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.
There will be a ‘whole lot more to play for” than just a Super Rugby Pacific win when the Brumbies and Reds meet in Canberra.
Striving for “consistency”, the Queensland Reds have named an unchanged starting 15 for their Super Rugby Pacific battle with the Brumbies.
Super Rugby Pacific’s 12 teams will gather in Melbourne in March for three days of action.
Winger Filipo Daugunu has been on the outer at the Reds, but he’s set to make his 50th Super Rugby appearance this weekend at Suncorp Stadium.
Before uniting next week for a Wallabies camp, a host of Reds and Brumbies players will battle for bragging rights at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.
Believing it was “shoulder on shoulder” contact, the Queensland Reds will fight the suspension of prop Taniela Tupou for alleged foul play.
The Reds scored more tries but it was the Brumbies who prevailed in the top-of-the-table Super Rugby Pacific battle.
Reds teenager Kalani Thomas will welcome some sledging from Brumbies halfback Nic White in Canberra on Friday night.
Having become an “important member of the mob”, a Test newcomer has committed his immediate future to the Wallabies.
Reds co-captain Liam Wright could be available for Queensland’s battle with the Brumbies after recovering from a shoulder injury, but the form of his replacement Seru Uru has given coach Brad Thorn a lot to think about.
Travel restrictions caused by Covid-19 have led to next year’s Super Rugby Pacific schedule being changed.
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