Gen Blue NSW Waratahs U15s v Queensland Reds scorers, standouts, rugby championships
The match showcased the next generation of Australian rugby but just one try was scored in the Gen Blue NSW Waratahs match against the Queensland Reds in Brisbane.
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It was a match which threw the spotlight on the next generation of Australian rugby but just one try was scored in the Gen Blue NSW Waratahs match against the Queensland Reds in Brisbane on Sunday.
Spectators had to wait until the second half for Hills Sports High School student Daryus Sione to score the first - and only - try of the match on a wet and windy morning in Brisbane.
The tiring Gen Blue boys showed true grit to then keep the Reds at bay for the remainder of the match.
“It started to heat up at the end and it had been a long morning. If it had gone on much longer we might have been run down,’’ said coach Peter Dumbleton.
“It was brilliant. A massively physical game.’’
The first half saw the Reds lead 6-3 courtesy of two penalty conversions to the Waratah’s one.
The visitors then took the match 13-6 with captain Mathew Gough from St Joseph’s College and the Northern Barbarians Rugby Club, a standout for the young NSW side, and Jarvis Orr from Knox Grammar and the Terrigal Trojans Rugby Club, named Man of the Match.
“The conditions were pretty difficult, mistakes were always going to be expected. I though the boys adapted well to tighten things up in the second half,’’ Dumbleton said.
“We just decided to keep things tighter and play in the right areas of the field.
“We never got too far away so there was always a threat there.’’
Dumbleton said it was a team effort from his young charges, some who had left their homes at 3am to be at the airport in time for their flight north on Sunday morning.
“The team played as a collective. There were no major superstars,’’ he said.
“They worked hard for each other. This is a good, really tight knit group who work hard for each other.
“The camaraderie in the group is great and in the coaching staff also.
“But I thought out captain Mat was very good and our man of the match.’’
NSW WARATAHS U15s v QUEENSLAND REDS U15s
1 Lewis Wilson (Saint Augustine’s College, Newport Junior Rugby Club), 2 Daryus Sione (The Hills Sports High School, Penrith RSL Rugby Club), 3 Nashawn Papalii (Wyong High School, Ourimbah Razorbacks Rugby Club), 4 Cormac Mooney (Newington College, Oatley Junior Rugby Club), 5 Isaac Fonua (The Kings school, Blacktown Scorpions Rugby Club), 6 TJ Talaileva (Hunter Sports High School, Southern Beaches Rugby Club), 7 Jarvis Orr (Knox Grammar, Terrigal Trojans Rugby Club), 8 Justice Taumoepeau (St Joseph’s College, Oatley Junior Rugby Club), 9 Angus Grover (St. Ignatius College Riverview, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club), 10 Ben Sawyer (Calrossy Anglican School, Calrossy Anglican School), 11 Reilly Caswell (Knox Grammar School, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club), 12 Matthew Gough (St Joseph’s College, Northern Barbarians Rugby Club), 13 Tom Hartman (St Ignatius College Riverview, Mosman Junior Rugby Club), 14 Jarryd King (Newington College, Randwick Warriors Rugby Club), 15 Dylan Hall (Knox Grammar, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club).
16 Darcy Emmett (All Saints College - Maitland, Maitland Blacks Rugby Club), 17 Iliyaz Viliamu (Newington College, Randwick Warriors Rugby Club), 18 Hasani Bloomfield (Oakhill College, Hills Junior Rugby Union), 19 Christian Taupau-Moors (Patrician Brothers Blacktown, Penrith RSL Rugby Club), 20 Thomas Haslam (Knox Grammar School, St Ives Rugby Club), 21 Caleb McRae (Warners Bay High School, Wanderers Rugby Club)
22 Max Laverty (The Scots College, Clovelly Junior Rugby Club), 23 Harrison Dene (St Augustine’s College, Newport Junior Rugby Club).
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