Australian Schoolboys & National Championships 2008
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these are the wallabies that were in it...
Alister Campbell, Adam Freier, Steve Kefu, David Lyons, George Smith, Phil Waugh
Alister Campbell, Adam Freier, Steve Kefu, David Lyons, George Smith, Phil Waugh
AussieDominance
Trevor Allan (34)
1997 Australia Schools Team?
More like 1997 NSW Schools Team?
More like 1997 NSW Schools Team?
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Dave Cowper (27)
Huxley was another in the team. Well certainly NSW, he may not have made Australia. He and Hercus used to swap the 10 jersey for each game for GPS and NSW from memory.
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spectator said:
You mean, that were actually selected?
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Justin Turner has been selected in Western Force Development squad for tour of Europe leaving at the end of the month.
He is also the no. 9 for the Australian schools team.
A pretty good effort.
He is also the no. 9 for the Australian schools team.
A pretty good effort.
AussieDominance
Trevor Allan (34)
Lee how are Joeys 16A's shaping up?
AussieDominance
Trevor Allan (34)
And yesterday?
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44-3 over grammer
the gambler
Dave Cowper (27)
I saw the Joeys coach comment on individual players in the report in the herald. Thats a change from normal practice, normally they dont like to mention individual players and I thought there was something specific in place in regards to this. Obviously I was wrong or it is no longer the case.
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John Eales (66)
oxe7 said:
And that was without two of their best players. I'm told that two of the aborigine boys on scholarships were allowed to go back to Walgett to play for their local rugby league team in some kind of final. They had played for them since they were nippers before they went to Joeys.
Yeah it was unusal for Ticehurst to mention individuals as it goes against the ethos of Joeys. I don't think co-coach Boydie would have. And from a rugby point of view: if Joeys teams have done well it's the blue heeler work of 8 forwards that has been their strongest point, despite having stars from time to time.
The current team doesn't have a lot of stars, as representation in rep teams will attest, but they are playing a lot better since I saw them in the trials.
8 Plunkett who had been playing lock in the trials and lock Jollye had good games in the forwards, as mentioned, but they weren't the Lone Rangers. 1 Liam McGrath, son of the Brumbies chairman, Peter, had a top game. He finished strongly in the Oz Schools tourunament recently and has kept that form going.
The backs look better too after dropping a few balls early, and this is despite William Meakes being out for the season. It looks like a masterstroke to replace him in the backline with Adrian Ha'angaha who was playing 8 for the U/16s last year (and I think is still eligible for them this year). He's a big unit with a good right foot step and a deadly offload.
He played 12, and with Meakes injured Toole moved out to 13. He had a cracking game too and outside centre seems to suit his long striding style.
Ha'angaha is a junior league player so I hope that he can stay in our game after he leaves school. He needs to lose some weight but apart from that looks the part.
In the trial games I saw this year Joeys didn't look like title contenders. Now they do.
Results
1sts 49-3 (H/T 19-3)
2nds 19-0
3rds 27-10
16As 44-6
AussieDominance
Trevor Allan (34)
It's Haangana but yeah he has played Wests Juniors for a while always been the big dancing stepping islander type can play for sure.
Single handedly carried Wests the last few years to a few grand finals etc can be unstoppable at times.
Single handedly carried Wests the last few years to a few grand finals etc can be unstoppable at times.
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