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He's a bit of a wunderkind, isn't he? What price 9. Goddard and 10. McGregor for Oz Schools next year? Not quite to the point but, geez I hate not having the Under 16s anymore because they were usually in Sydney. Now we don't get to see the young players from other parts of the country until...

Thanks - I had already put it in the planner. I'll record everything just in case. .

As expected all the players who did not start against Fiji, including the three who weren't in the 23, get to start against the Baas - except Asiata who is on the bench. It's interesting that ex-fullback, winger and no. 8 Blake is playing in the second row but he is a tall lad and athletic, so...

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G'day Newbie, Let's hope that your in-law relative has egg on his face shortly. The disturbing news is that the NZRFU is now involved. Although we have bitches about who is picked here (see above) our process is better than what the Kiwis used to have. (Cue some more whingeing quoting...

Crichton was injured and Tuaina Tualima took his place. Yeah I noticed that too about Scots yesterday. They don't even have a player in the touring party. A few non-Scots GPS fans would be smirking about that because of matters that they have talked about in the Scholarship etc thread, but...

It's hard to compare from year to year because there's no Oz A games in 2014 and sometimes they process a lot of players, as in 2013 when they went on tour to Europe. But as a sample (only) from games in Oz for Aus Schools Ones: 2013 v Fiji - Fereti S (starter) was the only Vic in the...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dctarget The game wasn't on TV but the next two games are. Sione was terrific in the national opens in Sydney and was clearly the best 12 in the tournament, though it's fair to say that his running skills are the best part of his game and that the Rebels outfit will...

He played on the wing in Sydney in the Under 16 nationals in 2012. He was hard to stop as a fast big bloke - and he kicked the goals too. I asked the Vic coach about him at the time and he said it was only his second year of rugby. Quite a talent. That was my first look at Sione Tuipulotu...

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All this talk about the ARC makes one wonder - what if? People have discussed the difference in standards between the ITM Cup, which has been going in different guises since the 1970s, and the NRC in it's first year. What if the ARC had prevailed financially and we were now in our eighth...

Yeah I knew that the Qld GPS boys hadn't played when the nationals started and our GPS lads had two games up already. Thanks for the link to the Churchie games; unfortunately the first one I tried disappeared after a few minutes and froze, then it came on later at a different point - and kept...

That's a good scoreline. Last year Aus Schools beat them by just 31-7 at Knox, and in 2013 they beat them 29-12 in Fiji. It's a nice trend. Two years ago Aus Schools lost 24-5 to the NZ A side (Barbarians) with only two of the forwards for the later NZ test starting. Let's see how the...

HH has been playing for Riverview since his Under 14 year and is now in his Under 17 year - so he's been playing for them since 2011. There's a photo of him playing for Aus Schools last year, when he was Under 16 eligible, in this blog...

I thought that Luka and Goddard would make the starting team. After the nationals I watched Joeys every week (Duffy) and Oakhill twice (Goddard) and am certain that Goddard is the better scrumhalf, but the combination Duffy had with O'Shea for his school was magnificent at that level...

I think, they think, that is their top XV and that they will keep it just as they did in 2012 unless someone has a crook game or gets injured. Two years ago they picked the same side as played against Samoa Schools (in NZ) for the NZ test, but for replacing one prop and getting Whiteley back...

There was some recorded vision of Oz Schools training at Joeys on Rugby HQ (obviously from earlier in the week). It was hard to spot but I noticed that 9. Duffy was passing to 10. Jackson-Hope and that skipper Fox and others were in body suits. That indicates to me that Duffy and...

It thought Robinson was OK too; but what bothered me in the last couple of years was his lack of dominance in tackling and rucking, whichever team had the ball - and in running with it close to the ruck (as contrasted to when he did it one pass wider or through arm tackles.) .

Yes, it was a bit harsh, wasn't it—but I did preface it by suggesting it may have been below his usual standard for his school and that it was only in the Aus Championships week. I had a similar opinion about Mitch Whiteley the Oz Schools captain for the tour two years ago (and also a no. 8)—...

Hewatt replaced Rodda who was injured. .