Crystal ball rugby: What the Queensland Reds could look like later this decade
The Queensland Reds are closing in on Super Rugby finals, but what could they look like later this decade? Enjoy this crystal ball gaze into the future with potential Reds stars of tomorrow unveiled.
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Here’s more than 30 reasons why the Queensland Reds can be playing Super Rugby Pacific finals footy in the second half of this decade.
It is the names of young players, many Queensland Rugby juniors, who are in the fledgling stages of their career but could come to the fore.
The future of the Reds will be in good hands with local juniors, former schoolboy sensations and powerhouse forwards shaping up as elite pathway prospects capable of sustaining Australia’s competitiveness against Kiwi opposition.
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Every player named has that eyebrow raising ability, but some stand out like a lightning bolt tearing through stormy skies.
It must be stressed it is still a long road leading to Super Rugby Pacific selection and many won’t make it.
But others will and for Reds supporters, here’s a glimpse of what’s coming through the ranks.
What a Reds side could look like in 2029-30
15. Tom Howard/ Will McCulloch
Life after Jock Campbell looks up given the outstanding ability of Will McCulloch, 21, and Tom Howard, 18.
McCulloch has been kept on ice this year with an injury but was named in the Reds’ Super Rugby Pacific squad. Had he been healthy, we think he would have made his debut by now.
The Padua old boy is a slick mover with plenty of representative experience for both Queensland (under-19s) and Australia (under-20s).
Howard on the other hand is only two months into his club rugby career at University but in a small time frame he has both enlightened and reminded rugby onlookers of his stunning potential as a winger or fullback.
His lightning feet have been unfair at times in Colts 1 under-20s.
14. Nick Conway/ Dan Malum/ Tim Ryan
‘Junkyard Dog’ Tim Ryan has been improving with every experience for the Reds and has shown no signs that he can’t be a 100-game stalwart at either fullback or winger.
There are also other promising wingers coming through who could feature later this decade. Nick Conway, 18, has potential from the top of his headgear to the bottom of his flashy feet. Himself and Ryan would be a very potent wing combination, with Papua New Guinean winger Dan Malum also a miraculous mover.
Given Malum’s tryscoring knack and tendency to make big plays, it’s hard to envision he doesn’t get a look somewhere.
Indeed the Reds signed Conway more than a year ago.
13. Frankie Goldsbrough/ Xavier Rubens/ Tai Taka
The Reds’ No.13 jersey has been donned with pride by Dre Pakeho this season in a rookie campaign of considerable force. He is an inside centre at heart but it doesn’t matter where he plays, his determination remains the same.
There were also a handful of other outside centres earmarked for Queensland honours later this decade.
Elite teens Frankie Goldsbrough (Churchie, Easts), Xavier Rubens (BBC, Souths) and Tai Taka (BBC) were genuine No.13s with the makings of a professional footballer.
The tough-as-nails Goldsbrough made his Reds debut in round 4 of the season, while Australian under-20s squad member Rubens has been a real excitement machine in Souths’ Colts 1 and first grade outfits.
Anticipation is also growing around BBC schoolboy Taka, a promising No.13 with flashy plays his forte.
He was top notch in the Reds’ under-16s outfit last year, busting through tackles, offloading and defending with venom at a good clip.
12. Dre Pakeho/ Maddox Maclean
Pakeho has exceeded expectations in 2025 with a superb, rock-solid rookie season in the Reds midfield.
Around the more experienced Hunter Paisami (inside centre) and Filipo Daugunu (outside centre or wing), Pakeho has made less mistakes and smarter decisions to repay the faith Les Kiss showed when signing him last Spring.
In recent games against the table-topping Chiefs, Waratahs, Hurricanes and Waratahs, he was worth his weight in gold defensively.
Pakeho’s 2022 GPS First XV rugby rival, flyhalf Maddox Maclean, was also a player of note — capable of playing No.10, centre and fullback.
He is a fine utility with an astute kicking game and menacing look about him.
A rugged, two-time First XV premiership winner from Nudgee College.
11. Treyvon Pritchard
Possessing a clean set of heels and springs under him, Pritchard looks poised to one day reach the giddy heights of Super Rugby Pacific.
He is blessed with natural athleticism, speed and skill — and has put in the work to spring out from his brother Kadin’s shadow and turn heads at schoolboy level.
As a student at St Peters Lutheran College in Springfield, Pritchard and his siblings Kadin, Aiyana and Jazarah would sharpen iron at their local — Bob Gibbs Park.
Now a senior at Churchie, Pritchard will be a senior player within a young squad of First XV troops this winter.
10. Finn Mackay/ Harry McLaughlin-Phillips / Tom Lynagh
The Reds won’t need to look anywhere but within for a No.10 this decade.
The club has been well serviced this season by 22-year-old Wallaby-contender Tom Lynagh and spark-plug Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 21.
Waiting in the wings was crafty 17-year-old Finn Mackay, a player with time on his hands.
McLaughlin-Phillips is a BBC product from Gunnedah via the Sunshine Coast, Lynagh a Pommy from Epsom and Mackay a Brisbane boy.
Ironically, the jinking McLaughlin-Phillips and tactical-kicking Mackay have made waves as a Souths Mapiges flyhalf — similarly to Reds legend Quade Cooper.
9. James Martens
A bolt from the blue, the nation’s capital to be specific, Martens has been magic since he arrived at BBC from Marist College in Canberra.
A GPS First XV revelation in 2023 when he managed to take the No.9 jersey from Colts 1 club rugby’s best halfback in Jamie Alexander, Martens has made every post a winner since bursting onto the scene in round 7 on Miskin Oval.
A boundary-belting batsmen in cricket before honing in on rugby, Martens just has something about him which you see in Tate McDermott when he taps quickly and takes advantage of slow-reacting defenders.
8. Vaiuta Latu
While Martens was running amok for BBC in 2023, Latu was leading the St Peters First XV as one of the AIC competition’s best forwards.
He played lock, flanker and No.8 in his time at school and has kicked on tremendously at his junior club Brothers — earning himself a starting spot in Ben McCormack’s Hospital Cup team.
He has developed wonderfully after making one of two Reds under-18s teams in 2023.
7. Tom Robinson
A forward leader to the core, Tom Robinson is being groomed for higher honours in the Reds’ Tier One Academy.
The 2023 Gregory Terrace school captain, flanker Robinson is a polished type who would give you an 8.5/10 every week of a 20-game season and finish the campaign Most Valuable Player.
A Mr Reliable who looks very likely.
6. Charles Brosnan
A country enforcer from Thallon, Charles Brosnan has been toiling away in club land since leaving the Churchie boarding dorms at the end of 2022. He was a glorious schoolboy player.
A hip injury ruled him out of last season but he has returned with a bang and remains a top prospect, capable playing anywhere in the backrow.
He is tough, skilful and clearly determined given his successful rehabilitation and stunning return for the Reds under-19s last year.
5. Will Ross/ Bennett Armistead
The tallest rugby schoolboys going around, Armistead and Ross have the stature and skill to one day break their way into the top tier.
Armistead is young giant, someone who wins lineouts in his sleep. He was key for GPS premiers Nudgee College last year and will be key again this winter.
Ross is in the process of helping lead his Padua College First XV to an AIC rugby premiership, but he has St Laurence’s and Ashgrove to get through yet.
The second-row pair are only 17 and will benefit greatly from playing a long club rugby season in 2026.
4. Fergus Gillan/ Avery Thomson
One lives on the Gold Coast (Gillan), one lives on the Westside (Thomson) and both ooze potential.
The Reds are spoiled for choice at lock with Josh Canham, Ryan Smith, Angus Blyth and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto currently doing a job — and they have plenty of talent coming through the ranks too.
The swift Gillan, the club’s top under-19s forward in last year’s Super Rugby tournament, has been elite for Bond University this club season. He could play blindside flanker as well.
Thomson hasn’t played as much rugby as Gillan over the past 18 months due to the odd injury but he knows a thing or two about lineouts as well.
3. Trevor King/ Nick Bloomfield
No surprises here.
King and Bloomfield are next-up in Queensland’s front row. King, a Fijian powerhouse from Gladstone, was only late to the game but has been a tone-setter in his age group for years now.
He has been an Australian Under-20s select for three successive years.
A former Junior Wallaby teammate of his, Nick Bloomfield, was a 79th minute debutant in the Reds’ 27-31 loss against the Hurricanes last Saturday.
His inclusion in the team was a testament to his progression over the past three years. He has risen with the tide at Easts, scrummaging the house down for coaches Tyrell Barker (former Colts 1 coach), Jack Richards (Colts 1) and now Simon Criag (first grade).
2. Max Craig/ John Grenfell
Hooker Max Craig, a Churchie 2021 old boy, and John Grenfell, a 2024 Nudgee College old boy, were both potential Reds hookers later this decade.
Craig is further along in his development, having been a part of the academy for a few years and having just made his debut this season.
Grenfell, the best hooker in GPS rugby last year, has been kept on ice so far this club rugby season but he will show what all the fuss is about when the time is right at University Rugby Club.
Cap Coast Crocs junior Grenfell, a No.8 turned hooker, has a country toughness about him.
1. Kingsley Uys
Signed by the Reds through 2027, Uys clearly has a pathway to the top team and it comes as no shock.
The outstanding loosehead prop is a freak of nature. Weighing 120kg, Uys has great feet and soft hands which gives him a point of difference against other players at his position.
Current Reds props Alex Hodgman and Jeffery Toomaga-Allen don’t have long left and this youngster could be the next cab of the rank within the next three or so years.
THE YOUNG GUNS TO WATCH
Tai Taka
Very exciting are the two words that best describe young outside centre Tai Taka.
Arguably Queensland’s best under-16s player last year, the BBC boarder is bursting at the seams with athleticism, flair and flashy skills.
When he is on, he is on. That is why the Reds have signed him long term.
Levi Slater
One of the best new faces in GPS First XV rugby last year for Nudgee College, Slater has been improving rapidly while maintaining the same rage which saw him motor over the gain line often.
A brute of a forward, Slater looks set to be one of the competition’s premier front-row forwards after a cracking display for the Reds Under-18s earlier this year.
Gray O’Neill
Keep a close eye on this outstanding flanker from BBC this season.
O’Neill will be wearing headgear, kicking goals from the touchline and reeling in lineouts.
He was a part of the 2023 Reds Under-16s team.
Harrison Asi
O’Neill’s prop this season in GPS rugby, watch for Asi in the tight channels and at scrum time.
He is only young, having made the Australian under-16s late last year, but his best footy is ahead.
Harper Enasio
Enasio had his 2024 school rugby season pulled out from under him when he was injured at the start of the season.
The inside centre is fit as a fiddle, chomping at the bit to leave a mark for Brisbane Grammar in 2025.
His incursions from the midfield in this year’s Reds under-18s indicate he is in for a good season.
Oliver Nasser
On the return from an injury, Nasser is in his final year of school at Gregory Terrace.
He was sensational as a Year 11 First XV captain last year. In term 1 this year, he played First XI cricket.
He is a very good backrower of great pedigree.
Jack Calleja
A standout in last year’s Super Rugby Under-16s for Queensland, Cassowary Coast junior Calleja had a toughness about him which stunned opposition in that tournament.
A 16-year-old lock in Year 11, Calleja was originally from the Innisfail region before Ipswich Grammar head of rugby Russell Todd thought he’d be better off in the dorms of 2025 GPS First XV rugby dark horses IGS.
Tremayne Patelesio
Patelesio is a part of this young brigade of rugby rookies steaming through the ranks right now.
A Somerset College backrower who started his high school journey at renowned league nursery Keebra Park State High, Patelesio was a Reds under-18s select earlier this year and a proud product of the Gold Coast Eagles.
There is also a lot to like about Patelesio’s Somerset teammate Isaac Fidock, a Queensland Schoolboys select and Reds under-16s selection.
Alfie Bowman
Shaping up to be GPS First XV rugby’s elite scrumhalf, alongside Isaac Kefu (BBC).
There is plenty to like about Bowman’s game. He is polished, with a booming box kick and great service.
REDS SMOKEY WATCH
Harry Solofa
The form hooker of Colts 1 club rugby, Wests forward marvel Solofa has been on a tear through the first eight rounds of the season.
The Churchie old boy, who played centre growing up, is knocking on the door of a Reds under-19s call up.
Ezalle Matautia
Another exciting new face at Wests this year has been Ezalle Matautia, a Cairns product who boarded at Ipswich Grammar.
With elite flanker Charlie Cooke sidelined while he rehabilates a shoulder reconstruction, Matautia is making a name for himself as defensive hit man.
Myles Rosemond
Rosemond was a revelation in the 2023 Emerging Reds Cup (ERC) at Ballymore and has been enhancing his reputation ever since.
A fancy-footed Townsville product, Rosemond moved from rugby league finishing school Ignatius Park to the dorms of Toowoomba Grammar for 2024.
He showed his class as a rugby fullback but also as a rugby 7s talent for the champion Australian under-18s outfit that won the Global Youth Sevens tournament in New Zealand.
Joe Doljanin
A professional club would be dumb not to come calling this elite outside centre from GPS.
Doljanin went to school at Johnathan Thurston’s old school — St Mary’s College, Toowoomba — and has a background playing rugby league.
But since leaving school in 2021 he has been a top gun rugby centre with skill, speed and size.
In the first grade matches he has played for the Gallopers, Doljanin has been a clear standout and when he hasn’t played, the difference is clear because GPS miss his midfield punch.
Damon Humphrys
Signed by the Bulldogs, Damon Humphrys is a rugby league halfback but is also an outstanding rugby flyhalf — hence his naming in this company.
Humphrys was picked up by the Bulldogs last year on a two-year deal, but gee whiz he can control a rugby match with his kicking game.
With rugby flyhalf or fullback written all over him, the door remains ajar for the 17-year-old Padua schoolboy.
The Bulldogs were more than willing to let him play Reds under-18s football earlier this year and First XV rugby, his third campaign in the school’s top team.
Kingbenjamin Swirling
With size and power at his disposal, Swirling could rocket into Reds Under-19s contention and from there anything is possible.
He was lesser known by the wider rugby community as a John Paul College schoolboy but those around the TAS (The Associated Schools) competition knew he was a stunning talent.
He has the soft hands and skill of a back, which gives him a slight edge as a bullocking prop.
Will Nason
The Reds love a player capable of playing multiple backline positions and Nason can cover both fullback and flyhalf.
He is a steady type, someone who rarely has a bad game and has been improving with every experience at his new club Wests.
Last year he was influential in helping Souths snare the Colts 1 premiership and looks a handy replacement for Mason Gordon after he recently announced his retirement from the game.
Angus Tagicakibau
Brisbane State High fullback Tagicakibau is a freakish talent on the rugby pitch. But something about him screams rugby 7s.
He may just follow in the footsteps of a similar player, Wallace Charlie, who made his Australian Men’s 7s debut earlier this month.
Tagicakibau has been nothing short of impressive over the past 12-16 months. He was a representative league player for Norths last year, a standout in GPS First XV rugby and an Australian Under-18s 7s select.
To focus on his last year of schooling at BSHS and rugby commitments, Tagicakibau made the executive decision to give club league a miss.
UNDERRATED GEMS
Mattias Agent
Sunnybank’s brightest young forward prospect, Agent flies under the radar but if given a shot in a Super Rugby academy, he would fit right in.
The Dragons’ Colts 1 captain and a regular off the bench or as a starter in first grade, Agent just gets rugby.
Rarely flustered and seemingly always winning lineouts, the nimble, headgear-wearing Agent has the stature and skills to play lock, flanker and No.8 with ease.
Trent Picot
Like Agent, Picot has been engulfed in a rugby resurgence at Brisbane State High which saw them beat eventual premiers Nudgee College in 2023 and then go hammer and tongs with them in last year’s unofficial grand final.
Picot has carried over his form from the school season into Colts footy with Souths where he is one of the competition’s best on-ball flankers.
The former Reds Under-16s (2023) tone-setter previously played representative rugby league for Easts but has made it clear he is all in on rugby.
Ryan Heaton
Heaton has been the best under-20s player in first grade club rugby this season.
Young but well versed in rugby, Heaton has held down the midfield for Norths Eagles with dogged defence and good, aggressive attack.
There are a handful of centres warming their engines in the Reds academy and Heaton gives the impression he’d match motors with any of them if given a chance.
Jamie Alexander
Widely recognised as one of the top halfbacks in Colts 1 club rugby, Alexander is just a fantastic footballer with great IQ, skill and execution.
An outstanding sportsman and leader at BBC - where he was a school captain - Alexander can make a palpable difference with his running game, kicking game and goalkicking.
He has also played flyhalf with distinction this year.
Tafito Ah-Ki
While Alexander was the class halfback of GPS First XV rugby in 2022 and 2023, Tafito Ah-Ki was the same in the AIC competition.
St Edmund’s College defeated Marist Ashgrove and almost premiers St Laurence’s the year Ah-Ki took the AIC by storm (2022) and the little livewire has since been a pest in Colts 1 and second grade for University.
A scheming scrumhalf just like McDermott, Ah-Ki represented the Force under-19s late last year and has x-factor.
QUEENSLANDERS ELSEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
ACT BRUMBIES
Chace Oates
A Super Rugby club was always going to snap up Oates if he was available.
Classy with a good running game, Oates was a Reds under-16s and under-18s player but like his brother Kye, he is making the most of an opportunity in the capital.
Can kick goals, loves a 50-22 and possesses a crisp passing game across both sides of his body.
Ewald Kruger
A good mate of Oates from up on the range, Kruger was the top forward in the Reds’ 2022 Super Rugby Under-16s campaign and made the Australian Under-16s squad as a result — alongside Oates.
Also a fine cricketer where he played in the As all the way through at Toowoomba Grammar, Kruger was an under-18s selection for the Reds in February last year before a solid Colts 1 campaign as the GPS hooker.
The Brumbies have the South African big bopper now.
Jacob Johnson
The best fullback in GPS rugby over the past two seasons, Johnson was originally a Reds under-18s selection but took up an academy opportunity at the Brumbies once he finished school at Nudgee College last year.
A slick, speedy and skilful No.15, Johnson is at his best with the ball in his hands and he constantly found himself on the highlight reel in a stellar 2024 season which ended in a three-peat of premierships for Nudgee College.
He was key in helping secure two of them.
Sam Watson
A polished scrumhalf, Watson was simply superb for Nudgee College in 2024 with his pinpoint service, speed to the breakdown and decision making.
A Norths Eagles junior, Watson joined Johnson in moving to Canberra where he is looking ahead to this year’s Super Rugby Under-19s campaign.
He was a Reds Under-16s selection 2022.
Samson Tuqiri
A true speed demon, Tuqiri has rugby in his blood but hasn’t made it this far due to his father Lote.
He is an elite rugby outside back with speed to burn and razer-sharp instincts.
A two-year Brisbane Boys’ College First XV winger, Tuqiri jumped on an opportunity in Canberra early last year, moving south before playing a Colts rugby game in Brisbane’s Queensland Premier Rugby competition.
Lington Ieli (Brumbies)
18 months ago he was a front-row combatant in then coach Cian O’Connor’s Colts 1 side at Souths.
Fast forward to a little over a week ago, the Fijian-born Ieli was an interchange hooker for the Brumbies in its 24-14 win over the Reds at GIO Stadium.
The Brisbane Boys’ College old boy played 41 minutes off the bench after the Brumbies recognised him during the 2023 club rugby season and moved to secure him.
The compact Ieli, 20, tips the scales at 122kg.
Eli Langi
Arguably the biggest riser in rugby over the past 12-24 months, Langi went without a Reds opportunity and was swooped on by the Brumbies late last year.
Langi’s two seasons of First XV rugby for Brisbane State High, where he covered positions four through eight, culminated in Australian Under-18 selection late last year.
This year he has been turning heads in the Under-20s outfit as a flanker.
It is understandable the Reds didn’t sign him given the quality of Tom Robinson, who has come through the Queensland rugby pathway since the under-15s.
Kadin Pritchard
One of the finest products of AIC First XV rugby this decade, Pritchard played three seasons of Firsts rugby at St Peters as a flyhalf, No.12 or fullback before becoming an elite outside centre for Brothers in 2023.
The tall, gifted athlete from Springfield has continued his development in the nation’s capital where he made his Super Rugby Pacific debut earlier this season in Fiji.
There was one AIC game three years ago on Andrew Slack Oval in Tingalpa when Pritchard downed Villanova with an outstanding all-round performance in the wet, garnished by countless penalty goals.
On the wing was his wide-eyed younger brother Treyvon Pritchard, who came into his own the very next year to have chins wagging about which Pritchard was more exciting.
WARATAHS
Ed Kasprowicz
A tall timber who could win lineouts with a blindfold on, Kasprowicz is just a true sportsman.
Like Ewald Kruger, he played both cricket and rugby with distinction before honing in on rugby.
The son of Queensland great Michael, Ed is a project player at the ‘Tahs given his startling 207cm of height.
Brody McLaren
One of the best centres in the 2023 AIC First XV rugby season for premiers St Laurence’s.
McLaren, who played in a sprinkle of first grade games for Sunnybank last year, was recruited by the Waratahs after they liked what they saw in the Super Rugby under-19s last year.
He was Queensland’s flyhalf or fullback, with an effective right boot and fearless running game.
WESTERN FORCE
Finn Prass
A Sunshine Coast Grammar product, Prass was the class playmaker of the 2023 Colts 1 season playing for premiers Brothers.
His booming boot was a point of difference.
He is tall, athletic and highly-skilled and the Force saw more than enough during the 2023 club season to recruit him into its academy.
Rhymen Tusi
A brute enforcer from Auckland, Tusi has been a young revelation up on the range at Toowoomba Grammar since arriving for Year 9 in 2023.
He played First XV rugby as a Year 10 student last year, showing his versatility by playing as a centre.
We like the look of him as a No.8, where he can bruise shoulders off set piece plays laid out specifically for him to do so.
Berakah Tuifaasisina
A light-footed bulldozer from rugby league heartland in Ipswich, Tuifaasisina was a rugby weapon in a league loving school when coming through the ranks at Ipswich State High.
He is a mobile front-rower with plenty of ability and a representative background in league. The Force did well to pick him up after he first announced himself in the 2023 Super Rugby Under-16s competition.
Oliver Barrett
Another former Reds under-18s hooker, Barrett received an opportunity from the Force and has been honing his craft in Western Australia ever since he graduated Nudgee College in 2023.
With the strength of an ox and great patience, Barrett was one of the elite hookers in the 2023 GPS rugby season and has maintained the rage to be selected in the Australian Under-20s side.
He was a key figure in the Aussie’s second-place finish in South Africa during The Rugby Championship.
Wallace Charlie
A side-stepping livewire from Cairns.
Wallace Charlie was a Reds Under-18s select in 2024 but once his senior year at St Peters finished, the Western Force were keen for him to join its academy.
He skipped schoolies and moved to Perth where his rugby career has got off to a flying start. Earlier this month the 18-year-old made his debut for the Australian Men’s Sevens team in Los Angeles.
ROOSTERS
Agapetos Lote-Felo
The impressive rugby No.8 captained the Reds under-16s side late last year but when presented an opportunity from the Roosters, he and his family moved south to Sydney.
A softly spoken weapon from the Gold Coast, Lote-Felo was almighty in GPS First XV rugby last season but is now at the Kings School in Sydney playing his school rugby while in the Roosters Academy.
TOP GUNS ABROAD
Sio Kite
Kite was a young giant in GPS rugby last year, a mountainous Year 10 student with endless potential.
After making the Australian Under-16s at the conclusion of the 2024 Super Rugby Under-16s tournament, the 16-year-old got ready to embark on his next journey in France.
He is in the La Rochelle Academy, mastering his trade in the scrum.
Hopo Leota
Everyone remembers prop Hopo Leota — a hulking presence for Iona College on the field and on campus as school captain.
The Wynnum Bugs product, who played in the Reds Under-19s as a Year 11 student, is developing his game with Top 14 club Racing 92.
Macarius Pereira
One of the finest schoolboy props this decade — he played three seasons of First XV rugby at Nudgee College — is also abroad in France.
Pereira is being groomed for Top 14 footy with Pau (Section Paloise).
He and Leota were the cream of the crop schoolboy props in 2023, alongside then Year 10 Kingsley Uys (TSS), Moses Manu (BSHS) and Byron Murphy (St Laurence’s).
Tauave Leofa
A whiz kid from Brisbane State High, Leofa bypassed club rugby after finishing school in 2023 to play for Stade Français in Paris.
Leofa is yet another Queensland product who is developing his craft at an elite Top 14 club.
His older brother Siliva plays club rugby for University.
Footnote: There are countless other players who had played in Reds’ underage teams now elsewhere playing their rugby. Just a few include Alex Kerr (Canberra), Charlie O’Connell (Canberra), Tom Goldie (Sydney), Ieuan Cornelius (Wales), Luke Aiken (Blues).
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