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Yes. Agree with parts of TheKing post and Nightstalker above. QLD1 forwards did not attack the ruck in twos or threes, the odd forward then not strong enough over the ball and too much easy turnover. When we were scoring with ease on the right side I thought we would see far more ball going...

I was thinking the whole package. But you are right B&W - on a rethink, BSHS have the most firepower up front. But I think overall BBC would edge TSS.

Ethan Robbins looked more than capable as an outside back in the trials. Is this who you are referring to?

Sometimes King. Saw it with Greene in 2012. But Lucas could not manage it last year.

On the back of TheKing's comments above, my initial feelings coming into the GPS competition this year was that it was going to be a very close competition with any teams being able to win on the day. While there is one more round of school trials to go before the season kicks off, from what I...

I am fairly certain that Sunnybank put some sponsorship dollars into the trials last week. There are some real costs involved. And the quid pro quo would be the final training session and jersey presentations at the club.

Great summary and perspective of the Schoolboy trials above Garry Owen. I thought CSS seemed to have the most team cohesion. After that GPS 3 was probably next most cohesive. GPS 1 just had too much talent across the park. Getting a couple of games together before next week will give them a...

My apologies Alistair, for possibly jumping too quickly to rebut your assertions above earlier on. However, I think you are targeting the wrong person responsible. I was very surprised a week or two later when I saw that Cam Howard had not made any of the GPS teams this year. However, things...

10am on Saturday at Bond

Churchie, Nudgee and TSS playing at Bond this Saturday morning in their final round of GPS Trials.

Not good for BSHS or the boys who were injured. I hope they recover well and quickly. Sometimes it is just dumb bad luck. However, I thought one of the keys for BSHS winning last year was that they were the team that had the least injuries during the season. While part of that is luck, it...

He showed blinding speed at trials on weekend. I saw him score a couple of tries and made the opposition look very pedestrian trying to match his speed. As exciting as Will Eadie was last year.

King, it surprises me so many of the boys are under contract, especially with the NRL clubs. The pathway for NRL clubs changes significantly next year with the ending of the u20 NRL comp. One of the primary reasons for this was the high rate of suicides amongst the junior ranks of the NRL. By...

Calm down Alistair. You obviously did not see the trials on Saturday. The people I was watching the trial games with on Saturday were surprised when Howard didn't run on against us. However it appeared the Terrace coaches were still trialling players and positions and Howard came on after 15...

I am hearing that the GPS selection process has changed from recent years. There is no short listing of names for a second round (where six composite teams played). Rather, all school teams will have another three way round robin of games within next week or two and then final GPS teams will...

It depends. Some schools in the past have left their most talented players on the sideline. Other schools are still trialling players and positions. So from memory, if there is only a try or two in it, then either team is still a chance during the season proper. But if a team receives a...

Just found that TSS, BSHS and TGS in same group. TSS V BSHS at 11am

GPS Trials scheduled for this Saturday at TSS. In past years first trial held with three groups of three teams. And then those three teams playing a round robin of halves against each other. Can't find any schedule of which teams in each group and times on GPS website at this point. From...

My observations with the u15 age group in Qld GPS especially since Rugby went to Term 3 is that the disruptions caused by some schools' Yr10 Immersion programs and the u15 State Schools Champs is that the overall results and Final ladder is not a true reflection of where school teams are...

That is a lot of injuries at this early stage of the season. They must be tearing each other apart at training. Good luck to the boys heading up the Range tomorrow. Always a tough match up there especially when Downlands are gunning for you when you see it as just a trial.