A few more interesting names popping up during GPS pre-pre-season block, Radike Samo and Lagi Setu. Hopefully a good sign of things to come.
Have also heard there were some very interesting decisions in regards to board members, club Presidents etc at the recent meeting.
I don't think it has been published yet, but have heard that there is a training squad of 40+ players currently training, that includes a few schoolboys who will be joining next week.Does anyone know what the current u20 QLD squad is?
I have seen that NSW have named theirs?
I know plenty on this forum have hailed the work done by Anthony Herbert at Yoku Rd but I'd like to give Brownie a wrap for what his board has been doing at Sylvan Rd - the Kenmore JV is just another good sign that Wests are heading in the right direction.
Just a query - hasn't there been a loose alliance between Kenmore & Uni over the years???
Didn't Kenmore previously have a senior club?
I know they never played premier game but i do remember going down to Akuna Oval when I was a kid and watching some 30 year old washed up man power walk around the footy field in a hard hitting but very slow game of rugby. (probably subbies comp)
Any one have an idea of jr playing numbers of Kenmore to Taylor Bridge?
Also I hope that UQ takes a game out to Chelmer one game.. I remember watching Souths vs UQ last year at Kenmore and the Taylor Bridge ground is twice as picturesque as the Kenmore ovals.
The Western Corridor is an untapped mine of rugby player stocks!!! Once Logan get into premier grade the QRU should formulate a pathway for the Ipswich Rangers to join the comp (years down the road of course)
Didn't Kenmore previously have a senior club?
I know they never played premier game but i do remember going down to Akuna Oval when I was a kid and watching some 30 year old washed up man power walk around the footy field in a hard hitting but very slow game of rugby. (probably subbies comp)
Any one have an idea of jr playing numbers of Kenmore to Taylor Bridge?
Also I hope that UQ takes a game out to Chelmer one game.. I remember watching Souths vs UQ last year at Kenmore and the Taylor Bridge ground is twice as picturesque as the Kenmore ovals.
The Western Corridor is an untapped mine of rugby player stocks!!! Once Logan get into premier grade the QRU should formulate a pathway for the Ipswich Rangers to join the comp (years down the road of course)
I currently wouldn't place Ipswich above Logan, Ipswich should be a targeted area for future growth, this includes the subdistricts of Springfield and Goodna. Its a major growth area within SEQ and it has existing resources like Ipswich Grammar and St Edmunds to leverage off.
Yet in terms of prioritising one over the other, i think Logan has done more to prove itself worthy and ready to be promoted. Logan has club facilities which are on par with most other QPR clubs, it has junior numbers which exceed some other QPR clubs and it has the backing of the local council.
Expansion in the QPR needs to be done with caution, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast are both the most recent expansion teams and come from catchment areas significantly larger then all those mentioned above(Darling Downs, Logan, Ipswich), Sunshine Coast has folded and the Gold Coast Breakers also folded and had to be merged into Bond University. Had Bond Unversity not been on its recent sporting binge then the Gold Coast team would no longer exist.