Queensland Junior Gold Cup sides announced

Queensland Rugby today named the Junior Gold Cup Queensland Under-15 and Under-17 teams that will compete against NSW, following the national finals this weekend.

The teams, who will compete against their interstate rivals in both age groups on Saturday 2 April, have been selected from the Queensland Junior Gold Cup teams that have played throughout the 2016 competition.

The Under-17 squad features a total of 10 players from the Brisbane City team who will this weekend take on Western Sydney in the National Junior Gold Cup final, as the curtain raiser to the St.George Queensland Reds vs NSW Waratahs Super Rugby match on Easter Sunday.

Both sides feature players from regional Queensland, including Cairns Brothers live-wire Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, who has been selected to take part in the Emerging Reds program following his performances for the Under-15 North Queensland team throughout the Junior Gold Cup.

Recruit Manager and former Queensland and Wallabies winger Paul Carozza, who is involved in the Reds Elite Development Pathway, believes the Queensland vs NSW fixture is an excellent finish to the Junior Gold Cup.

“The Junior Gold Cup provides players with the opportunity to test themselves against some of the best teenage Rugby talent in Australia,” Carozza said.

“The Queensland vs NSW fixture further adds to the development of the players, providing them with the chance to represent their state outside of Schoolboy Rugby.

“The long standing rivalry between Queensland and NSW dates back to 1882 and this representative fixture allows us to introduce players to the passion and intensity of the interstate match. It’s a perfect end to the competition.”

2015 Bond University Queensland Country National Rugby Championship (NRC) representative Tyrell Barker will coach the Under-15 Queensland side, while Lachlan Parkinson, who has a long history coaching Queensland Women’s Sevens and Schoolboy representative teams, will coach the Under-17 team. They are joined by coaches and managers whose potential has been identified throughout their involvement with their own Junior Gold Cup team.

The Queensland teams will travel to Sydney to play NSW on Saturday, 2 April. The matches will be played at Cranbrook Grammar School, with the Under-15s playing at 2:30pm and the Under-17s at 4:00pm AEDT.

All selected players are required to contact their respective Head Coach to confirm their availability by COB Thursday 24th March.

Under-15 Head Coach Tyrell Barker – tyrell.barker@redsrugby.com.au or 07 3354 9336

Under-17 Head Coach Lachlan Parkinson – lachlan.parkinson@redsrugby.com.au or 07 3354 9323



Queensland Under-15

Name

Team

School

Junior Club

Angus Henderson

Brisbane U15 Gold

St Joseph’s Nudgee College

Norths

Bruce Tevaga

Brisbane U15 Gold

Padua College



Clancy Doe

Brisbane U15 Gold

Brisbane Boys College

Wests

Cullin Cooper Jones

Gold Coast

All Saints Anglican School

Surfers Paradise Rugby Union Club

Danny Heenan

Brisbane U15 White

Padua College



Darcy Stevens

Brisbane U15 Blue

Iona College Brisbane

Easts

Dion Samuela

Gold Coast

Coombabah SHS

Surfers Paradise

Drekwon Brown

Ipswich

Staines Memorial College



Ethan Robbins

Brisbane U15 Gold

St Joseph's Nudgee College

Albany Creek

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

North QLD

Trinity Bay High School

Cairns Brothers

Hunter Dare

Gold Coast

King's Christian College



Jesse Gray

Gold Coast

Palm Beach Currumbin

Surfers Paradise/Casuarina

John Downes

Brisbane U15 Gold

Marist College Ashgrove

GPS

Keegan Cobb

Darling Downs

Downlands College

USQ Saints

Lachlan Tennison-Woods

Brisbane U15 Blue

Marist College Ashgrove

GPS

Luc Lyndon

Gold Coast

All Saints Anglican School

Surfers Paradise Dolphins

Luke Waldie

Brisbane U15 White

Brisbane SHS

Easts

Max Drummond

Brisbane U15 White

Anglican Church Grammar School

Brothers

Romeo Tanielu

Ipswich

St Edmunds College



Saimone Ma'afu

Logan

Bribane Boys College

South Junior Rugby

Sam Finocchiaro



Brisbane U15 Gold

Iona College

Easts

Vake Kaituu

Brisbane U15 White

St Joseph’s Nudgee College

Souths

Wilson Blyth

Gold Coast

The Southport School

Casuarina Beach Junior Rugby



Head Coach

Tyrell Barker

QRU

Assistant Coach

Ty Casey

Brisbane U15 Gold

Assistant Coach

Grant Dwyer

Sunshine Coast

Manager

Clark Montagu

Brisbane U15 Gold



Queensland Under-17

Name

Team

School

Junior Club

Alfanesta Mahina

Brisbane

Brisbane SHS

Sunnybank

Bodhi Pretty

Gold Coast

The Southport School

Helensvale Hogs

Cassius Elisaia-Mamea

Darling Downs

Downlands College

USQ Saints

Cooper Whiteside

Brisbane

Ipswich Grammar School

Sunnybank

Egan Siggs

Gold Coast

The Southport School



Eugene Koorts

Brisbane

Ipswich Grammar School

Sunnybank

Harrison Hooper

Central Queensland

Marist College Emerald

Nogoa Redclaws

Harry Webster

Brisbane

St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace

Easts

Jackson Matchett

Brisbane

St Josephs Nudgee College

Brothers

Jett Thornburgh

Gold Coast

The Southport School



Josh Lally

Gold Coast

Assisi Catholic College

Helensvale Hogs

Josh Vuta

Gold Coast

Somerset College



Josh Walker

Gold Coast

Elanora SHS

Palm Beach/Currumbin

Kaileb Bannister

Sunshine Coast

James Nash College

Gympie Hammers

Lachlan Scarpelli

Central Queensland

Rockhampton Grammar School

Brothers RUC, Rockhampton

Nathan Marshall

Brisbane

Iona College



Patrick Hogan

Brisbane

Brisbane Grammar School

Easts

Quinton Mahina

Brisbane

Brisbane SHS

Sunnybank

Rhys Van Nek

Brisbane

Brisbane Boys College

Ipswich Rangers

Shea Lalagavesi

Brisbane

Brisbane SHS

Souths

Thomas Van Der Schyff

Gold Coast

The Southport School

Gold Coast Eagles

Wolfgang Wallace

Brisbane

Ipswich Grammar School

Sunnybank

Xavier Soli

Brisbane

St Joseph's Nudgee College

Brothers



Head Coach

Lachlan Parkinson

QRU

Assistant Coach

Tony Wall

Brisbane

Assistant Coach

Steven Page

North QLD

Manager

Derek Ambrose

Sunshine Coast