Let’s be honest the QLD GPS rugby is on a serious glow up. Year after year it’s getting better, flashier, and more hyped than ever. Slowly but surely, it’s morphing into a bigger, better, and more marketable beast than the NSW AAGPS. Give it five years and I dare say QLD will leave NSW in the dust.
Sure, NSW has traditionally had slightly stronger players but let’s not forget they’re being slowly swallowed by league focused schools who’d rather kick a Steeden than a Gilbert. And let’s talk about recruitment, this year alone a couple of key 1st XV and 16A's palyers in QLD actually got their start at a NSW AAGPS school.
But where QLD truly wipes the floor? Atmosphere. Culture. School pride. When it comes to passion, NSW just can’t compete. Schools like NC, GT, ACGS, and even BBC put on a show like no other. THE QLD GPS brings the thunder. And let’s be real if school spirit were a try, QLD’s already converted it and kicked the goal from the sideline with the wind against it.
Now respectfully if there were a game between the best of QLD GPS and the best of NSW AAGPS, it’d be a 50/50 matchup. We’re talking about elite talent from both sides, not some random trial game.
N.K.