Aussie Pro Rugby
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From Australian Schools Rugby FB:
The Best of Schoolboys Rugby Live and Exclusive on Cluch
Wed 20 Sept: ACT Schools v Tonga Schoolboys
Trilateral Series Sat 23, Mon 25 and Thu 28 September at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga (Sydney).
Sat 23 Sep: Australian Schoolboys v Australian Schools Barbarians
Mon 25 Sep: Tonga Schoolboys v Australian Schools Barbarians
Thu 28 Sep: Tonga Schoolboys v Australian Schoolboys
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
It's not a code switch, bloody morons.
It's RugbyPass. They are bloody morons and clickbait generators as @Stargazer said.
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
From Australian Schools Rugby FB:
The Best of Schoolboys Rugby Live and Exclusive on Cluch
I've got some free codes for cluch lying around somewhere I think
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@Bovidae Good question and I don't have the answer.
I understand that the Australian Schoolboys team that will play Tonga Schoolboys falls under the Australian Schools Rugby Union ‘ASRU’, which is run by independent volunteers. I have no idea how they relate to Rugby Australia. It's the same team that NZ played in the past, because they posted about those games on their website, including results and match reports.
If you look at the RA run website rugby.com.au, then you don't find any info about the Australian Schoolboys team playing Tonga, or anything about the Australian Schoolboys, Australia U18 or "Australia Schools and U18" team at all since 2022. There are articles from 2022 about the "Australian Schools and U18s" team playing (and beating) NZ, that year.
All the info combined seems to suggest that it's all one and the same team, but how the Aussie team is named is inconsistent, and that may or may not have to do with the inclusion of U18 players who aren't schoolboys.
It's really weird though, that neither the ASRU or the rugby.com.au site says anything at all about the games against NZ Schools.
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
When they played in NZ in 2019 their team was called Australia Schools under the RA banner. I guess we'll find out sooner enough.
That's the confusing bit, because both the rugby.com.au website and the Australian Schools Rugby website called it the Australian Schools and U18 team in 2019.
Australian Schools and U18s New Zealand Tour 2019: Team List
Congratulations to all the players included for the tour to New Zealand. We wish all the students the very best experience playing overseas during the school holidays. Australian Schools and U18s New…
RESULT
Australian Schools and U18s 18
Tries: ... etc
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I'm starting to wonder whether that game on 28 September is not against "Australia U18" (or Schoolboys or whatever), but against Australian Barbarians. NZ Schools never played Australia Schoolboys twice on tour in the past. It was usually one game against Australian Barbarians and then the last game against Australia Schoolboys.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
As with men's rugby, most of the starting XV for any women's rugby team in Australia is a potential target for NRLW, which seeks to grow. It can pull from its own development systems but could take the easy option and raid our ranks to get the competition running.
An engaging name that keeps away the NRL but attracts the curious might help.
What about the Womb-bats? The Brown Booby Island Birds? The Screaming Gal-Lahs?Don't need to be fauna-related? Then how about:
The She-Las? Pussies in Boots?I'm here all week. There's probably a reason I'm not in marketing.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Pour yourself a rose 😂
Not going to be there for 25 Lions and beyond
Surplus to requirements
I think Eddie has been very clear about that
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@MiketheSnow said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Pour yourself a rose 😂
Not going to be there for 25 Lions and beyond
Surplus to requirements
I think Eddie has been very clear about that
Yeah I think the plan to run a cleanout was fairly well covered but his point about injuries in camp already is a good one.
If something isn't better by next year, the Lions tour will be equally disastrous in 2025.
Will there be a game of much substance left? He can't affect what the provinces are doing and neither can McLennan in terms of recruitment. We're only just starting to get the back offices aligned across the provinces, and I mean just-agreeing-to-do-it stage.
It'll take time to turn the ship around, and a dismal RWC showing won't help that.
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
Is there a difference between the Australian Schoolboys and Australian U18s? The latter is meant to be playing NZ Schools also on Sep 28.
It seems the answer is yes. They are two different teams. The Australian Schoolboys team plays Tonga, and the Australian Schools & U18s team plays New Zealand.
The Australian Schools & U18s team has now been named:
I don't know what the point of having both these teams is. It seems the players named in the Australian Schools & U18s team have closer links to the Super Rugby franchises, so I assume this is the top age grade squad. Maybe the Australian Schoolboys team is more directly selected from school teams?
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