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Anglican Church Grammar School raids Samoa for rugby prospects
Matthew Fynes-Clinton From: The Courier-Mail
ANGLICAN Church Grammar School has been directly importing rugby prospects from the South Pacific nation of Samoa.
The private East Brisbane school, better known as Churchie, says the students have been brought in from their island home – between Hawaii and New Zealand – as part of an "education and service program" run by senior school deputy head Bruce Hodges.
The scholarship scheme has drawn at least 14 boys through the gates since 1998, each staying for two to four years on free board and tuition and many playing two seasons in the First XV.
One of the recruits achieved the revered rugby prize of Australian Schoolboys selection and another made Queensland Schoolboys, while others have gone on to youth and Test football for Samoa and the first-grade competition in Brisbane.
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