Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
It's good to see that Usaia O is back in the union code.
He was a talented no.8 and got picked for Oz A Schools in 2009 but he got called up to the main side to play against Tonga Schools.
He was one of those forwards who "had all the skills" though he was agressive enough for his weight (only 85kgs).
I often wondered where he would fit in as a senior player because it looked like he wouldn't be a big enough man to play pro rugby.
Later I found out that he went to league so I lost interest.
There are a lot of lads who played at a high level in schools rugby union who went to league who came back to it when they couldn't get a gig beyond U/20s in league.
Can anybody recall anybody who came back from the Dark Side after being in Oz Schools or Oz A, or was a top player for his school, and couldn't get beyond U/20 in league - yet played Super Rugby when they came back?
Berrick Barnes wouldn't qualify because I know that Wayne Bennett wanted to keep him at the Broncos - and I believe that Rod Davies (another IGS lad) came back to union because Chris Latham was going overseas, but the Broncs wanted to keep him too, if I remember right.
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He was a talented no.8 and got picked for Oz A Schools in 2009 but he got called up to the main side to play against Tonga Schools.
He was one of those forwards who "had all the skills" though he was agressive enough for his weight (only 85kgs).
I often wondered where he would fit in as a senior player because it looked like he wouldn't be a big enough man to play pro rugby.
Later I found out that he went to league so I lost interest.
There are a lot of lads who played at a high level in schools rugby union who went to league who came back to it when they couldn't get a gig beyond U/20s in league.
Can anybody recall anybody who came back from the Dark Side after being in Oz Schools or Oz A, or was a top player for his school, and couldn't get beyond U/20 in league - yet played Super Rugby when they came back?
Berrick Barnes wouldn't qualify because I know that Wayne Bennett wanted to keep him at the Broncos - and I believe that Rod Davies (another IGS lad) came back to union because Chris Latham was going overseas, but the Broncs wanted to keep him too, if I remember right.
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