NSW Schools Rugby Union Under 18 Representative Teams 2013
[one_half last=”no”]NSW I
1. Matthew Sandell St Joseph’s College/GPS
2. Hosea Fotukava St Ignatius College/GPS
3. Faaope Satiu Trinity Grammar/CAS
4. Lachlan Cannell Newington/GPS
5. Joshua Anderson Oakhill College/ISA
6. Angus Crichton The Scots College/GPS
7. Jack McCalman The Kings School/GPS
8. Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Endeavour Sports High/CHS
9. Mitchell Short The Scots College/GPS
10. Andrew Deegan St Joseph’s College/GPS
11. Charlie Taylor St Augustines College/ISA
12. Tepai Moeroa Newington/GPS
13. Taane Milne Newington/GPS
14. Harry Jones Barker College/CAS
15. Andrew Kellaway The Scots College/GPS
16. Jackson McLean Trinity Grammar/CAS
17. Matt Serhon Newington/GPS
18. Will Ridley The Scots College/GPS
19. James Lough St Augustines College/ISA
20. Billy Freeman Kinross Wolaroi/ISA
21. Michael Kennedy St Ignatius College/GPS
22. Corey Tulloch The Kings School/GPS
23. Ben Cotton Oakhill College/ISA
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[one_half last=”yes”]NSW II
1. Mesui Tufui Newington /GPS
2. Nick Koutsoukis Waverley/CAS
3. Vunipola Fifita Newington/GPS
4. Anthony Vasilis Newington/GPS
5. Ned Hannigan St Josephs College/GPS
6. David Morris Newington/GPS
7. Brandon Paenga-Amosa Endeavour Sports High/CHS
8. John Walker St Augustines College/ISA
9. Joey Lussick Newington/GPS
10. Jack Clancy Shore/GPS
11. Tyson Davis Barker College/CAS
12. Will Davies The Kings School/GPS
13. Henry Hutchinson St Ignatius College/GPS
14. Josh Mitchell Newington/GPS
15. Nick Clancy Shore/GPS
16. Nathan Kelly St Ignatius College/GPS
17. Jamaine Crossley The Scots College/GPS
18. Francis Brown McKillop College Warnervale/CCC
19. Andrew Vatuvei Sarah Redfern High/CHS
20. Arthur Currie St Gregorys Campbelltown/ISA
21. Stephen Kirkby Barker/CAS
22. Matt Arnold St Augustines College/ISA
23. Elliot Jennings All Saints Maitland/CCC
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Comment
Congratulations to all the boys picked to represent the state of NSW.
Because Australian selectors want to look at the best players starting as often as possible in the National Championships, the highest rated 15 players are named in the NSW I team and the next highest rated 15 players are named in the NSW II team.
The next eight ranked players are named as reserves for the NSW II team and the remaining eight players become reserves of the NSW I team.
The selectors had to make some tough decisions and although there are a few curly selections, as always, they’ve done their job well in my opinion. See our forum for some interesting dissent:
https://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/nsw-schools-2013.12600/page-11
Readers should note that the NSW selectors are independent of the selectors of the school associations GPS, CAS, CHS and ISA, and have chosen some players for the NSW 1st XV who were in the 2nd XV for their school associations.
Some points of interest:
– The two outstanding props of the trials: Matt Sandell and Junior Satiu, are both tight-head props, but Sandell will play on the loose-head side for NSW Schools I.
– The two outstanding fullbacks of the trials: Andrew Kellaway and Harry Jones, are both selected in the 1st XV, but Jones will play on the wing.
– After two sterling games for the GPS IIs, flanker Jack McCalman is promoted to the NSW Is
– Selectors overlooked the sin-binning of Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco today and he will play at no.8 for NSW I, with Angus Crichton switching to the blindside flank.
– The NSW selectors preferred the GPS II halves’ pairing of 9. Mitchell Short and 10. Andrew Deegan for the NSW 1st XV, after their brilliant play against CAS II and CHS II this week – and in their second half stint against CHS I today.
Commiserations to the lads who missed out but several of them will be chosen in the Combined States team which also competes in the National Championships.
