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It's good to see these 2012 Schoolboys getting an early chance for the National Academy - Qld. McIntyre played for NSW Schools but he is from Alstonville, up in Northern Rivers country, and was already doing some Academy training north of the Tweed last year. He can play 10 or 15 with equal...

Bill is two years younger than Kurtley and turned 22 last month. He played in the Oz U/20 team in 2011 - and if memory serves, he was called in when Joel Faulkner was injured. He's one of those unfashionable, big (94kg) inside centres who likes to bend the line. His point of difference in the...

Boyd Killingworth - put on the pork.

Sam Quinn

Hugh Roach (moving sideways) with Will Skelton

Sydney Academy - 32 Tonga A 18 At least that was the score on the PA. I had something else, but I yak a lot at games and miss stuff - so I'd back the PA guy. The Tonga A team wasn't as strong as the Samoa A team on Thursday though their fullback ran through 4 or 5 tackles to set up a...

The ironic thing is that they asked some promising Newington players to join in the practice session and two of them, Tepai Moeroa and Joey Lussick, are playing in the (rugby league) Toyota Cup on the weekend - or so I was told. Tepai Moera (left foreground), 2012 Oz Schools big bopper centre...

Anybody in a country where Super Rugby isn't broadcast? This is from the Tahs Media unit: HSBC Waratahs go global with live match streaming HSBC Waratahs fans across the globe can now follow the team’s progress this season, thanks to a new 2013 Super Rugby online viewing service. The new...

Not a bad thing for our sport though. The man has star quality. You should have seen him at Newington College yesterday. All the Tahs were signing autographs for the boys after training but when Izzy came along he was swamped.

But he couldn't play what was in front of him. .

If there can't be a home and away series versus NZ before the final U/20 squad is selected (my first choice) then at least Oz could have two domestic trials "on the cheap". One could be against Sydney Academy players who were not age-eligible, plus Tahs stable players not needed, and another...

Dropped his first one at training yesterday running at pace, but let's see how he goes. He seems to be the kind of player who can take club form two levels up (in effect) into the Super arena without too many games under his belt. That's unusual; but his test will be sterner on Saturday...

How quickly time flies; he was a great acquisition back in the day. Cheika said that Ryan is making it very difficult for him because he is putting his hand up to start. It's mentioned in a blog made up mostly of Cheika's quotes yesterday, which I turned into a bit of a preview...

That's Alan A. on the left and Michael A. on the right.

Bill and Robbie

Bill Pulver watching the game.

Samoa A beat the NSW Academy 33-24 at TG Milner in a well-deserved win, scoring 4 tries to 3. There wasn't a lot in it but the difference was that the Samoa lads were physically tough more often than the Academy guys were. The only Academy players who stood out in their physical approach...

Agree Lindommer - I would be a happy camper also. "A defender" with the 13 jersey means different things to different people. To some it means "making his tackles"; to others it is "being in position to make the tackles then making the tackles"; to others it is all of the above plus...

Volavola is a fullback who can play flyhalf if needed.