Wallaby Origins: The clubs, schools that produced World Cup stars
They are the giants of Australian rugby ready to represent the Wallabies on the game’s grandest stage, but to the local clubs and schools that nurtured them, they are so much more.
They are the giants of Australian rugby ready to represent the Wallabies on the game’s grandest stage, but to the local clubs and schools that nurtured them, they are so much more.
The GPS First XV rugby Team of the Week includes a dynamic Nudgee College flanker, a three-try-hero from Ipswich Grammar and a classy Churchie fly half who spearheaded his side to victory in the latest round.
Who will be the King-Makers and Queen-Makers of grand final day? Here we reveal some key players across the women’s, colts 1 and Premier rugby deciders looming on Sunday.
GPS basketball’s best round 6 players revealed here as The Southport School closes in on back-to-back premierships.
The GPS First XI Football season round 4 was played yesterday, with St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace the big winners. Terrace beat St Joseph’s Nudgee College 3-1, the first First XI win at Nudgee since 2004. In other results BGS beat BBC 3-0, TSS defeated BSHS 4-1 while IGS pipped TGS 2-1.Impressive goals were scored by IGS’s Darryl Barton and Ethan Frazer after IGS defended exceptionally well. Fullbacks Benji Binney and Luka Mirkovic were excellent in one v one situations
Nothing stirs the emotions each winter more than the sight of young men in Nudgee jerseys confronting Terrace jumpers on a rugby pitch, and so it was the case in a GPS classic at Tennyson.
Another epic clash with premiership implications headlines this weekend’s GPS basketball competition as Brisbane State High School hosts fellow heavyweights TSS in the game of the week. SEE THE PREVIEWS HERE.
It is finally here – teams have been named for the start of the GPS premiership. After initial uncertainly due to COVID-19, then a delay, then two rounds of trials, teams will play the title from this Saturday. SEE TEAMS
Brisbane State High School won a historic victory in the 50th running of the annual GPS cross country championship. State High claimed the senior title while St Joseph’s Nudgee College won the junior championship.
The GPS premiership season for competition points starts on Saturday, with the traditional game between St Joseph’s Nudgee College and St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace appropriately scheduled. How will your school perform in 2020?
St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace will lap up playing four of its seven premiership matches at home as the side bases its GPS First XV premiership assault around hard work, early ball to the backs, and more hard work.
Is Brisbane Boys’ College the side to beat for the 2020 GPS rugby union premiership? Yes according to a former Queensland Reds player and premiership winner who watched in admiration as BBC revved up their engines in yesterday’s trial against Terrace.
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