All states will no doubt have similar stories to tell and, again, that’s one of the many positives of tournament rugby. The Australian Schools’ Rugby Union first convened as a committee in 1972 and the first Australian Schools Championships was conducted in 1975 in Melbourne. While Rugby Australia’s new Academy program kicked off last weekend, with the Queensland Reds Academy dishing it to the Melbourne Rebels Academy by the tune of 46-14. Academy teams have played a series of matches over the past several months to determine the best players to represent Australia at the U18 level, with the side now known as the Australian schools and U18 team. Like his brother, the younger Timu is no push over. Two Canberra school teachers have been tasked with finding the diamonds in the rough and turning them into the next generation of Wallabies. The Committee comprises of delegates appointed by each state Schools Union – two from each state/territory, with three from NSW. It’s part of the new development pathway that Rugby Australia are investing in in which Adrian Thompson, RA’s Head of Talent Management, suggests that the refocus on the Academy side, along with the metamorphosis of the Australian Schoolboys team into an Australian Under 18 team, came from a three month national school strategy group run last year led by Paul McLean. Hewat said it had been great to watch the country's best young talent battle it out over the past few months. Australia v Fiji Schools, Hilcrest High School, Hamilton, Thursday 26 September at 12:30pm AEST, Australia v New Zealand Barbarian Schools, Hamilton Boys High School, Hamilton, Monday 30 September at 10:05am AEST, Australia v New Zealand Schools, St Pauls Collegiate, Hamilton, Friday 4 October at 1:05pm AEST, Lachlan Albert, St Ignatius' College, Brumbies Academy, Anthony Alofipo, Erindale College, Brumbies Academy, George Blake, The Southport School, Reds Academy, Hugh Bokenham, St Joseph's College Hunters Hill, Waratahs Academy, Daniel Botha, The Scots College, Waratahs Academy, Joe Brial, The Scots College, Waratahs Academy, John Connolly, The King's School, NSW Waratahs, Joshua Flook, Brothers Rugby Club, Reds Academy, George Gibson, Brisbane Boys College, Reds Academy, Carter Gordon, Wests Rugby Club, Queensland Reds, Malachi Hawkes, Trinity College, Waratahs Academy, Thomas Hooper, Tuggeranong Vikings, Brumbies Academy, Tolutau Koula, Newington College, Waratahs Academy, Alexander Masibaka, Aranmore College, Rugby WA Academy, Hamish Moore, The Scots College, Waratahs Academy, Zane Nonggorr, The Southport School, Reds Academy, Reesjan Pasitoa, St Joseph's College Nudgee, Brumbies, Billy Pollard, Barker College, Waratahs Academy, William Roach, UQ Rugby Club, Reds Academy, Dion Samuela, The Southport School, Reds Academy, Joseph -Aukuso Suaalii, The King's School, Waratahs Academy, Keynan Tauakipulu, St Peter's College, Reds Academy, Kalani Thomas, Ipswich Grammar School, Reds Academy, Zephania Tuinona, Queanbeyan Whites, Brumbies Academy, Mosese Tuipulotu, St Kevin's College, Rebels Academy, Glen Vaihu, St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace, Reds Academy, Harrison Vella, St Joseph's College Nudgee, Reds Academy. Tom Kibble (7) graduated from the Australian Barbarians side to playing NRC last year. View all Australian Schools players, ordered by Year 1969 – 2019: Players by Year. drian Thompson explained the new process earlier this year. "We’ll go to schools nationals in that second term holidays, and from there pick a Baa-Baas team," Hawke said. Now through this, we call each other every day. Greg Cornelsen, Russell Fairfax and Steve Finnane were all members of that team. View all Australian Schools players, ordered by School 1969 – 2019: Players by School. All rights reserved. The Australian Schools Rugby Foundation is a separate incorporated body whose aim is to support the aims of the Schools Rugby Union. I have a data-set of under 19 level rugby that this week counted its 700th game. The achievement led Australian Schoolboys coach of the time Pat Langtry to say "Ben and Daniel are both young coaches who have enormous potential in the game". please email to [email protected]. View all Australian Schools players, ordered by Year 1969 – 2019: Players by Year. If you have a match program or list of a missing team the ASRU would gratefully accept a copy to complete the archive. Find out whats new and how it may affect you. © Copyright 2014 Australian Rugby Football Schools Union Inc. ABN 94 531 806 389. "We just have to pick the best 23 we see at the national schools program.

Joining them is Keenan Timu, the brother of departing Reds Number 8 Caleb Timu. Players from all five academy teams - linked to the Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs, Melbourne Rebels, ACT Brumbies and Western Force - have been named in the squad. ", Caden Helmers is a sports reporter for The Canberra Times, Canberra duo to coach Australian Schools Barbarians. . Cherrybrook NSW 2126 AUSTRALIA, CANCELLED: ASRU games will not occur in 2020 due to COVID-19, Become a Friend of Australian Schools Rugby, Ryan: “One of the most important lessons…”, Coronavirus: How school rugby competitions will be affected, SCHOOLS STRATEGY: 2020 Focus Areas and Measures of Success. Must be fun trying to schedule these things though. Australian Schools v Samoan Schools Wednesday 8th September, 2010 at St Marys Rugby League Club, Sydney NO FIRST SURNAME SCHOOL STATE 1 Gary NEUGEBAUER Hale School WA 2 Hugh ROACH Newington College NSW 3 Guy MILLAR The Kings School NSW ... AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAM TO TOUR FIJI & NEW ZEALAND © Copyright 2014 Australian Rugby Football Schools Union Inc. ABN 94 531 806 389. Address delivered at the Australian Schools Rugby Union (ASRU) AGM on April 30 2020 by ASRU President Tim Cleary 2019 the year that ASRU operated with no funding from Rugby Australia. The first Australian Schoolboys team predated the establishment of the ASRU Committee and Championships. Wow, that Qld 2nds team has a kid from a school in a town where there’s not even a Rugby club! View all Australian Schools players, ordered by School 1969 – 2019: Players by School. He could well be in that team. 23 Sep 2019 Schoolboys. 4 Jun 2020. Or the towering Ben Rogers, from Ambrose Treacy College (formerly Nudgee Junior), who becomes his school’s first open schools state rugby representative.

Australian Schoolboys Rugby League. Explore LIVE Rugby your way with the Rugby Xplorer App. He was the Aus Schools Hooker last year in yr 11, has his form dropped that much or have they provided automatic selection for some? © 2020 Australian Rugby. The Australian Schoolboys & U18 rugby union team is the national team for schoolboy rugby union & U18 players in Australia. Additionally, from next week’s tournament, an Australian Schools Barbarians side will be selected to take on Samoa Schools on 2 October in Sydney. The ASRU had previously scheduled the Australian Schools Rugby Championship to occur in early July at St Ignatius College, Riverview. Some the hard way, some I’ve learned from greats of […], Jeremy Williams (right) in action for Australian Schools in 2018 In a time of uncertainty one of Australia’s brightest rugby prospects has been giving up his time to support families facing one of life’s greatest challenges, living life with a terminally ill child. Assistant coach of Australian Schools Barbarians rugby union team Ben McGee, with head coach Dan Hawke. One that has taken me all over the globe with mates I’ll have for life. PO Box 881

PO Box 881 The first tour of the UK by an Australian Schools team occurred in 1973, playing fifteen matches only losing to England at Twickenham in their final match. 11 Jun 2020. Aust A/BBs Teams 1995-2018. The original prop in a prop's body, but thankfully I have the rugby mind of a prop as well. But if you’re outside the tent, and you’re affiliated with bigger tents, then it’s probably not unreasonable not to receive money. In early 2019, Australian Schools Rugby Union launched their Facebook & Instagram profiles – finally providing family, friends & the rugby community an easy way to keep up to date with ASRU happenings. Such as Tom Cregon of St Philomena College, a school where his cohort of nine wouldn’t be able to field a rugby team. View total number of players by school 1969 – 2019… Rugby can provide plenty of incredible stories, none more so than the Burnie Emus Rugby Club, who's featured in Rugby Australia #partofMore series. VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR TEST MATCHES PLAYED 2010 – 2019, VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR TEST MATCHES PLAYED 2000 – 2009, VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR TEST MATCHES PLAYED 1990 – 1999, VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR TEST MATCHES PLAYED 1980 – 1989, VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR TEST MATCHES PLAYED 1969 – 1979, VIEW TEAM LISTS FOR AUSTRALIA A SCHOOLS & AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS BARBARIANS, These lists have been compiled using the ASRU archives. The first Australian Schoolboys team predated the establishment of the ASRU Committee and Championships. “However, I have full confidence that this group will rise to the occasion and we are all excited to get into camp.”. The Australian Schools Rugby Championships continues its glorious tradition next week in the picturesque grounds of St Ignatius College, Riverview. Considered to be the pinnacle of schoolboy & U18 rugby in Australia, the team plays in fixtures against other national representative schoolboy teams from around the world. I’ll have to go back to the Ikea pathway map before I make a value judgement. That team toured South Africa in 1969 at the personal invitation of Danny Craven playing seven provincial games but no test matches. Following a short […], Ed Craig with his wife Emma & family following his Super Rugby debut on Saturday night It’s not often you would find a New South Welshmen cheering on the boys, north of the border, but as Ed Craig ran out for the Queensland Reds on Saturday night his students from Sydney’s Barker College had something […]. "Ben and I are so excited because we trust each other immensely and we can start planning now. I have for a long time been perplexed at the vast difference between how schools run their... We all know that Rugby Union is a popular football code played in Australia and internationally, at... © Copyright Green & Gold Rugby All Rights Reserved.