From a former Wallabies captain creating a surprising look in club colorations to a 400-gamer who picked footy over love, it’s been an exciting week in rugby news.
Check out the 10 first-class tales of the week and catch up on what you might have overlooked out.
At the end of last season, Hunter Thomas becomes given an ultimatum by way of his girlfriend – it’s me or the footy. On Saturday, Hunter played his 400th game. Read Nic Darveniza’s story right here.
When Ben Mowen was referred to as off the bench in his marvel go back to Easts on Saturday, his group became 19-26 down. What befell next confirmed the mark of a champion. Check out what took place right here.
Three. GREGORY TERRACE GPS PROFILE
Xavier Boyle becomes only a stripling whilst he’d watch the senior Terrace players in movement and appearance on in awe. So now the younger gun is the main Terrace’s price to the championship. Read the whole Terrace profile right here.
4. WARATAHS STEAL A YOUNG GUN
Young West Bulldogs big-name Joe Cotton is a thieve for the NSW Waratahs. However, the way the Super Rugby club has treated the transfer highlights the whole thing that’s wrong with the game. Read Andrew Slack’s exclusive column here.
5. BAD BOY’S CUP HOPES ALIVE
The James O’Connor fairytale is gathering momentum with a surprising invitation to sign up for the Wallabies in South Africa as an element-alternative for Marika Koroibete. Read Jim Tucker’s story immediately from South Africa right here.
6. GRAMMAR NABS COACH FROM MARIST
A former Queensland Reds prop will be part of Brisbane Grammar’s GPS bid this season after the faculty nabbed him from the successful Marist Ashgrove system. Check out the entire Brisbane Grammar profile right here.
7. CONOR’S INSPIRING RETURN TO THE TEAM
A year after suffering devastating spinal damage, Conor Tweedy is again with the Gregory Terrace group as he looks to inspire them to victory. Read Conor’s great story right here.
8. DREAM TEAM SET TO REUNITE
A decade from the most dominant schoolboy season in GPS records, the Brisbane State High School “Dream Team” of 2009 has hatched a plan to reunite in membership rugby. Check out the BSHS profile here.
9. THE AUSSIE EXODUS CONTINUES
Australia’s skills leak has persevered, with two of the Wallabies’ most recognizable names delivery off to Japan. Check out all the info right here.
10. TOOWOOMBA’S BIG BOYS ALL SET
The top beef of the Darling Downs has powered generations of Queensland forward packs, and it’ll be no one of a kind in 2019 as Toowoomba Grammar belts into the GPS season. Read the entire profile here.
After months of speculation whether the wide variety of collaborating groups might be decreased to sixteen, the IRB announced on Friday thirtieth November 2007, that the 2011 Rugby World Cup match would once more characteristic 20 teams. Twelve teams have already qualified because of completing inside the pinnacle 3 in every pool in the 2007 match, leaving 8 qualifying berths up for grabs. Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Tonga, and Wales have qualified so far.
There are positive to be many twists and turns between now and 2011. Three long years stand between us and championship – plenty of time for heavy arsenals to be constructed. The 2011 World Cup is ready to be an all-out war.
Before the existence of the inaugural Rugby World Cup hosted by using Australia and New Zealand in May and June of 1987, there have been most effective regional international rugby union competitions. Although the Rugby World Cup is a pretty recent event, the raw, complicated, and exquisite sport of rugby has been around for a time. The legendary “Six Nations Championship” commenced in 1883 because of the “Home Nations” championship among England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In 1910 the “Home Nations” has become the “Five Nations,” with France stepping across the Channel to enroll in the tournament. From 1931 to 1939, France did now not take part, and the championship once more became the “Home Nations.” Finally, in 2000 Italy joined to make it the “Six Nations.”
