Yawn.... So yesterday's news.
Enjoy the moment.
Just don't do a 2016 Churchie, Kings to the cellar in 12 months.
Gee i hope your involved in a school please tell us ... so i can inform my state high mates ...
Yawn.... So yesterday's news.
Enjoy the moment.
Just don't do a 2016 Churchie, Kings to the cellar in 12 months.
Had a great night at the rugby dinner last night. The only dissappointing aspect was the general chat about approaches made to some players currently at other GPS schools BSHS and Terrace to come to the school.wow who controls who targets these kids and families
Glad to see you got friends Realdeal, it can be lonely at the top.Gee i hope your involved in a school please tell us . so i can inform my state high mates .
Team of the Season post is online. We've chocked it full of individual highlights, so it makes for a fun read.
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/qld-gps-2016-team-of-the-season/
2013 Team of the Season
1. Evander Guttenbeil, TSS - Played Titans U20s but has since retired.
2. Alex Mafi NC - Queensland Reds EPS 2016
3. Sam Clifton TSS - Bond Premier Grade prop
4. Tom Perkins TSS - University reserve grade lock
5. Jake Upfield TSS - Bond Premier Grade flanker
6. PJ Van Den Burg TSS - Won John Eales Scholarship to Bond for 2015, playing Premier Colts
7. Digger McMillan ACGS - Was playing Premier Grade at Bond but decimated by injuries. Rumoured to be joining UQ next year as Bond stripped scholarship
8. Maclean Jones NC - Queensland Reds EPS 2016
9. Isaac Fines TSS - Premier Grade player of the year 2016 at Sunnybank
10. Mitch Third TSS - Queensland Country 2016
11. Fred Dorrough TSS - Australian Rugby Sevens 2017
12. Conrad Quick BBC - Sunnybank Premier Grade star
13. Campbell Magnay NC - Queensland Reds debutant this year
14. Isaac Nathan TSS - Played Titans U20s but has since retired
15. Josh Bowen BBC - Broncos U20s, but is now playing Reserve Grade at Sunnybank
16. Jake Lyon TSS - Reds U20s 2016
17. Gavin Luka NC - Reds U20s 2016, Bond University Prem Colts when not injured
18. Matt Gibbon NC - Rams NRC 2015-16
19. Angus Scott-Young ACGS / Reece Hewat NC - Both contracted to Reds EPS
20. Jayden Rodwell NC - Playing Reserve Grade at GPS Ashgrove
21. Angus Fowler GT - Melbourne Rebels U20s + Brisbane City NRC
22. Nigel Tanuvasa ACGS - Was playing Souths Premier Grade but has disappeared off the map
23. George Partridge GT - Starting winger for Brothers Premier Grade Grand Final win
Nigel Tanuvasa
im curious if any schoolboys who didnt make the 'team of the 2013' have made a name for themselves.
I have a thought regarding this "Team of the Season". I wonder if the stakeholders(administrators of the concept), would consider making the selection criteria eligible only for the yr 12's as a recognition and support of their efforts in gps schoolboys rugby?
I did some research today on the numbers of GPS athletes out and about in the world's professional rugby scene.
There are exactly 150, with 60% of those graduating since 2010.
Today, the 2016 class already has three: Clayton Mack (TGS) at the Baby Broncos, Murray Taulagi (BSHS) at the Cowboys U20s, and Josh Fenner (BSHS) at the Leicester Tigers in the UK. This is not including Trevor Hosea (BBC) at the Melbourne Rebels, who will graduate next year or the year after.
The 2015 class has 21, including NRL debutants Jayden Su'a (ACGS), Brodie Croft (ACGS) and Panasonic Wild Knight Ben Gunter (BBC)
The 2014 class has 24, with lots of Reds U20s and NRL U20s scattered around Australia. And Ponga.
The 2013 class has 10, including Nudgee's Reds trio James Tuttle, Campbell Magnay and Maclean Jones.
The 2012 class has 14, including capped Reds Adam Korcyzk (BSHS) and Sam Greene (BGS)
The 2011 class has 15, including State High's Sautia, Browning, and Kerevi
The 2010 class has 5 players currently active in professional rugby, headlined by Reds Henry Taefu (ACGS) and Andrew Ready (GT)
The 2009 class picks up again with 15, with Liam Gill (GT) the major player. Interestingly, State High prop Paul Alo-Emile and fullback Matt Garland are the only players from the dream team to graduate in 2009 that currently play professional rugby.
2008, the year of Joe Tomane (NC) and Dane Gagai (BBC), has 9 current professionals.
2007, James O'Connor, James Slipper and Matt To'omua's year, has 13.
2006 has Quade, Rob Simmons and Toby White - just three
2005 has five, including Pocock and Genia
2004 has one, if you count Scott Higginbotham from TSS who famously never played First XV
2003 had James Horwill, Berrick Barnes and Digby Ioane, plus Lloyd Johannson, to make up four.
2002-1998 have four altogether, headlined by Stephen Moore.