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**Update** Anderson not eligible for 20's. Why do I even begin to doubt you HJ?

^^^Good point. I was relying on the fact that up to and including 2013, year 12's in WA were (generally speaking) 16 as at 1 January. Hayden originally came from NZ so maybe he was a little older. I will see what I can find out. Since 2014 WA leavers are in the same boat as NSW. However...

Great list HJ. Don't forget Hayden Anderson in the back row. Should probably be listed as a Barbarians incumbent given that he played for Australia in the Oceania Rugby Junior Championship but didn't survive the JWC cut. I don't have a birth date for him but he played in the 2013 WA...

If anyone is watching NRC lists with an eye to Manchester, Perth Spirit has listed Hayden Anderson (2015 Australian 20's extended squad) and Nicholas Jooste (20's eligible for both 2016 and 2017).

RUPA contracts allow 6% which narrows the margin a little.

Agree it is harder to see the 1 or 2 quality players in a struggling team but the selectors have plenty of experience and I suspect have some intel on who to be watching before the tournament starts. Poor HJ bore the brunt of an unhappy rant from me yesterday after I had a chance to see the...

Flash back to an earlier post 2016 - England 2017 - Georgia

...and Luke Burton. Agree with Forcefield, watch out for Backhouse (injured) and Seumanutafa (ineligible) in NRC. Quality players.

Is this a particularly young Australian Team? It looks like there are 15 U19 boys (including 2 U18) out of a squad of 28.

Those are some close games! Well done to all - boys, parents, coaches, managers, physios and ARU.

Names trickling out here too. Announcement imminent?

More semi final results: U15 ACT def Victoria 43 - 22 U17 ACT def Victoria 28 - 24 ACT and WA will face off in both Grand Finals at McGillvray Oval, Perth on 29 March.

Animal, I completely understand the points you make, particularly in relation to player and parent commitment. Been there, still doing that! I also think your numbers for "correct year" players and school players are pretty on the money. In those 2 categories you have 380 boys. Where you...

Early days, Nessie, early days. As many are aware, I was a keen observer of WA's tour of Qld in 2014 (particularly the U17's). Talking to a couple of the Brisbane coaches, it seems that they started training later, ran fewer weekly sessions and those GPS stars who did turn up, arrived only a...

Final Score in the U15's Northern Conference Semi Final WA 18 - Brisbane Pink 14 Edit: RugbyWA Juniors page has Bris Pink scoring 2 tries but only 1 converted so perhaps 18 - 12. Either way a win to WA

I agree entirely, but then I would as the father of an ineligible 17 year old Uni student. :-)

I think we need to be careful about trying to draw conclusions about the standard of JGC from this 1 match. The Sydney Grammar game was very much a last minute throw together which meant probably half the WA team were not available. With a large number of ring-ins who had not played or trained...

Got that from the Rebels Twitter account and took it on face value. Anyone know the final U17 SNH V SW score?

Victoria through to final again in both 15's and 17's. In 15's Vic beat Illawarra 27-7, while 17's won 80-0. On a related note, in 2016 it would be great if the ARU assigned someone to update the JGC website. Potentially a great resource but not much good if it isn't current.

Pool C v Pool D final at Ballymore on Tuesday night for both 15's and 17's. Venue and timing makes complete sense from a cost perspective but 6 games between Monday 9 March and Tuesday 17 March is really tough for the young WA players!!