Force v Highlanders
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@machpants they've always been like that and generally tough at home.
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@booboo said in Force v Highlanders:
Question: how many of the Force and Rebels are from WA and Vic?
Not a dig. Genuinely want to know if there is development in these areas.
And who else other than Womble and Leali'ifano have made it to the top from out of these areas?
The Haylett-Petty brothers learnt their trade in WA.
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@booboo said in Force v Highlanders:
Question: how many of the Force and Rebels are from WA and Vic?
Not a dig. Genuinely want to know if there is development in these areas.
And who else other than Womble and Leali'ifano have made it to the top from out of these areas?
How many North Harbour players were playing for the Highlanders in the mid-2000s....
My observation is that club rugby in Vic has improved markedly since the Rebels came to be both from a playing and generally from administrative standpoint.
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@act-crusader said in Force v Highlanders:
@booboo said in Force v Highlanders:
Question: how many of the Force and Rebels are from WA and Vic?
Not a dig. Genuinely want to know if there is development in these areas.
And who else other than Womble and Leali'ifano have made it to the top from out of these areas?
How many North Harbour players were playing for the Highlanders in the mid-2000s....
My observation is that club rugby in Vic has improved markedly since the Rebels came to be both from a playing and generally from administrative standpoint.
Not my point. I genuinely want to know what's developing in these emerging areas.
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@booboo I think there are a few coming through - Pone Fa'amausili being a Victorian schools product.
Again: pathways. The existing setup leans heavily toward NSW and QLD because of their schools systems. If Victoria is serious about rugby as an alternative to Aussie Rules, the private schools there could be well suited to taking on Pasifika guys to make it happen.
Making rugby happen in public schools might work down there for 7s as an Olympic carrot, but it is AFL town, really.
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@bovidae Tamaiti Williams was born in Perth too, hopefully the crusaders have him stuck here now
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@taniwharugby Williams was born in Whangārei, but moved to Perth when he was a few months old. He returned to NZ with his family when he was 16. He played for Kerikeri HS before getting a scholarship from St Kent's.
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@stargazer I knew he had spent time in Northland, was looking up something a few weeks ago and his wiki page said he was born in Perth, if you cant trust Wiki, what can you trust!!
