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It's been mentioned on another thread. The story of Moeroa has been known on our school rugby forums for years. Like Joey Lussick and Taane Milne, he was recruited from rugby league by the same school, building up to a centenary year, and it was tough to compete against them in those years...

Chris Deegan said he would be tweeting again and other parents at lead-up games have told me that they will be tweeting also. So as soon as folks see the tweets appear could they please put them in this thread for non-tweeters like myself. I should be getting a couple of emails also but they...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's in post #376. One player (Matt Gibbon) was injured and his shadow (Vunipola Fifita) will be included in the the 26 if he doesn't recover. Anybody know if this has been resolved yet—or of any other injuries sustained? .

I had been crowing about the emphasis on rucking training the Tahs had done pre-season and that they did rucking drills at every training session I went to up until Round 1 - which was quite a few—not "most" but "every" session; backs as well as forwards. Then came the soft display in contact...

Simon has given a cracking report on this game, here - give it a read: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/qld-premier-rugby-rd-1-wests-v-brothers/ .

Welcome to the forum 747. Keep them coming. Those players sound scary; maybe even to England whose programmes are second to none and something we could never duplicate here because we don't have the deep pockets that they have. Thomas du Toit will be a star in South African rugby in a few...

I wouldn't count on Tepai coming back. Parramatta has been very good to him and his family in adverse times and he is a good lad who will appreciate what they did. .

Good suggestion HJ and he's been with the Reds before in the turnstile period. He also coached Australia A back in the day for Eddie Jones. Later he brought Kyuden Voltex a bunch of no names into the Top League of the Japan competition before returning to Australia when the Gold Academies...

Yeah it was a fine effort from Hugh. I find that analysis interesting. But BH, the comparison with Qld would be a bit skewed because many boys leave school a year earlier than NSW lads; so more of them play Colts earlier than Sydney boys do. This means the average U18 and U19 player is more...

The communication of the boys on the field was amazing. I've seen hundreds of schoolboy and junior games and there is always a lot of noise and when I see an older guy like myself on the sideline a good conversation opener is always: "A bit noisier than our day, eh?" Well, it just wasn't...

Aus Barbarians player loses his head ?

Thanks for keeping us updated about the the Qld U20s It's bad news about the the injuries to the Qld U20s: it looks like the jinx of the senior side has visited the juniors. Mafi has been dogged by injuries hasn't he? It's a pity because he's just the type of player that we need in Italy and...

I was looking back at some old posts: Harry Nucifora. There really is - he's mentioned in one of my recent posts. An outstanding hooker in the TPN mould and one that was recruited by Sydney Uni from out of the blue. Good for them. Anderson was in the training squad in November and...

Good post Hans. Jones and A. Kellaway were like in their school days playing for NSW Schools and it's good to see them playing together again with the same potency at the U20 level. Nick Kellaway probably had the best game I ever saw from him; in the way you described. I have more...

Redden has to be one of the most improved players in the squad both from his progress since the beginning of December and ditto since his school days - though I'm thinking now that he may have missed out on rugby in his last year of school and I'm comparing him to his U/17 year. Hutchison was...

And now we know the NSW U20s team: The NSW Under 20s team that played today was: 1. Cameron Orr 2. Folau Fainga'a 3. Matt Sandell 4. Harrison Williams 5. Lukhan Lealaiauloto-Tui 6. Sam Croke 7. Jack McCalman 8. Ollie Kamp 9. Mitch Short 10. Andrew Deegan 11. Henry Hutchison 12. Jack Redden...

The NSW Under 20s had a good hit-out at Rockdale today. What appeared to be their top XV played Southern Districts First Grade in the first 40 minutes. After some constant pressure by SD the juniors took everything they had including some challenging scrums from the senior players - but their...

No idea about Queensland but the NSW boys are having a "3 way vs. Norths/Souths 1st Grade" at Rockdale Rugby Park at 2pm. No, I don't know what it means either. I will probably be there if for nothing else but to find who is left in the squad - to see if my snouts were right. That's if I...

Faleali'í has been injured for a while and Jock Merriman has been filling in. .