Players from last years Under20 World Cup

[ru1906]

Peterson's birthday in 26/03/1991 and is eligible for selection in the 2011 squad.

 

[Jets]

My understanding is that if you are under 20 as of 31 December the previous year you are eligible to play.

 

[lily]

Over the years there have been many who have perceived they would be better served training under the Uni system, Ben McCalman being a notable recent example.

[Cue: Uni bashers enter left, muttering.]

No Uni bashing tonight Bruce. To be a part of the academy you have to give up a significant amount of time to be involved. This is fine if you go to Uni - any Uni whether it is ACU or UTS for example, or are having time off study with your parents picking up the tab. Salesi Manu and several others recently have had to quit the academy due to work commitments. I've posted this pretty much word for word about a year ago. Nothing changes at NSWRU. Bruce I must say that I loved the piece in the tele on Uni local Tom Kingston, was he an Annandale or Glebe or maybe even a Camperdown junior? I know your thick skinned mate so just a subtle one.

 

[Bullfrog]

Bruce. The JWC stats are actually incorrect. Sam was born in Sept 1990. Can't always trust what you read in the program.

 

[Bruce Ross]

No Uni bashing tonight Bruce. To be a part of the academy you have to give up a significant amount of time to be involved. This is fine if you go to Uni - any Uni whether it is ACU or UTS for example, or are having time off study with your parents picking up the tab. Salesi Manu and several others recently have had to quit the academy due to work commitments. I've posted this pretty much word for word about a year ago. Nothing changes at NSWRU. Bruce I must say that I loved the piece in the tele on Uni local Tom Kingston, was he an Annandale or Glebe or maybe even a Camperdown junior? I know your thick skinned mate so just a subtle one.

The main factor influencing Uni players to give up the 'Tahs Academy is not so much the time commitments as a realisation that they have a better program available at their own club.

I don't get to read the Terror, lily, although I think their rugby writers might be better than the Herald's. That's certainly damning with faint praise. Even I'm not old enough to remember when there was a residency rule for rugby clubs so I can't see that it matters where he lived as a kid. I know that some clubs have the view that if you pull on their jersey once, even as an eight-year-old, you're theirs for life. A lot of kids and their parents think differently.