Qld Country - official NRC thread

[RugbyReg]

remember for NRC (and pre-season games) the local union basically has to cover all costs. It's a big ask.

Would be great to see Tonwsville host a Reds game, perhaps once the new stadium is built and rugby is a little more popular...

 

[Scrubber2050]

Reg ^^^^^^
Both provisos may take a lot of time (unfortunately) but I love the idea of the Reds playing in the deep north

 

[TOCC]

Reds played a Super Rugby match in Townsville back in 2006, from memory it was the first and last time a Super Rugby match has been taken outside of an Australian Capital City.

Edit: Crowd was only 10'000 and the QRU mentioned in the Annual Report that it fell below expectations and was a commercial loss

 

[TOCC]

Brad Thorn confirmed as head coach

 

[The Eagle]

Reds played a Super Rugby match in Townsville back in 2006, from memory it was the first and last time a Super Rugby match has been taken outside of an Australian Capital City.

Edit: Crowd was only 10'000 and the QRU mentioned in the Annual Report that it fell below expectations and was a commercial loss

That sums up why Rugby in Australia is at crisis point. The small minded attitudes of the people on the boards. For the short term loss

there is a much bigger long term gain by putting the game out to the grass roots. Get the game back on free TV and back to the country fields where it all began.
"Lets Make Rugby Great Again"

 

[Beer Baron]

Brad Thorn confirmed as head coach

So what previous head coach, attack or defence roles has BT had? Not a great message for our coaching pathways.... If you do great in club land you can be assistant to someone with less experience.

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[RugbyReg]

So what previous head coach, attack or defence roles has BT had? Not a great message for our coaching pathways.. If you do great in club land you can be assistant to someone with less experience.

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Was assistant coach with QLD 20s and QLD Country NRC last year.

Was Head Coach for QLD 20s (national champs) this year, and involved in Reds set up

 

[RugbyReg]

QLD Country named:

Sef Fa'agase
Richie Asiata
Taniela Tupou
Kirwan Sanday
Fred Burke
Alex Mafi
Alex Casey
Efi Ma'afu
Stephen Moore
(Wallabies allocated player)
Izack Rodda
Rob Simmons
Philip Potgieter
Harry Hockings
Angus Scott-Young
Liam Wright
Caleb Timu
Ted Postal
Fraser McReight
Tainui Ford
Tyrone Pritchard
James Tuttle
Tate McDermott
Scott Malolua
Hamish Stewart
Teti Tela
Duncan Paia'aua
Patrick James
Conor Chittenden
Campbell Magnay
Izaia Perese
Eto Nabuli (Wallabies allocated player)
Jock Campbell
Filipo Daugunu
Byron Hutchinson
Veresa Mataitini


2017 Bond University Queensland Country Team Staff
Head Coach: Brad Thorn (QRU)
Assistant Coach: Paul Carozza (QRU)
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sean Yoshiura (QRU)
Team Manager: Nico Andrade (QRU)
Physiotherapist: Gina Nelson (QRU)
Team Doctor: Peter Stickler (GPS)
Video Analyst: Michael Todd (QRU)
Media Manager: Brendan Hertel (QRU)

 

[Beer Baron]

Was assistant coach with QLD 20s and QLD Country NRC last year.

Was Head Coach for QLD 20s (national champs) this year, and involved in Reds set up

My post was a year late...

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[SouthernX]

The criticism of brad Thorn coaching pedigree is wrong and unfair.

That qld u20 side was very very dominate.

Sometimes you gotta take a gamble on somebody showing a lot of promise and see what you have in them. I think Brad Thorn has the respect of the locker room and has seen more on the battlefield then any coach in clubland has.

I love the Brad Thorn hire and he is my prediction to be the next reds coach

 

[Beer Baron]

The criticism of brad Thorn coaching pedigree is wrong and unfair.

That qld u20 side was very very dominate.

Sometimes you gotta take a gamble on somebody showing a lot of promise and see what you have in them. I think Brad Thorn has the respect of the locker room and has seen more on the battlefield then any coach in clubland has.

I love the Brad Thorn hire and he is my prediction to be the next reds coach

Being a great respected player doesn't mean a great coach. Maybe he is a great coach, but soldiers don't do tactics/strategy. I'm just stating that their must've been frustration in club land.

If he's already filling the reds and u20s roles... Give someone else a crack at NRC. $ can't be huge for a 10 week gig.

What is Carozzas back story??

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[fo!!ower]

QLD Country named:

Sef Fa'agase
Richie Asiata
Taniela Tupou
Kirwan Sanday
Fred Burke
Alex Mafi
Alex Casey
Efi Ma'afu
Stephen Moore
(Wallabies allocated player)
Izack Rodda
Rob Simmons
Philip Potgieter
Harry Hockings
Angus Scott-Young
Liam Wright
Caleb Timu
Ted Postal
Fraser McReight
Tainui Ford
Tyrone Pritchard
James Tuttle
Tate McDermott
Scott Malolua
Hamish Stewart
Teti Tela
Duncan Paia'aua
Patrick James
Conor Chittenden
Campbell Magnay
Izaia Perese
Eto Nabuli (Wallabies allocated player)
Jock Campbell
Filipo Daugunu
Byron Hutchinson
Veresa Mataitini


2017 Bond University Queensland Country Team Staff
Head Coach: Brad Thorn (QRU)
Assistant Coach: Paul Carozza (QRU)
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sean Yoshiura (QRU)
Team Manager: Nico Andrade (QRU)
Physiotherapist: Gina Nelson (QRU)
Team Doctor: Peter Stickler (GPS)
Video Analyst: Michael Todd (QRU)
Media Manager: Brendan Hertel (QRU)

That's a very good squad, I think QCountry will be the better of the the two Qld teams this year.

Simmons and Hocking lining up at 4 & 5 will make life tough for the commentators!

Great opportunity for Tuttle, Stewart and Paia'aua to work on their combinations, plus Izzy Perese outside them - deadly!

Can't wait for NRC to start now!

 

[Beer Baron]

Being a great respected player doesn't mean a great coach. Maybe he is a great coach, but soldiers don't do tactics/strategy. I'm just stating that their must've been frustration in club land.

If he's already filling the reds and u20s roles. Give someone else a crack at NRC. $ can't be huge for a 10 week gig.

What is Carozzas back story??

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Looking at coaching line ups... All the city team are club land and none of qld country??

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[Brumby Runner]

Simmons and Hocking lining up at 4 & 5 will make life tough for the commentators!

 

[Jets]

Carozza has been part of the talent ID pathway at the Reds/QRU for a long time. Was an Academy coach in that role too before the U20's came into existence.

I'm happy to see him stepping up into a team coaching role.


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[TOCC]

I like Brad Thorn as a coach, personally don't see what tee issue is.. Heenan is coaching Brisbane City, seems like two pretty decent coaches..

 

[Beer Baron]

I like Brad Thorn as a coach, personally don't see what tee issue is.. Heenan is coaching Brisbane City, seems like two pretty decent coaches..

I thought NRC would be a great pathway for players and coaches alike. The latter which is particularly lacking in Oz. My issue is parachuting ex players into senior coaching roles...and commentating but I digress.

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[TOCC]

I thought NRC would be a great pathway for players and coaches alike. The latter which is particularly lacking in Oz. My issue is parachuting ex players into senior coaching roles.and commentating but I digress.

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I agree that there is an issue parachuting coaches into senior coaching roles in Australian rugby.. but that doesn't mean that the NRC shouldn't be used to develop coaches like Brad Thorn. He has demonstrated success as the QLD U20s head coach and all the players speak highly of him, seems like a reasonable option IMO.

I'm expecting a much improved season from QLD Country in 2017

 

[Beer Baron]

I agree that there is an issue parachuting coaches into senior coaching roles in Australian rugby.. but that doesn't mean that the NRC shouldn't be used to develop coaches like Brad Thorn. From all reports, the players love his coaching style and approach to training.

Besides Mick Hernandez, which other QPR coach made themselves available and who is a better candidate?

Don't know who is ready and willing but wouldn't it make sense for city and country to have a QPR and qru coach each?? E.g. Carozza under heenan and vice versa. I just thought the instagram announcement looked funny when all the players are in club gear, the club names are next to them and the coaches and for qld country it say qru next to all (bar the doc iirc).

Thorn is probably a terrible example but recent coaches in Aru: larkham, grey, blades (or whoever the tahs scrum coach who got booted).

In recent years those to progress have been Gilmore, Hilton, Arnold, now Heenan any others??
Which isn't bad I suppose...

It would appear it's my Aru frustration boiling over by the above examples!!!!

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[Ash]

Interesting, I like Country more than City this year.

A team like:
1. Faagase
2. Mafi
3. Tupou
4. Rodda
5. Simmons
6. Timu
7. Wright
8. ASY (Angus Scott-Young) / Postal (?)
9. Tuttle
10. Stewart
11. Nabuli
12. Paia'aua
13. Magnay
14. Perese
15. ?

A very strong starting team on paper (edit: likely none of those to be missing on Wallabies duty too). Maybe potentially missing a bit of size in the backrow.