The Queensland Rugby Union have today announced their two U16 squads – Maroon and White – ahead of the 2019 Junior Rugby Championships (JRC) taking place in Canberra from Sunday 29th to Saturday 5th October 2019.
The Queensland U16s program has produced many future St.George Queensland Reds and Wallaby players, with recent program graduates including Carter Gordon, who is currently part of the Reds squad and representing Bond University Queensland Country in the NRC having play for the Queensland U16s in 2017.
The JRC draw is included below with games played at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Queensland U16s Maroon
FORWARDS
Joshua Mongard - Brisbane State High School
Charlie Wigan - Toowoomba Grammar School
Max Craig - Anglican Church Grammar School
Oahu Davey-Phillips - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Harrison Swane - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Tom Zuidam - Anglican Church Grammar School
Daniel Maiava-Tapusoa - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Max Johnson - Padua College
Ewen Marr - Anglican Church Grammar School
Nick Baker - Marist College Ashgrove
George Stoddart - Anglican Church Grammar School
Xavier Stowers - Ipswich Grammar School Zac Hough - Brisbane Boys College John Bryant - St Laurences College
BACKS
Sam Farrar - Anglican Church Grammar School
Willem Johnstone - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Mason Gordon - Brisbane Boys College
Taj Annan - Brisbane Boys College
Jojo Fifita - The Southport School
Malique Douthat-Sjoberg - Ipswich Grammar School
Robert Mapa - St Joseph's Nudgee College
David Vaihu - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
Floyd Aubrey - Marist College Ashgrove
Harry Walters - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
STAFF
David Miles - Head Coach
Michael Lucas - Assistant Coach
Luke Oxford - Assistant Coach
Krystal Kirkman – Manager
Queensland U16s White
FORWARDS
Lachlan Bishop - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace Jack Booker - St Patrick's College Noah Hartley - Marist College Emerald Cooper McGeary - The Southport School
Leighton Whippy - Padua College
Saxon Warick - Iona College
Hunter Dalzell - The Southport School
Dante Fruean - Ipswich Grammar School
Zachariah Tia - Forest Lake State High School
Luke Kofutua - Ipswich Grammar School
Oliver Harvey - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Michael Jones - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Samson Sauaso - Ipswich State High School
Willem Pienaar - Downlands College
BACKS
Braydon O'Sullivan - Ipswich Grammar School
Jackson Dows - St Patrick's College
Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula - Ipswich State High School
Jed Bignell - Ipswich Grammar School
Clancy McPherson - Toowoomba Grammar School
Larzlo Sword - Anglican Church Grammar School
Noah Fielding - A.B.Paterson College
Damien Vukovic - Brisbane State High School
Alex Miles - Somerset College
Wayne Meredith - Smithfield State High School
Jack Densen - The Southport School
STAFF
Mick Tunny - Head Coach
Rob Riori - Assistant Coach
Jono Farrell - Assistant Coach
Louise Moevao - Manager
Junior Rugby Championship draw
POOL A
QLD WHITE
NSW I
ACT
RUGBY WA
POOL B
QLD MAROON
NSW II
VISTORIA
BARBARIANS
Match day 1 – Sunday 29 September
Time, Match, Location, Match #
10:30 NSW II v BAR AIS Game 1
12:30 QLD MAROON v VIC AIS Game 2
14:30 NSW I v ACT AIS Game 3
16:30 QLD WHITE v WA AIS Game 4
Match day 2 – Tuesday 1 October
Time, Match, Location, Match #
10:30 WA v NSW I AIS Game 5
12:30 QLD MAROON v BAR AIS Game 6
14:30 QLD WHITE v ACT AIS Game 7
16:30 VIC v NSW II AIS Game 8
Match day 3 – Thursday 3 October
Time, Match, Location, Match #
10:30 ACT v WA AIS Game 9
12:30 BAR v VIC AIS Game 10
14:30 NSW II v QLD MAROON AIS Game 11
16:30 NSW I v QLD WHITE AIS Game 12
Match day 4 – Saturday 5 October
Time, Match, Location, Match #
9:30 Pool A 4th v Pool B 4th AIS Game 13
9:30 Pool A 3rd v Pool B 3rd AIS Game 14
11:00 Pool A 2nd v Pool B 2nd AIS Game 15
12:30 Pool A 1st v Pool B 1st AIS Game 16
