competition. The Sannix Cup is probably the top tournament for school teams in the world. For those unaware this tournament is only for schools teams. Sannix and the JRU invite 8 foreign schools to compete against 8 domestic school sides in a one week tournament. Invitations are extended via each countries national body. In the past, school teams have come from the UK, Australia, Sth Africa, New Zealand, France, Wales, Fiji etc. Australia has been represented in the past by Kings, who won the inaugral tournament in 2000, Waverley in 2019, and St Augustine's last year to highlight our most recent attendance. Applications are made through the ARU, with the team nominated needing to have had a strong year in the preceding year and good prospects in the current year. WLF, maybe you can shed more light on this tournament as Waves did pretty well in 2019 I recall. It is a tough schedule with 3 pool games and then potentially playoffs all in the space of 9 or 10 days. Barker is sending a squad of 30 players along with staff and coaches for this year's tournament. They arrive back in Sydney 36 hours before playing Shore in the curtain raiser for the Tahs v Reds game in May.