Ruby Trew’s father — and now coach — knew early there was something special about his daughter when she was better than him on a skateboard at age five. A decade on they are together heading to the Olympic Games in Paris this month.
The new Australian schools coach knows the type of player he wants to find at the Australian schools rugby championships for his team – and it’s not just tough guys and speedsters.
There’s a place for all sizes and shapes in the new Australian sevens squad being selected at the schools rugby championships – and teen tyros with this special trait.
They are abrasive and physical but it’s another skill this team hopes will deliver success against their polished rivals at the Australian schools rugby championships. ASRU latest
He might already be connected with a famous NRL club but this son of a rugby league great isn’t lost to rugby – just yet at least.Australian schools rugby favourites, squads and guns to watch.
There’s country and city teens on a mission and fired-up young guns with a point to prove. It makes them the most dangerous team at the Australian schools rugby championships this week.
He’s been coached by a famous Olympian and is now one of the fastest teenagers in rugby – and potentially at the upcoming world rugby U20 championships in South Africa.
They might have been on the back foot most of the season but there’s good reason Tom Slingsby and his Aussie crew are now upbeat about winning their fourth straight SailGP.
It was an injury which left teammates in shock and this young footballer wondering if he would ever play sport again. Then he got a phone call and a ticket to impress.
New life has been blown into surf life saving’s iron series with a new backer and a cutthroat format to help develop a new wave of medal-ready athletes for surf’s Brisbane 2032 Olympics push.
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