The Southport School coach Mike Wallace says battling Terrace will be a threat in today’s GPS clash

GREGORY Terrace’s disastrous GPS First XV campaign has done nothing to ease the concerns of The Southport School coach Mike Wallace ahead of today’s Round 7 battle in Brisbane.

GREGORY Terrace’s disastrous GPS First XV campaign has done nothing to ease the concerns of The Southport School coach Mike Wallace ahead of today’s Round 7 battle in Brisbane.

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While TSS are two wins away from their first premiership since 2017, Terrace lost their first five games of the season before breaking through for a 43-12 thumping of Brisbane Grammar School last week.

Coming off a nailbiting 23-20 win over fellow unbeaten side Brisbane Boys’ College, TSS will lift the trophy with success against Terrace (away) and Ipswich Grammar (home) in their final two fixtures.

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But Wallace knows victory in today’s 2.15pm encounter at Tennyson is far from assured.

“Gregory Terrace are a proud school with a long tradition of rugby excellence and we’re playing them up at their home ground, which is always a really hard place to play. Our boys will be acutely aware of that and they’ll have to work really hard,” Wallace said.

The Southport School’s Syris Schmidt in action against Brisbane Boys’ College last weekend. Picture: AAP Image - Richard Waugh

“(Talk of a premiership) is not an issue for us, that’s not something that we’ll be addressing at all. What we’ve been focusing on is the next job and the next job has been for the boys to get their exams right (during the week).

“That’s the first thing and then the second thing is focusing on improving (last week’s) performance so we’re good enough when we go and challenge Gregory Terrace.

“The boys have had to manage themselves through the week - we had a lot of bumps and bruises out of (the BBC game) – and recover so they can focus on their academics, get that done and then prepare for (Terrace).”

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TSS 2019 RESULTS

■ Round 1 – TSS def. Nudgee College 21-20

■ Round 2 – TSS def. Churchie 64-7

■ Round 3 – TSS def. Brisbane State High 52-7

■ Round 4 - TSS def. Toowoomba Grammar School 65-3

■ Round 5 – TSS def. Brisbane Grammar School 78-0

■ Round 6 – TSS def. Brisbane Boys’ College 23-20