He'll have to toughen up heaps before he'll be able to play super14.Maybe not-K Beale is about as tough as a marshmellow.

like i was saying the squad isnt our best half those players shouldnt be there. Nz school rugby is way ahead of aussie school rugby. The hurricanes school team won against aus.

Well done to the lads. I didn't expect them to beat the Kiwis and the loss by their dirt-trackers a few days ago wasn't a great omen, but they held on for a gutsy win.

It was the type of game that Oz Schools teams in the past have just been pipped on the post, but these boys are of stronger stuff. This is not a great Oz Schools team: we could see from the Oz Schools Open Championship in July that the quality of the lads wasn't that great except in the back three.

Apparently the Kiwi boys played well below their ability and that's tough for them but any rugby win by any Oz team against a Kiwi one is a good win says I.

According to Kiwi reports their scrum was better but our lineout outdid theirs. The big difference was in the quality of our backrow.

Backrower Eddie Quirk got the award for best Oz player. He was the fellow who got red carded in the Schools tournament in July. Then, the first thing he did in the next match was to execute a head high tackle. Eddie is no shrinking violet.

Apparently Kotoni Ale, another backrower, had a top game also and skipper Cameron Mitchell, the captain and outside centre, made a few breaks. It's good to see Mitchell healthy enough to play well for a change.

There were 5 changes to the Oz 1st XV announced in July starting the game yesterday: Quirk was promoted on merit, 3 were injured or ill, and one left school to go on tour with the Force. It's a pity that winger Nicky Price had to go home because of illness, as I thought he was the best player in the squad based on tournament form.

Mate the fact is Aust beat NZ.Doesnt matter what happened in a lead up game.This is not a great Aust team yet they still beat NZ.I couldn't believe it myself but it's true.Just accept it.

Well said Gherkin!

That three times as many player thing is *****. If you play league it is really easy to change over to union. if league wasnt played in aus. Aussie rugby would be way weaker in all areas if you add up the amount of league and rugby players in aus it will be more then nz rugby. And this is the first time nz schools has lost in nz since 1978 its been pretty one sided

wtf u idiot in nz we arnt just all union twice as many nz kids play soccer then union. what you dont understand is the whole nz population is about as big as queensland. So what if half of aussie dont play league or union. half of Australia is twice the size of nz. yeah our league teams is mostly islanders or maoirs but so what they make up 25% of nz. Just imagine the nz league team if we had 20 million people

this might be a little bit too early but the australian schoolboys team could beat new zealand again one year from now, the talent is out there and without politics we should be able to get the team right. Who are the players who will have a strong chance next year for australian schoolboys and australia a? I'm not too familiar with the qld boys but here are a couple of names from NSW who have a shot or are already in as they played this yr.
. Luke Jones (Second row)
. Jayden Dallalana (flyhalf)
. Michael Hooper (openside flanker)
. Jack Rowntree (halfback)
. Stuart Goodman (flanker)
. Adrian ha'angana (inside centre)
. Pete Gilmore (inside centre)
. Tom English (outside centre0
. Bill Meakes (inside centre)
. Hingano outside centre

CHS boys. wanted to know who are expected to be the standouts next yr, NSW looks to be strong next yr

tom english is gone

Were many of these boys U/16 this year?