St Joseph’s Nudgee College to play traditional rivals Gregory Terrace in rugby season opener

The GPS schoolboy rugby season is scheduled to start with a bang after facing a long delay due to the COVID-19 restrictions, with two bitter rivals due to go head to head in a blockbuster opener.

The GPS schoolboy rugby season will start with a bang, with traditional rivals St Joseph’s Nudgee College playing St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace on August 8 at Tennyson.

The season opener blockbuster will be preceded by three trial matches between the nine GPS schools which are scheduled for July 18, 25 and August 1.

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The delayed start to the season was caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Nudgee-Terrace history is the biggest rivalry in Queensland schoolboy rugby, with its origins stretching back to 1891 when Nudgee opened.

Prior to that there was only one St Joseph’s College in Brisbane - the one the Christian Brothers founded at Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill.

Terrace v Nudgee College.

As Terrace grew, the college boarding school was moved to Nudgee where it was initially administered from the Spring Hill office.

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However, as the years past Nudgee evolved into its own school, emerging from the shadows of its big brother at Spring hill.

And with Nudgee College’s rise, a great sporting rivalry was born.

Following the three trial matches, the following fixtures will be played:

August 8

- St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace v St Joseph’s Nudgee College

- Brisbane Grammar School v Brisbane Boys’ College

- Brisbane State High School v The Southport School

- Toowoomba Grammar School v Ipswich Grammar School

Bye: Anglican Church Grammar School

August 15

- The Southport School v Toowoomba Grammar School

- Anglican Church Grammar School v Brisbane Grammar School

- St Joseph’s Nudgee College v Ipswich Grammar School

- Brisbane State High School v St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

Bye: Brisbane Boys’ College

BBC centre Lukas Ripley in action.

August 22

- Brisbane Grammar School v The Southport School

- Toowoomba Grammar School v St Joseph’s Nudgee College

- Ipswich Grammar School v Brisbane Boys’ College

- St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace v Anglican Church Grammar School

Bye: Brisbane State High School

August 29

- The Southport School v Brisbane Boys’ College

- Brisbane State High School v Toowoomba Grammar School

- Anglican Church Grammar School v Ipswich Grammar School

- St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace v Brisbane Grammar School

Bye: St Joseph’s Nudgee College

Churchie player Hunter Wright passes last season. 2019. (AAP image, John Gass)

September 5

- The Southport School v St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

- Brisbane Boys’ College v Toowoomba Grammar School

- St Joseph’s Nudgee College v Brisbane Grammar School

- Anglican Church Grammar School v Brisbane State High School

Bye: Ipswich Grammar School

State High's Joe Lalagavesi and Ben Malley celebrate their win.

September 12

- Ipswich Grammar School v The Southport School

- Toowoomba Grammar School v Anglican Church Grammar School

- Brisbane Boys’ College v St Joseph’s Nudgee College

- Brisbane Grammar School v Brisbane State High School

Bye: St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace

September 18

- Anglican Church Grammar School v St Joseph’s Nudgee College

- St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace v Ipswich Grammar School

- Brisbane State High School v Brisbane Boys’ College

- Brisbane Grammar School v Toowoomba Grammar School

Bye: The Southport School