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Andrew Dawson is a sports writer for The Courier-Mail/Quest Newspapers, and CODE Sports, focusing largely on junior, school and club sport. He started his career in 1984 and three quarters of his career has been reporting sport, either for The Courier-Mail or Quest Newspapers.

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Langer Cup 2020: Marsden SHS ‘do it my way’

Marsden State High School players have vowed to do it their way when the side takes its own, unique style of rugby league into the elite Langer Cup schoolboy competition.

Local sport

Nudgee College players celebrate after the match. GPS Rugby match with Nudgee College against Churchie at Nudgee College.Saturday September 14, 2019. (AAP image, John Gass)

GPS Rugby 2020: Nudgee’s hard work pledge

St Joseph’s Nudgee College have made a hard work pledge entering the GPS rugby 2020 season. Lastus Auakai was expected to spearhead Nudgee’s campaign as the squad looks to position itself for when the whips are cracking late in the season.

South East

Gymnast Georgia Godwin has kept up her gymnastics training at her Manly West home with the help of her dog Rosie. 11.07.2020 Picture: Renae Droop

How a face-licking collie and church aided Games’ dreams

This is a story about how a beautiful border collie dog named Rosie and a bayside church helped two brilliant Queensland Olympic prospects stay on track during the COVID-19 lockdown.

South West

Langer Cup launch. Deijion Leugaimafu. Thursday June 25, 2020. Picture: Renae Droop

Langer Cup 2020: Giant killers Ipswich SHS

The elite Langer Cup schoolboy rugby league competition will start in two weeks, with Ipswich State High School happy to again wear the underdog tag. Andrew Dawson reports

South East

Churchie player Hunter WrightGPS Rugby match with Nudgee College against Churchie at Nudgee College.Saturday September 14, 2019. (AAP image, John Gass)

GPS rugby 2020: How Churchie is shaping

The Anglican Church Grammar School’s preparations for the start of the GPS rugby union season has ramped up, with the First XV’s opening trial match an away game against Brisbane Boys College on July 25. How are Churchie shaping?

West

Mikhaila Flint has been accepted into St Peters.

Mikhaila marches into mighty Saints

See the moment a country kid from the Cannonvale Cannons swimming club tells team mates she has earned a scholarship to train at Australia’s No.1 club, St Peters Western, and study at the adjoining college: VIDEO

Local sport

GIVIT's National Indigenous Support Program ambassador Jade North was the first Indigenous captain of the Socceroos, and competed at the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games. Picture: supplied.

Socceroo joins Brisbane club in coup

Brisbane club pulls off a major coup by luring Socceroo Jade North to the club for the men’s NPL season.

Local sport

The Bill Turner Queensland Cup-winning Ipswich Grammar School football side.

GPS football 2020 preview: Ipswich Grammar School

Today we preview the fortunes of Ipswich Grammar School in the lead-up to the GPS football season which starts on Saturday.

Sport

‘I’m just so happy that we will be back playing footy again’

School teams gearing up as start date is set for Aaron Payne Cup.

NRL

NRL Schoolboys QLD final between Marsden State High School and Kirwan State High School (red) at Langlands Park.Photo of Brad Schneider scoring.11th September 2019 Coorparoo AAP Image/Richard Gosling

Qld schoolboy league comps yet to be written off

Queensland’s prestigious schoolboy rugby league tournaments could still be played in 2020 with a top official saying it was too early to make a call on the staging of the competition.

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