Australian Schools Championships 2007

Australian Schools Championship - Results Day One

July 03, 2007 - 5:37pm
Story by: ARU

Results from Day One of the Australian Schools Championship at Viking park in Canberra.

ACT 45 (Tyler Stevens 3, James Lovell, Eirene Alatise, Drew Buckley, Stewart McDowall tries; James Lovell 5 conversions) defeated Combined States 17 (Cody Budgeon, Zac Holmes* tries; Zac Holmes* 2 conversions, 1 penalty) :S Ouch!
*Zac Holmes (Aquinas, Nedlands RUFC)

NSW I 43 (Afusipa Taumoepeau 3, Tim Bennetts 2, Cameron Mitchell, Corey Brown tries; Afusipa Taumoepeau 2, Brock McGarity 2 conversions ) defeated QLD II 0

QLD I 26 (Joe Tomane 2, William Tupou, Mitchell Wade tries; Matt Toomua 3 conversions) defeated NSW II 10 (Jacob Boon, Fine Moeakiola tries)

well done zac.

NSW 1's could be awesome this year

Australian Schools Championship Division I - Results Day Two

July 04, 2007 - 5:48pm
Story by: ARU

Results form day 2 of the Australian Schools Championship Division I at Viking Park in Canberra.

NSW I 19 (Corey Brown, Damien Fitzpatrick, Jesse Parahi tries; Brock McGarity 2 cons) defeated QLD I 12 (Joe Tomane, David Feao tries, James O‘Connor con).

NSW II 45 (David Tautaiolefue 2, Jacob Boon 2, Nathan Simpson, Jayson Strachan tries; Jordan McGregor 4 cons, pen; Bernard Foley 2 cons) defeated ACT 5 (Colby Faingaa try).

Combined States 31 (Dane Haylett-Petty 2*, Tulla Gray, Shawn Orcher tries, Zack Holmes* 3 pens, con) defeated QLD II 17 (Richard Lee, Issac Weier, Semiti Tela tries; Nathan Stapleton con).

*Dane Haylett-Petty (Hale, N/A), Zac Holmes (Aquinas, Nedlands RUFC)

Who is producing our future Wallabies?

Just did a quick "head count" of the teams competing and came up with the following breakdown.

Of the 140 boys competing in Canberra this week there are:

NSW 49 *
Qld 47 *
ACT 23
WA 9
Vic 6
NT 2
SA 2
Tas 2

* Two Divisions plus Lloyd McDermott Team Members in the Combined States XV

The Schools of Origin are:

St Edmund’s College, ACT 11
The Southport School, Qld 10
Brisbane State High School, Qld 6
Marist College Ashgrove, Qld 6
Westfield’s Sports HS, NSW 6
Ipswich Grammar School, Qld 5
Marist College, ACT 5
Nudgee College, Qld 5
St Josephs College, NSW 5
Anglican Church Grammar School, Qld 4
Daramalan College, ACT 3
Endeavour Sports High School, NSW 3
Brisbane Grammar School, Qld 2
Canberra Grammar School, ACT 2
Hale School, WA 2
St. Augustine’s College, NSW 2
St. Ignatius’ College, NSW 2
Swan College, WA 2
The Kings School, NSW 2
The Scots College, NSW 2
Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, The Entrance Campus, NSW 2

& 53 other Schools producing individual players.

The WA Schools are:

Hale School 2
Swan College 2
Aquinas College 1
Christchurch Grammar 1
Guildford Grammar 1
John XXIII College 1
Morley Senior High School 1

DAY 3 - NOVOTEL AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - CANBERRA

Friday, 6 July 2007

Game 7

NSW II 17 (Bernard Foley, Mark Johnson, Robert Kelly tries; Jason Hopkins conversion) defeated Queensland II 14 (Daniel Earley, Semiti Tela tries; Daniel Earley 2 conversions)

Game 8

NSW I 25 (Robert Horne 2, Afusipa Taumoepeau, Sam Latunipulu, Tim Bennetts tries) defeated Combined States 10 (Zack Holmes try; conversion; penalty)


Game 9

QLD I 34 ( Joe Tomane 3, Luke Morahan, James O’Connor tries; Matt Toomua 3 conversions, penalty) defeated ACT 10 (Tyler Stevens try; James Lovell conversion, penalty)



Final Pool Points:

POOL A

NSW I 10

CS 5

QLD II 0


POOL B

QLD I 10

NSW II 5

ACT 0


FINAL DAY - NOVOTEL CHAMPIONSHIPS - VIKING PARK CANBERRA

Sunday, 8 July 2007

Game 10
NSW II v Combined States

NSW II 26 (Fine Moeakiola 2, Jason Hopkins 2 tries; Jordan McGregor 2, Bernard Foley conversions) defeated Combined States 5 (Kane Della Vedova try)

Game 11

QLD II v ACT

QLD II 17 (Nathan Stapleton, Michael Lynagh tries; Daniel Earley 2 conversions; Nathan Stapleton penalty) defeated ACT 12 (Drew Buckley, Sean Connochie tries; Colby Faingaa conversion)


Game 12 – Championship Final
NSW I v QLD I

QLD I 23 (Joseph Tomane 2, Pat Rynders tries; Matt Toomua 2 penalties, conversion) defeated NSW I 17 (Robert Horne 2, Micah Watene tries; Brock McGarity conversion)

COMING EVENTS

· Japan High Schools Tour

o 26 July v North Queensland Schools – Townsville

o 29 July v Queensland Secondary Sports – Sunshine Coast

o 1 Aug v Victorian Schools – Melbourne

o 5 Aug v NSW Combined High Schools – Coogee Oval Sydney

· England Under 18 Tour

o 5 Aug v Australian U18 Talent ID Squad – Coogee Oval Sydney

o 8 Aug v NSW Combined High Schools – T G Millner

o 15 Aug v Australia ‘A’ Schools – The Southport School Gold Coast

o 19 Aug v Suncorp Australia Schoolboys – Ballymore Brisbane

· Samoa Tour

o 19 Sep v NSW Junior Under 18 – Sydney

o 22 Sep v Australia ‘A’ Schools – Parramatta Stadium (to be confirmed)

o 25 Sep v Suncorp Australia Schoolboys – Viking Park Canberra

o 29 Sep v NSW Country Schools - Newcastle

o 2 Oct v New Zealand Schools - Gosford

· New Zealand Tour

o 2 Oct v Samoan Schools - Gosford

o 5 Oct v Australia ‘A’ Schools – Warringah Rugby Park

o 9 Oct v Suncorp Australian Schoolboys – St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill for Novotel Trans Tasman Trophy

Australian Schoolboys Squad named for England Test

July 09, 2007 - 10:22am
Story by: ARU

Selectors have named a 23-man Australian Schoolboys squad to play England Under 18 at Ballymore in Brisbane on August 19.

Also selected was an Australia A squad to play England Under 18 at The Southport School on August 15.

Suncorp Australian Schools Rugby Team

to play England Under 18

Ballymore Brisbane

19 August 2007



Kesomi Lolotonga, ACT

Timothy MacNamara, ACT

Damien Fitzpatrick, NSW

Samisoni Latunipulu, NSW

Lamarn Ma’a, NSW

Robert Horne, NSW

Sitiveni Mafi, NSW

David McDuling, NSW

Cameron Mitchell, NSW

Jesse Parahi, NSW

Shanin Proctor, NSW

Afusipa Taumoepeau, NSW

Micah Watene , NSW

Brent Hamlin, QLD

James O’Connor, QLD

Jake Schatz, QLD

Nick Seymour, QLD

James Slipper, QLD

Ben Tapuai, QLD

Joseph Tomane, QLD

Matt Toomua, QLD

Aidan Toua, QLD

Talalelei Gray, VIC (Huge effort, well done!)


Australia ‘A’ Schools Rugby Team

to play England Under 18

The Southport School

15 August 2007

Robert Abel, ACT

Corey Brown, NSW

Jason Hopkins, NSW

Mark Johnson, NSW

Lachlan McCaffrey, NSW

Brock McGarity, NSW

Fine Moeakiola, NSW

David Tautaiolefue, NSW

Aaron Chapman, QLD

Joshua Cooper, QLD

Jonathon Lance, QLD

Angus Leahy, QLD

Robert Middlin, QLD

Luke Morahan, QLD

Pat Rynders, QLD

Ruan Smith, QLD

Mark Swanepoel, QLD

William Tupou, QLD

Mitchell Wade, QLD

James Willan, QLD

Adam Russell, QLD

Cruze Ah-Nau, WA

Dane Haylett-Petty, WA

Justin Turner, WA