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Scrum Things Never Change

Bob McCowan (2)
Aust u18 Dev squad

Link above. Australia U18 Development Squad

Selected players will assemble for a camp in Canberra later this month, where they will compete in trials against an Australian Schools squad.

A 26-man squad will then travel to NZ in October to face the New Zealand Barbarians and New Zealand Schools.
 
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Chris McKivat (8)
Scrum Things Never Change said:
Aust u18 Dev squad

Link above. Australia U18 Development Squad

Selected players will assemble for a camp in Canberra later this month, where they will compete in trials against an Australian Schools squad.

A 26-man squad will then travel to NZ in October to face the New Zealand Barbarians and New Zealand Schools.
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Congratulations to Auggies, Sam Blank (12), Lewis Wilson (12), and Noah Rylands (11), who all feature in the squad. If you include Joe Walsh who was originally in the squad, that’s 4 Auggies players picked in the squad.
 
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Ward Prentice (10)
Filthy 5ths said:
interesting how theres 6 south African teams ahead of them. I get the quality of schoolboy rugby in south Africa is the best in the world but you wouldn't think its that much better then the rest
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Having spent time with South African schools' systems, Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys, Affies, Greys (Free State), SAC, Bishops would put big scores on Australian and NZ schools, the level of playing over there is immense. Major games are on TV and the big game of the season Paarl Gim V Paarl Boys always gets between 25,000-30,000 at the ground. Bear in mind every school being private or state play Union. There is no Rugby League or AFL there so the talent pool is greater. (The Natal schools Hilton and Kearnesy) aren't included in the top 6 and they would also beat 80% of the Aussie schools, however I do believe Augs would be very competitive against vast majority of schools.
 
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Chris McKivat (8)
Game_Day_Ritual said:
Having spent time with South African schools' systems, Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys, Affies, Greys (Free State), SAC, Bishops would put big scores on Australian and NZ schools, the level of playing over there is immense. Major games are on TV and the big game of the season Paarl Gim V Paarl Boys always gets between 25,000-30,000 at the ground. Bear in mind every school being private or state play Union. There is no Rugby League or AFL there so the talent pool is greater. (The Natal schools Hilton and Kearnesy) aren't included in the top 6 and they would also beat 80% of the Aussie schools, however I do believe Augs would be very competitive against vast majority of schools.
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Great insight, things like this where all roads lead back to Rugby union in South Africa shows how they are so good, and it generates all the way up to international level where the Springboks depth pool is second to none, they can pull these schoolboys out who are already a level above the rest. Makes you wonder what Australia could be like as a Union nation if we didn’t have to combat with the other code, the talent here would be immense.
 
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Chris McKivat (8)
Game_Day_Ritual said:
Having spent time with South African schools' systems, Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys, Affies, Greys (Free State), SAC, Bishops would put big scores on Australian and NZ schools, the level of playing over there is immense. Major games are on TV and the big game of the season Paarl Gim V Paarl Boys always gets between 25,000-30,000 at the ground. Bear in mind every school being private or state play Union. There is no Rugby League or AFL there so the talent pool is greater. (The Natal schools Hilton and Kearnesy) aren't included in the top 6 and they would also beat 80% of the Aussie schools, however I do believe Augs would be very competitive against vast majority of schools.
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I agree with Game-Day-Ritual. South African schoolboy rugby is that much better than the rest. There are plenty of games available to watch on YouTube - don't watch the highlights. Watch the full game with the volume down, ignore the pre match fanfare and commentary. Initially you will think how is this different to watching Knox vs Barker or Shore vs Scots or even Auggies vs Oakhill ? But after an hour you realised there been no unforced error, every tactical kick been spot on and every winger from every school is sensational. Thats when you realise the intensity is so much higher over there than what we see over here. Check out some of the games from their Craven Week then go to Granville or Riverview or Knox to watch NSW 1 vs Qld 1. Big difference.
 
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Ron Walden (29)
Game_Day_Ritual said:
Having spent time with South African schools' systems, Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys, Affies, Greys (Free State), SAC, Bishops would put big scores on Australian and NZ schools, the level of playing over there is immense. Major games are on TV and the big game of the season Paarl Gim V Paarl Boys always gets between 25,000-30,000 at the ground. Bear in mind every school being private or state play Union. There is no Rugby League or AFL there so the talent pool is greater. (The Natal schools Hilton and Kearnesy) aren't included in the top 6 and they would also beat 80% of the Aussie schools, however I do believe Augs would be very competitive against vast majority of schools.
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It’s also an u19’s system. So the boys are a year older.
 
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