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I ran a survey today asking people what their preferred format of First XV competition was. I also received a message from a former First XV Captain who had this to say. I saw the article you shared about the ARU looking at the school competitions in qld and nsw. Anyway long story short...

I like Gorman, but I couldn't justify picking him to start when he got his arse handed to him by a converted hooker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At this stage I would only have Bullemor from Nudgee in my starting team of the season, but it comes with an asterisk because I haven't seen much of State High outside the Nudgee game and Fox Sports' highlights. Props are very difficult to select, but at this stage Eugene Koorts and Josh Nasser...

Phil Lutton from the SMH is reporting that the ARU have instigated sweeping reforms of schoolboy rugby. Here are some of the highlights of an interview Paul McLean, ARU Director, found here...

I don't want to reveal my methods on here for obvious reasons, but feel free to message me and I'll tell you why I'm so sure that I'm correct. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On the weekend, the school used three 18-year-olds in the forward pack and two 18-year-olds in the backline. Their full strength starting team is made up of two 16-year-olds (one who turns 17 in a few days), eight 17-year-olds (one who turns 18 in a few days) and five 18-year-olds who turn 19...

Did some research on the "offending" school to check how old their players were. Of the 24 players I know for sure to have taken the field at some point this year: two are currently 16-years-old, 14 are 17-years-old today, eight are 18-years-old today, and none are 19 years old or older...

Anonymous person A starts new account to subtly draw attention to a complaint about a school. Person "B" starts account on same day confirming that A's allegation is against the rules. Person "C", also with a brand new account, weighs in that repeating players wrecks the idea of schoolboy rugby...

There's a certain level of irony here then, isn't there? :rolleyes:

Match reports are online here. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/qld-gps-r8-state-high-take-home-slice-of-premiership-pie/

It's actually an issue that's getting more and more attention. For example, one school has a boy who played First XV last year that is now too old to play, after turning 19. That boy is forbidden from playing First XV because of his age, so instead has been the star player for the school's...

I interviewed Shane Drahm at the beginning of the season and he said that in previous years the First XV had been wrapped in cotton wool to try prevent injuries. This year he tried to reverse that by slamming them with heavy contact all preseason, because he figured that would harden them up a...

Check out the tries at 0:14 seconds, 1:02, 2:16, 2:29, 3:01, 3:09, 4:06, 4:24, 6:51. This does not look like a man who needs others to find him space

This bloke looks like a matchup nightmare! Who do teams mark up on him with? He's faster than all of them, bigger than 90% of them and can lay on a bloody impressive hit. Tell me he doesn't look like the perfect non-kicking winger?

Downlands have just posted up their season highlights videos. I remember being super impressed by their props and 10 in the Queensland Trials, and watching the tape I can see a lot of GPS First XV players running around against them - and they're more than holding their own in these clips. Link:

Nudgee's set piece has been just about spectacular in the last two weeks. Nudgee's scrum especially blew State High out of the water - that's an Australian rep and a Queensland rep outgunned by a front row fielding two hookers and a no-name at loosehead. That is very, very impressive. I'm...

Western Force appoint Dave Wessels after conducting their own "worldwide search" Ballymore Carpark Syndrome appears to be infectious... o_O

Taipan, what happened to Josh Preval? He was named as a starter at the start of the season but seems to have been replaced by Tyrell Douglas-Denduck. Is he hurt or just out of favour? I believe Tom Blackmore is in the same position.

He's been named in the team sheet published here? His hand looks pretty fine to me