CAS Rugby 2022

[Homer]

CAS U16s. Word from the trials is a number were preselected and didn't have to do anything. Surprising Knox seem to be the leading team and have limited numbers. Fair spread from the schools though.

First Name	Surname	School
Daniel	Christodoulou	Trinity Grammar School	1
Max	Meagher	Trinity Grammar School	2
Nick	Hill	Barker College	3
Sam	Niulala	Trinity Grammar School	4
Zion	Potiha	Waverley College	5
Nathaniel	Thomas	Barker College	6
Oliver	Aboud	Waverley College	7
Heath	Turner	Knox Grammar School	8
Kera	Weaver	Barker College	9
Troy	Patea	Waverley College	10
Declan	Minto	Waverley College	11
Lance	Tovio	Cranbrook School	12
Kahu	Capper	Waverley College	13
Max	Roach	Knox Grammar School	14
Dylan	Hall	Knox Grammar School	15
Joseph	Tangi	Waverley College	16
Luka	Ponsonby	St Aloysius College	17
Sebastian	Gyngell	Knox Grammar School	19
James	Nestor	Waverley College	19
Amosia	Soatini	Trinity Grammar School	20
Hugo	Schneider	Waverley College	21
Dane	Mitchell	Trinity Grammar School	22
Malik	Amine	Trinity Grammar School	23
Jaxson	Allen	Cranbrook School	24
Ben	Blanchard	Barker College	25

 

[Props are People too]

Agree there are a few kids from Knox who could feel hard done by but a number of other schools have U16s playing in their opens - eg Trinity, Cranbrook, Barker while Knox doesn’t have any. So Knox should overperform a little in the 16s this year.

 

[Snort]

Agree there are a few kids from Knox who could feel hard done by but a number of other schools have U16s playing in their opens - eg Trinity, Cranbrook, Barker while Knox doesn’t have any. So Knox should overperform a little in the 16s this year.

Yes, at Trinity, if you're under 16 and good, you're in the 1sts.

 

[Props are People too]

Agree there are a few kids from Knox who could feel hard done by but a number of other schools have U16s playing in their opens - eg Trinity, Cranbrook, Barker while Knox doesn’t have any. So Knox should overperform a little in the 16s this year.

Sorry there is one - Jay Harris

 

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if the kid is 19 why is he playing 1stXV school rugby? Are Barker that desperate to win they give these guys scholarships?

 

[Props are People too]

And anyway kids - sorry men - can play in open division if they are 19. They can’t turn 20 in the year of competition, so if a 19 yo turns 20 on 31 December of that playing year he is ineligible.

 

[bring back rucking]

I think that’s actually the case in all sports but rugby

Age Limits – cas-web

www.cas.nsw.edu.au

 

[Eyes and Ears]

And anyway kids - sorry men - can play in open division if they are 19. They can’t turn 20 in the year of competition, so if a 19 yo turns 20 on 31 December of that playing year he is ineligible.

Are there really individuals who turn 20 in their final year of school? How does that happen?

 

[Greenwhiteblack]

He just turned 18 in February... 3 seconds of research would have told you that... do your due diligence before you carry on like a turkey.

newspaper reported he was 19...

 

[Props are People too]

I think that’s actually the case in all sports but rugby

Age Limits – cas-web

www.cas.nsw.edu.au

Ah you are right - that’s interesting. So 19yo can only play with dispensation and subject to strict criteria. I guess it stops star players coming back for year 13.

 

[bring back rucking]

Yeah…. GPS do it differently - it’s no older than 18 during the season or school year (I can’t remember which) that allows the boy who is held back starting school in kindergarten (who subsequently turns 19 in December of year 12) to play which is very different to someone born in January and is 19 for the whole school year.

 

[Running_rugby_1954]

Ah you are right - that’s interesting. So 19yo can only play with dispensation and subject to strict criteria. I guess it stops star players coming back for year 13.

Though Josh Nercessian (Barker - 2018) didn’t fit the criteria and still played. So it’s not strictly applied.

 

[SkyBlue]

Though Josh Nercessian (Barker - 2018) didn’t fit the criteria and still played. So it’s not strictly applied.

It's been like 4 years. Give it a break. geez.

 

[bring back rucking]

And the Knox winger Evans was disallowed in 2020 after playing 2 years in the firsts… ended up having to play Gordon colts in his final year at school… I don’t think that’s right.. he had a slight physique and to my knowledge was at the school since either the prep or year 7.

 

[SkyBlue]

Yeah…. GPS do it differently - it’s no older than 18 during the season or school year (I can’t remember which) that allows the boy who is held back starting school in kindergarten (who subsequently turns 19 in December of year 12) to play which is very different to someone born in January and is 19 for the whole school year.

I'm not sure about this. Know a boy who played 1stXV at a GPS school only a couple of years ago. Turned 19 BEFORE the rugby season. Was more than two whole years older than some of the boys in his grade.

 

[bring back rucking]

He probably got dispensation. This is the policy compared to the cas policy. Both can be subject to review by each members committee on a case by case basis. But the GPS base case is more sensible IMO

 

[Running_rugby_1954]

It's been like 4 years. Give it a break. geez.

Nah.

That premiership will always have that little asterisk next to it.

*denotes 19 year olds were allowed to compete for Barker.

 

[Hercules Von Grimmelshaus]

Sorry there is one - Jay Harris

Can’t believe Jay Harris didn’t make the 16’s after playing 2nds and 1sts for Knox. He also couldn’t play State Cup for Manly due to that so now isn’t on the mix for Gen Blue u16’s which is a real shame.

 

[Schoolboyrugby23]

Thoughts on the chosen cas u16 squad

Daniel	Christodoulou	Trinity Grammar School	1
Max	Meagher	Trinity Grammar School	2
Nick	Hill	Barker College	3
Sam	Niulala	Trinity Grammar School	4
Zion	Potiha	Waverley College	5
Nathaniel	Thomas	Barker College	6
Oliver	Aboud	Waverley College	7
Heath	Turner	Knox Grammar School	8
Kera	Weaver	Barker College	9
Troy	Patea	Waverley College	10
Declan	Minto	Waverley College	11
Lance	Tovio	Cranbrook School	12
Kahu	Capper	Waverley College	13
Max	Roach	Knox Grammar School	14
Dylan	Hall	Knox Grammar School	15
Joseph	Tangi	Waverley College	16
Luka	Ponsonby	St Aloysius College	17
Sebastian	Gyngell	Knox Grammar School	19
James	Nestor	Waverley College	19
Amosia	Soatini	Trinity Grammar School	20
Hugo	Schneider	Waverley College	21
Dane	Mitchell	Trinity Grammar School	22
Malik	Amine	Trinity Grammar School	23
Jaxson	Allen	Cranbrook School	24
Ben	Blanchard	Barker College	25

 

[Homer]

Can’t believe Jay Harris didn’t make the 16’s after playing 2nds and 1sts for Knox. He also couldn’t play State Cup for Manly due to that so now isn’t on the mix for Gen Blue u16’s which is a real shame.

Agreed. Great player and captained Manly to win at State last year and got MOTM in final.