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Peter Burge (5)
Wins to the ACT U15 65 to 0 over Hunter and also the U17 with a score of 31 to 7.
ARU Junior Gold Cup - National Junior Championships
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Ted Thorn (20)
Saw the U15 game, ACT very impressive. The standouts for me were the 7, the big lad who was stationed at the back of the lineout, and the 15. Glad to see the 17s wasn't as one sided.
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Having watched the game thanks to the BARTV broadcast it noted that an incident had been edited out and was awaiting match review. I really hope it wasn't anything violent.
As for the game, the WS boys were just so much physically bigger and used it. The 22 who came on in the 2nd half really sparked things up.
Chris McCracken
Jim Clark (26)
Unfortunately, the piece that was edited out is unpleasant and caused a player significant injury. However, the NSWRU staff are well and truly onto it.
Azzuri
Trevor Allan (34)
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Trevor Allan (34)
Keiran
Sydney Middleton (9)
And what hapenned?
Oldschool
Jim Clark (26)
I'm pretty sure the answer is no. It mainly effects group C and in particular NQ.
After the weekend of the 14th you have the conference final, then the national final, followed by Easter which is the QLD v NSW game.
Oldschool
Jim Clark (26)
I think it's great that the unions in those two areas are taking the development of their kids seriously enough to devote the time and effort suggested. Judging by the early results they are going to be the teams to beat.
Personally, I'm disappointed with the effort the QRU Brisbane counterparts have put into date. Although Logan and GC seem to be taking it seriously.
Rugbyfan1246
Frank Row (1)
Western hooker was at the bottom of a ruck when the West Sydney no. 7 (captain) started punching him visible to everyone bar the ref. hooker was carried off and put in an ambulance. Looked pretty serious
Chris McCracken
Jim Clark (26)
I wasn't going to comment as I'm a parent of a Western player and know the injured player well. I didn't want to show bias.
What Rugbyfan 1246 says is pretty accurate. I will say I've seen the video evidence on something other than the back of a camera now and it wasn't punches. It was shoulder or similar.
For the record, the injured player has been cleared of serious injury.
What Rugbyfan 1246 says is pretty accurate. I will say I've seen the video evidence on something other than the back of a camera now and it wasn't punches. It was shoulder or similar.
For the record, the injured player has been cleared of serious injury.
Keiran
Sydney Middleton (9)
Glad to here he's ok!
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Frank Row (1)
The ACT teams draw from the whole of southern NSW and the ACT. Some boys have to travel 4-5 hours to train. Don't be mistaken it is a one town team. What you hear is incorrect, they are with the coaches twice a week. The local ACT boys are in the gym the other day.
Think you might be stretching it a bit considering the 15s squad only lists 3 from outside the Town. At best with 150km being the longest to travel.
Two coaching sessions and gym session still equates to 3 sessions.
Good luck to them, just makes it a bit silly when other sides only train once a week or for true regional teams twice in total before game day.
They should win with that amount of extra training and coaching. Good luck to them.
Two coaching sessions and gym session still equates to 3 sessions.
Good luck to them, just makes it a bit silly when other sides only train once a week or for true regional teams twice in total before game day.
They should win with that amount of extra training and coaching. Good luck to them.
BrumbyJacksMate
Peter Burge (5)
Down south this weekend is going to be a cracker with Sydney North West vs Hunter and then the ACT. I think we are going to see some great footy.
The Brumbies side have been dominant at state champs for the past 3 years and correct me if I'm wrong, it's largely the same side at JGC. There's plenty of talent there and they are very well coached. I don't think their success can just be put down to a few weeks of three sessions a week over summer.
It seems obvious that ACT and Melbourne have very good programs that start much earlier and that they don't seem to struggle to attract and retain talent. If teams are only getting to train and play together a few times before they kick off into this comp it's probably indicative of a shoddy pathway, a new program and some challenges around logistics etc. Other codes seem to effectively harvest talent from the country... maybe we should be looking at them for ideas rather than throwing together teams that then get thumped every week.... having said that, I would have thought that regardless, all kids in the program have gained plenty from the coaching, mateship, camaraderie etc...
Coaching wise, my observations are the coaches are under-resourced on a huge scale in Sydney (is it the same around NSW?) - they're doing their best, but basic gear seems to be missing and has had to be begged, borrowed or gone without.... I don't think that's good enough for a program at this level... interested in other people's thoughts.
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Allen Oxlade (6)
I agree 100% with Thomo77. You can't fault a team or players for training harder than others. It could be argued that QLD and NSW have a massive advantage in terms of the pool of players available plus the advantage of drawn out schedules and home games. Some visiting teams play 5 games over a 7 day period.
I also cant see how you are able to select a squad of 25 players to represent your state (first time selection so there is no track record) and only get them to train once or twice prior to the comp. You may as well pick teams on the day or send your local club/school championship winners and have a barbarians rugby festival.
We must remember that these boys are playing in the own "RWC" and I don't think they are even worried about these issues. They just want to play rugby, have fun and win as many games as possible. All fair and square.
Best of luck to all teams.
I also cant see how you are able to select a squad of 25 players to represent your state (first time selection so there is no track record) and only get them to train once or twice prior to the comp. You may as well pick teams on the day or send your local club/school championship winners and have a barbarians rugby festival.
We must remember that these boys are playing in the own "RWC" and I don't think they are even worried about these issues. They just want to play rugby, have fun and win as many games as possible. All fair and square.
Best of luck to all teams.
Azzuri
Trevor Allan (34)
The Hunter game has been postponed to Sunday week....so Sydney North West will only play ACT this weekend
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