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    I have always thought he would be a good sevens player.

    Report: Michael Hooper to make shock code switch after Wallabies axing

    Report: Michael Hooper to make shock code switch after Wallabies axing

    Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is set to switch rugby codes in 2024 according to a report after he was left out of Eddie Jones' Rugby World Cup squad.

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    It's not a code switch, bloody morons.

    He certainly would be a great 7s player if he could get back to his energiser bunny best

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    @Machpants Yeah, it's a rugby variant switch, but "Michael Hooper to make shock rugby variant switch after Wallabies axing" doesn't make a good clickbait headline.

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    Jim Tucker  /  Sep 4, 2023

    Dual international Joe Brial signs with Queensland Reds through 2025

    Dual international Joe Brial signs with Queensland Reds through 2025
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    No great loss he really hasn't impressed too much.

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    From Australian Schools Rugby FB:

    The Best of Schoolboys Rugby Live and Exclusive on Cluch

    Wed 20 Sept: ACT Schools v Tonga Schoolboys

    Trilateral Series Sat 23, Mon 25 and Thu 28 September at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga (Sydney).

    Sat 23 Sep: Australian Schoolboys v Australian Schools Barbarians

    Mon 25 Sep: Tonga Schoolboys v Australian Schools Barbarians

    Thu 28 Sep: Tonga Schoolboys v Australian Schoolboys

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    @Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:

    It's not a code switch, bloody morons.

    It's RugbyPass. They are bloody morons and clickbait generators as @Stargazer said.

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    Australia was very lucky to get Rennie. LOL @ McLennan and his caveman CEO.

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    1 from 7, no goal kicker, Ben Donaldson - the worst player in Super Rugby who isn't a Highlander. It's hilarious, but it's also pathetic and sad. Hard to find a more contemptible organisation than Rugby Australia, but unfortunately we are married to them.

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    #3901

    Is there a difference between the Australian Schoolboys and Australian U18s? The latter is meant to be playing NZ Schools also on Sep 28.

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    @Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

    From Australian Schools Rugby FB:

    The Best of Schoolboys Rugby Live and Exclusive on Cluch

    6f8b038d-32c3-492f-a1d9-fdaf900af530-image.png

    I've got some free codes for cluch lying around somewhere I think

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    @Bovidae Good question and I don't have the answer.

    I understand that the Australian Schoolboys team that will play Tonga Schoolboys falls under the Australian Schools Rugby Union ‘ASRU’, which is run by independent volunteers. I have no idea how they relate to Rugby Australia. It's the same team that NZ played in the past, because they posted about those games on their website, including results and match reports.

    If you look at the RA run website rugby.com.au, then you don't find any info about the Australian Schoolboys team playing Tonga, or anything about the Australian Schoolboys, Australia U18 or "Australia Schools and U18" team at all since 2022. There are articles from 2022 about the "Australian Schools and U18s" team playing (and beating) NZ, that year.

    All the info combined seems to suggest that it's all one and the same team, but how the Aussie team is named is inconsistent, and that may or may not have to do with the inclusion of U18 players who aren't schoolboys.

    It's really weird though, that neither the ASRU or the rugby.com.au site says anything at all about the games against NZ Schools.

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    #3904

    When they played in NZ in 2019 their team was called Australia Schools under the RA banner. I guess we'll find out sooner enough.

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    @Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:

    When they played in NZ in 2019 their team was called Australia Schools under the RA banner. I guess we'll find out sooner enough.

    That's the confusing bit, because both the rugby.com.au website and the Australian Schools Rugby website called it the Australian Schools and U18 team in 2019.

    niche  /  Jun 26, 2021

    Australian Schools and U18s New Zealand Tour 2019: Team List

    Australian Schools and U18s New Zealand Tour 2019: Team List

    Congratulations to all the players included for the tour to New Zealand. We wish all the students the very best experience playing overseas during the school holidays. Australian Schools and U18s New…

    Emma Greenwood  /  Oct 3, 2019

    Schoolboys break seven-year Trans-Tasman hoodoo with win over New Zealand

    Schoolboys break seven-year Trans-Tasman hoodoo with win over New Zealand

    RESULT

    Australian Schools and U18s 18

    Tries: ... etc

    Emma Greenwood  /  Sep 22, 2019

    Australian Schools and U18 squad named for New Zealand tour

    Australian Schools and U18 squad named for New Zealand tour
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    I'm starting to wonder whether that game on 28 September is not against "Australia U18" (or Schoolboys or whatever), but against Australian Barbarians. NZ Schools never played Australia Schoolboys twice on tour in the past. It was usually one game against Australian Barbarians and then the last game against Australia Schoolboys.

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    #3907

    Smith is the best Aussie 7 ever. Interesting discussion here about how to push the buttons on the best competitors.

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    @NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

    As with men's rugby, most of the starting XV for any women's rugby team in Australia is a potential target for NRLW, which seeks to grow. It can pull from its own development systems but could take the easy option and raid our ranks to get the competition running.

    An engaging name that keeps away the NRL but attracts the curious might help.
    What about the Womb-bats? The Brown Booby Island Birds? The Screaming Gal-Lahs?

    Don't need to be fauna-related? Then how about:
    The She-Las? Pussies in Boots?

    I'm here all week. There's probably a reason I'm not in marketing.

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    #3910

    Pretty good from Smoo.

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