2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy
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Sideline Eye
Darby Loudon (17)
What's the web link for the source of these team lists?
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
Side Line Eye,
The team has just gone up on the Tahs site - I was looking all morning but missed it.
Good to see that there are no late changes for further injuries.
Well done to Jack Mac as the captain, as he was for Aus Schools.
I thought that Hanigan was the only other likely candidate.
And I see that LHP Fereti Sa'aga is the captain of the Barbarians; I didn't pick up on that before. He is well-regarded by the Rebels and is in their pathway programme, as is his tighthead prop younger brother RJ who is also a Barbarian.
But wait there's more: youngest brother Alex captained the Rebels U14 side in NZ last year; put his down his name for the U20s in a few years' time.
Imagine the weekly food bill for the family - and dad is no small unit either.
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The team has just gone up on the Tahs site - I was looking all morning but missed it.
Good to see that there are no late changes for further injuries.
Well done to Jack Mac as the captain, as he was for Aus Schools.
I thought that Hanigan was the only other likely candidate.
And I see that LHP Fereti Sa'aga is the captain of the Barbarians; I didn't pick up on that before. He is well-regarded by the Rebels and is in their pathway programme, as is his tighthead prop younger brother RJ who is also a Barbarian.
But wait there's more: youngest brother Alex captained the Rebels U14 side in NZ last year; put his down his name for the U20s in a few years' time.
Imagine the weekly food bill for the family - and dad is no small unit either.
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Brumby Jack
Steve Williams (59)
Folau Fainga'a surely has to be the best name running around in Rugby circles.
Rugger Mate
Allen Oxlade (6)
Any one got official barbarians under 20 team starting today
ld2b
Allen Oxlade (6)
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Tim Horan (67)
The even better news is that Alex is a hooker and RJ prefers tight head. So in a few years we might see a front row of Sa'aga, Sa'aga and Sa'aga.
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sounds like a Samoan law firm.
There is a preview blog of the tournament here:
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/78092/
PS - the game today was just a warm-up for the Aus Baas. Unlike the two state sides the Aus Barbarians haven't trained together so they arrived early in Canberra.
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Sounds like a Samoan law firm.
There is a preview blog of the tournament here:
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/78092/
PS - the game today was just a warm-up for the Aus Baas. Unlike the two state sides the Aus Barbarians haven't trained together so they arrived early in Canberra.
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Forcefield
Ken Catchpole (46)
Why wouldn't we want it?
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
Does it cost the ARU money?
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
By we I mean the ARU, and with them, who knows.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
Who knows.
But it probably costs at least $100k to send a side to Europe, so they'd save a good chunk of that to get a home tournament.
Using my SEQ example, say they used Ballymore and Ballymore No.2 as their big and small venue. Not sure of the suitability of No.2 but if it's good then that's all in-house to the QRU (plus whatever ticket revenue they can add).
They'd just need to find another mid-capacity ground somewhere and it's done.
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TOCC
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I think for tournaments like these which are run and hosted by World Rugby, the costs including transport costs are actually covered by IRB/World Rugby.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
Fair enough. It would work out to a decent chunk of change, though. Excluding the quadrennial WCs (men/women) + annual 7s circuits which would generate some TV revenue, there'd be:
Junior World Cup + Trophy (20 teams per year)
Pacific Challenge + Cup (12 per year)
Americas Rugby Champs (4 per year)
So WR (World Rugby) probably dole out more than 3 mill a year in that case. Do the hosts get to add or subtract from it?
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