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Allen Oxlade (6)
#22 Vic surely the best "do" of the tournament
Last Year - 2016
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Both of them. In fact Qld 2 beat Qld1 in the play off for 5th or was it 7th? And they got 11 in the 2 Schoolboys teams.
In just the same way that GPS 1 were beaten by a better side this year, perhaps the same could be said for the CAS 16s last year!
It was close. 25-16 or thereabouts. Pres A deserved the win, but CAS were not helped by mid match selection changes at request of selectors.It was pretty close in the 16s last year from memory. It wasnt a whitewash.
Congrats to Knox Centre Hunter Myers selected as reserve for NsW 1.
He wasn't in the shadows but appears to have leap frogged the Waverley centre Wallace.
I mean, I'm Knox through and through, but the way they have done that to the Waverley centre and what they are doing to Donaldson is starting to look a little bit ridiculous.
Cmon guys this is becoming crazy.
Spoke to Knox coach today who said the Barker coach had called and spoken to him about who to select as well. It's great for Hunter, but this is looking bad now.
If this had happened to Knox kids we would have been putting in formal complaints.
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Happened in the finals here last year with the coach moving Tyrone to the centres for the final , leaving the first selected centre (Will Terry) on the bench --- look how that worked out - Armstrong and co had a picnic
I think the QLD boys on the whole all worthy of selection last year.B
Both of them. In fact Qld 2 beat Qld1 in the play off for 5th or was it 7th? And they got 11 in the 2 Schoolboys teams.
Agree thought Moretti was strong also. WHY would the coach swap out Donaldson (who has been the best 10 in NSW all year) to fullback??? Also was underwhelmed by the CS 17 who seems to have a lot of hype about him (needs a lot more mobility)
A very clinical performance by the 1s looking forward to watching the rest of the games.
We've also got to remember we assign values to the numbers players wear that the coaches might not.
Currently, most coaching systems have some variation of 10s defending deep and 15s play making. Sometimes they play right/left playmaker for example. Based on what a team is doing, 10/15 can be interchangeable.
It's best to think of players as having been selected for traits and skills, not positions.
It's the same debate we had last year with Chieka playing Folau at 15 not 13 and Chieks basically said "they attack in the same channels anyway". Unless you're in champ, it's hard to tell what's up.
It would appear the coaches of NSW 1 have pretty big egos - or maybe they were just giving the best players a rest before QLD 2 game tomorrow
amirite,
I understand your knowledge here and sensitivity to this but I am pretty sure the boys etc don't know this, they believe they are chosen as informed, and so does everyone else.
Are you sure?
Kids are pretty smart nowadays, most of these guys have spent 2 years under coaches making well over $100k a year. They really, deeply know the game.
amirite,
I know you are trying to be nice but I was in the thick of it today, and the disappointment was most obvious, and so some of the fathers had provide pep talks so they would keep their heads high.