QLD u/19 Squad 2012
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Iluvmyfooty
Phil Hardcastle (33)
Is there no interest in this game on Saturday. There is nothing about it on these forums - no teams, no discussion, nothing. Its interesting as I thought this game is a trial for National Academy and will contain a lot of players that will make up the U20's next year and as such some may have some opinion
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Frank Nicholson (4)
The Qld u 19 side as per the Uni web site:
11 Heavies selected for QLD Under 19s
The University of Queensland has 11 players selected for Queensland ahead of Saturday’s ARU Under 19 Academy game against New South Wales.
Wakely, Sam Reiser, Conor Mitchell, Jamie Taulagi, Harry Parker, Elija Palupe, Ethan Brown, Terrin Walls, Scott Gale and Daniel Damen will all feature in the side.
Nick Malouf and Curtis Browning were also considered but are unavailable for the fixture.
NA Academy QLD Under 19 Team
Wakely
University
Ready
Easts
Kite
GPS
Fattal
Easts
Reiser
University
Cooper
Breakers
Mitchell
University
Swerling
Breakers
Malolua
GPS
Davies
Breakers
Taulagi
University
Kerevi
GPS
Taefu
Sunnybank
Muirhead
Souths
Parker
University
RESERVES
Palupe
University
Laafaitele
Easts
Brown
University
Walls
University
Vaessen
University
Parker
QLD Country
Fotuaika
Sunnybank
Gale
University
Lucas
Sunnybank
Damen
University
11 Heavies selected for QLD Under 19s
The University of Queensland has 11 players selected for Queensland ahead of Saturday’s ARU Under 19 Academy game against New South Wales.
Wakely, Sam Reiser, Conor Mitchell, Jamie Taulagi, Harry Parker, Elija Palupe, Ethan Brown, Terrin Walls, Scott Gale and Daniel Damen will all feature in the side.
Nick Malouf and Curtis Browning were also considered but are unavailable for the fixture.
NA Academy QLD Under 19 Team
1
Campbell Wakely
University
2
Andrew Ready
Easts
3
Phillip Kite
GPS
4
Sam Fattal
Easts
5
Sam Reiser
University
6
Dean Cooper
Breakers
7
Connor Mitchell
University
8
Nuku Swerling
Breakers
9
Scott Malolua
GPS
10
Grant Davies
Breakers
11
Jamie Taulagi
University
12
Samu Kerevi
GPS
13
Henry Taefu
Sunnybank
14
Andy Muirhead
Souths
15
Harry Parker
University
RESERVES
LHP
Elija Palupe
University
Hooker
Faa Laafaitele
Easts
THP
Ethan Brown
University
Lock
Terrin Walls
University
Flanker
Tom Vaessen
University
Hooker
Michael Parker
QLD Country
THP
Feao Fotuaika
Sunnybank
9
Scott Gale
University
10
Tom Lucas
Sunnybank
Outside
Daniel Damen
University
Iluvmyfooty
Phil Hardcastle (33)
For those interested NSW u19 defeated QLD u19 31-19 at Ballymore today. Good game with NSW controlling both forward exchanges and the open spaces. QLD tries came from 2 pickand drives and a maul near the lin
thierry dusautoir
Alan Cameron (40)
really surprised abotu terrin walls i though he was struggling for prem colt game time?
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Arch Winning (36)
True- Terrin played between Colts 1 & Prems all year. I rate him as one of the hardest (ie: toughest & niggliest) colts I've seen in years. IMHO his game suits grades/non-colts - such as yesterday's game- more so than the speed of Prem colts.
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Larry Dwyer (12)
Obviously uni didn't think so playing him in colts 1 majority of the year
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Arch Winning (36)
Sorry rugbywatch I should've been clearer:
The Premier Colts game is super-fast. Faster than any open-grade going around. With the de-powered scrums and the modified lineouts (lifting off shorts, not legs) and the fact that you are playing against other players your age (rather than looking solely at skill level in grades) a greater premium is placed on speed and fitness, than on size and that mongrel factor.
There are a few players at Uni I can think of who aren't as fast as the players ahead of them in colts, whose skill sets are better suited to the somewhat slower but much harder-hitting and tougher grades environment - Keiran Fitzgibbon who also played Colts 1 most of the year but stood out in reserve grade also (his career highlight was winning a tighthead scrum on the 5m against GPS with 6 men vs 8, which saw one of the backs race away for a 95m match-winner) is one, and I think Terrin is in the same mould.
I hope that is clearer?
The Premier Colts game is super-fast. Faster than any open-grade going around. With the de-powered scrums and the modified lineouts (lifting off shorts, not legs) and the fact that you are playing against other players your age (rather than looking solely at skill level in grades) a greater premium is placed on speed and fitness, than on size and that mongrel factor.
There are a few players at Uni I can think of who aren't as fast as the players ahead of them in colts, whose skill sets are better suited to the somewhat slower but much harder-hitting and tougher grades environment - Keiran Fitzgibbon who also played Colts 1 most of the year but stood out in reserve grade also (his career highlight was winning a tighthead scrum on the 5m against GPS with 6 men vs 8, which saw one of the backs race away for a 95m match-winner) is one, and I think Terrin is in the same mould.
I hope that is clearer?
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Firstly Terrin played 16 games in Prem colts with 11 of them starting plus a few more fresh on the bench so saying he played the majority in colts 1 is not right.
Secondly Terrin is a fantastic prospect with all the physical attributes – Fast, solid frame, great hand eye, explosive, physical (as Cat mentioned) – that you need in the top flight.
I assume he was chosen as a bit of a roughie for the QLD 19’s squad and obviously trained the house down to be picked in the final team. From all reports he went pretty well in the half he played.
Terrin will get another go in colts next year and I expect him to be one of the top players in the competition
Secondly Terrin is a fantastic prospect with all the physical attributes – Fast, solid frame, great hand eye, explosive, physical (as Cat mentioned) – that you need in the top flight.
I assume he was chosen as a bit of a roughie for the QLD 19’s squad and obviously trained the house down to be picked in the final team. From all reports he went pretty well in the half he played.
Terrin will get another go in colts next year and I expect him to be one of the top players in the competition
thierry dusautoir
Alan Cameron (40)
I respectfully disagree with your statements about Premier Colts being faster than grades. Maybe in 3rd grade and down but as someone who has experienced and been involved in both levels I find that like any competition there is fast games and slower games, some teams play expansive others up the middle. Terrin from what i have seen from schoolboys and colts is a solid player and teams would never say know to him, but i think to pick him in the best 22 out of qld is a stretch.
On the usbject of Fitzgibbon the kid has size and strenght i will give him that and his scrum isnt to shabby but his general play needs to change befor ei htink he can be considered a good prop. From the 2 or 3 game he can soemtimes go missing around the field.
P.s Also i dont know how lifting by the shorts makes the game faster? I always found that rule was neve rreally enforced at colts level and make life alot harder than it has to be.
On the usbject of Fitzgibbon the kid has size and strenght i will give him that and his scrum isnt to shabby but his general play needs to change befor ei htink he can be considered a good prop. From the 2 or 3 game he can soemtimes go missing around the field.
P.s Also i dont know how lifting by the shorts makes the game faster? I always found that rule was neve rreally enforced at colts level and make life alot harder than it has to be.
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Arch Winning (36)
Happy to disagree td about the speed of the game. My knowledge comes from watching close up, but unlike you I haven't had the experience of playing both.
Re: lifting off shorts - you're right. It's not enforced at all until the teams play at Ballymore on finals weekend. Then you can bet on those teams who have been lifting off legs all year getting a few pings against them as referees suddenly have touch judges too... I think it's a ridiculous rule, but the rationale behind my including it is that it can have the effect of leveling the playing field somewhat - those lanky kids with awesome jumps and crazy long legs can't really get up that much higher than those without. At least not enough to make a substantial difference.
Re: lifting off shorts - you're right. It's not enforced at all until the teams play at Ballymore on finals weekend. Then you can bet on those teams who have been lifting off legs all year getting a few pings against them as referees suddenly have touch judges too... I think it's a ridiculous rule, but the rationale behind my including it is that it can have the effect of leveling the playing field somewhat - those lanky kids with awesome jumps and crazy long legs can't really get up that much higher than those without. At least not enough to make a substantial difference.
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