Australian schools rugby best players, every award winner, top schools, results, Australian squads 2024 wrap

The Australian Schools rugby championships threw up a clear winner in the battle between NSW and Queensland’s rising stars.Top schools, players, squads, every award winner. 2024 WRAP.

The stars, top school and award winners from the Australian Schools Rugby Championships 2024

NSW players dominated the Australian schools rugby championships, the new national squads named and also boasted the best players in the finals in a major show of power for the state.

In another great sign for the future, NSW has double the amount of athletes in the New Australian school boys squad than any other state after dominating the competition with a cleansweep of grand final victories.

In all, 14 NSW players have been named along with seven from Queensland and one each from the ACT and Victoria in the Australian boys schools squads.

Three NSW players were also standouts in the grand finals to secure the much coveted RUPA award.

It was an expected reward for St Augustine’s Charlie Blank from NSW 2, Chanel Williams from Matraville sports high and Annicka McCarthy from Hunters Sports High with the trio in winning sides in their respective deciders.

The stars, top school and award winners from the Australian Schools Rugby Championships 2024

Blank and his NSW 2 side beat last years winners, NSW Juniors, 25-24, in a cliff hanger.

McCarthy and her NSW 1 teammates beat Queensland White 25-5 in the Under 16s girls sevens comp while Williams and her NSW 1 side were victorious in the Under 18s with their 19-10 win.

Blank was also named in the Australian schools team at the conclusion of the tournament.

Action from the final day of the 2024 Australian Schools Rugby Championships. Picture: Rachel Wright.

Chanel Williams is a Year 12 student, her schools vice-captain and part of the Australian youth 7s squad.

Both she and McCarthy were also named in the Australian merit squads.

The girls U18s merit squad is made up six players from both NSW and Queensland.

The U16s girls merit squad has six players from NSW and five from Queensland.

Touch defence at the 2024 Australian Schools Rugby Championships. Picture: Rachel Wright/Anthony Edgar.

the girls sevens competition, Central Coast High and Hunter Sports High School were the top producers of players in the 16s and 18s Australian merit squads, with two players from both.

Sunshine Coast Grammar was the top performer in respect to the Australian schoolboy squad with Nate Hepi, Zac Nichol, Blake Miller and Saxon Thompson al making the cut.

NSW and Queensland dominated the squads named. Picture: Rachel Wright/Anthony Edgar.

Shore has three players in the Australian squad to be top NSW school with Ed Baxter, Jai Callaghan and Felix Harvison.

St Augustine’s on Sydney’s Northern beaches have two representatives in Cameron Paull and Charlie Blank.

NSW Boys playing the ACT Boys. Pictures: Anthony Edgar.

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS AT ASRU 2024

SUGARMAN – MCLEAN AWARD (Best team person)

U16s

VIC Priscilla Taulauniu Manuelmalgaoma, Victoria Uni Secondary College,

MDRDT Ellazae Ellers Hunter Sports HS

NSW 1 Molly Adamson St Catherine’s School

NSW 2 Lucy McLean Pymble Ladies College

QLD 1 Kaia Skeen Wavell State HS

QLD 2 Lily Bain Caloundra State HS

Opens

LMDRDT Reese Orcher Clayfield College

NSW 1 Lacey Cross NBSC Freshwater

NSW 2 Saxbii Shaw Dubbo College Senior

QLD 1 Dani Martens Indooroopilly State HS

QLD 2 Amy Lorenz St John’s Catholic School

ACT Lahni Hall Erindale College

Boys

ACT Harvey McLean St Edmund’s

College

NSW 1 Nathaniel Gallagher Westfield Sports HS

NSW 2 Charlie Blank St Augustine’s

College

NSWJRU Joseph Harvey Eastwood

Qld 1 Tremayne Patelesio Somerset College

Qld 2 Jack Gibson St Brendan’s

College

Vic Caleb Fanolua-Tusitala Dandenong HS

NSW won all three grand finals.

BRIAN PEACE AWARD (player’s player)

Girls 16s

Jenna Aiono Copperfield College

Taliah Anderson Keebra Park State HS

Lusiana Vesicula Kingsgrove HS

Amelia Steventon PLC Sydney

TJ Murray Kings Christian College

Genesis Tupa’i Keebra Park State HS

Girls Sevens matches on Day 3.

Girls Opens

Savannah Roberts-Hickling, Ballina Coast HS

Pyper Marchant Castle Hill HS

Millie Parker Central Coast Sports

Tekainga Enkera-Riveora Stretton State School

Evie Sampson Kings Christian College

Sabrina Marella Erindale college

The event shone a light on the rising stars of the sport. .

Boys

Isaiah Cornforth Marist College

Jai Callaghan Shore School

Cooper Watters St Stanislaus’ College

Oscar Godwin Lennox Head

CSB Nicholas Bett Temora High School

Hingano Helu Fairvale HS

Trent Picot Brisbane State HS

Harry Scheibel Ipswich Grammar

School

Jackson Jury Brighton Grammar School

Action in the Girls 7s comp.

What a try. QLD White under 16s captain Poppy Gibbons reaches out to score at the 2024 Australian Schools Rugby Championships. Picture: Anthony Edgar.

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLGIRLS U18 MERIT SQUAD

1 Lloydies #5 Aaliyah Sheppard Canterbury College, 2 QLD 1 #2 Anna Park The Glennie School, 3 QLD 1 #6 Shalom Sauaso Ipswich State High School, 4 NSW 1 #9 Pyper Marchant Castle Hill High School, 5 NSW 1 #7 Ruby Anderson Central Coast Sports College, 6 QLD 1 #4 Madison Pomerenke James Nash State High School, 7 NSW 1 #14 Logan Lemusu Goal College, 8 NSW 1 #10 Chanel Williams Matraville Sports High School, 9 QLD 1 #11 Tekainga Enkera-Raveora Stretton State School, 10 NSW 1 #8 Manua Moleka The Hills Sport High School, 11 QLD 1 #7 Nikeisha Ngaru Marsden State High School, 12 NSW 1 #13 Maia Madden Khan Central Coast Sports College.

Happy NSW players at the 2024 Australian Schools Rugby Championship

Picture: Rachel Wright.

Picture: Rachel Wright/Anthony Edgar.

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLGIRLS 16S MERIT SQUAD

1 QLD 1 #5 Aaliya Lama Kings Christian College, 2 Lloydies #3 Aamira Renouf Caloundra State High School, 3 NSW 1 #10 Annika Mcarthy Hunter Sports High School, 4 Lloydies #12 EllaZae Elers Hunter Sports High School, 5 NSW 1 #15 Georgia Wansey St Andrews Cathedral School, 6 ACT #7 Georgina Hayes Mater Dei, 7 QLD 1 #6 Kaia Skeen Wavell State High School, 8 NSW 1 # 16 Lusiana Vesicula Kingsgrove High School, 9 QLD 2 #2 Poppy Gibbons The Glennie School, 10 NSW 1 # 13 Shekinah Bainivalu Westfields Sports High School, 11 NSW 1 - #3 Sienna Sullivan Dubbo College South Campus, 12 Lloydies #6 Taliah Anderson Keebra Park State High School.

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS RUGBY SQUAD 2024

1 Nate Hepi Q1 Sunshine Coast Grammar, 2 Cyrus Suniula Q2 Brisbane State High, 3 Keegan Daly N1 Barker College, 4 Edward Baxter N2 The Shore School, 5 Phoenix Graham N2 St Ignatius Riverview, 6 Oscar Cleary N2 Kinross-Wolaroi, 7 Charlie Blank N2 St Augustine’s College, 8 Nat Gallagher N1 Westfield Sports HS, 9 Grady Woolley ACT Canberra College, 10 Jackson Jury Vic Brighton Grammar, 11 Max Roach N1 Knox Grammar, 12 Zac Nichol Q1 Sunshine Coast G, 13 Cooper Watters N2 St Stanislaus’ College, 14 Blake Miller Q1 Sunshine Coast G, 15 Jai Callaghan N1 The Shore School, 16 Charles Ghattas N2 St Joseph’s College, 17 Cameron Paull N2 St Augustine’s College, 18 Felix Harvison NJ The Shore School, 19 Saxon Thompson Q1 Sunshine Coast G, 20 Charles Ul coq N1 Scots College, 21 William Graham Q1 St John’s College, 22 Troy Patea N1 Waverley College, 23 Nate Thompson Q1 Siena Catholic College.

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