11 WA players in Combined States U20s squad

[pieter blackie]

After the recent U20s Southern States Carnival, in which WA were the winners, a number of players were selected into the Combined States U20s squad.

Oscar Backhouse University
Luke Burton University
Ross Haylett-Petty Cottesloe
Tim Koiatu Wanneroo
Kane Koteka Wests Scarborough
Bradley Lacey Wests Scarborough
Harry Scoble University
Angus Taylor Wanneroo
Corey Thomas University
Shadow
Richard Hardwick University

The program is different this year from previous years as we have introduced a National U20s Championships to be held in Canberra. These championships will be held from March 21 – 26.

The Australian 20s squad will be selected from these games

For players selected in the Australian u20s the following will apply:

Selection: The squad will be announced on Monday March 31 (It would be expected that unless injured, all players who participate in the National Championships will be available for club rugby on March 29).

Training Camp 1: Tuesday April 22 until Sunday May 4

Training Camp 2: Tuesday May 20 until Thursday May 29

IRB Junior World Cup – Thursday May 29 until Saturday June 21

[The Man]

mmm Backside failing out of the game in WA .....NOT LIKELY!

[Emu]

Pieter do you have the source for the whole CS team. Interested in ACT and Vic as well

[Ecky]

Looking at some of those names, it is no surprise that they have made that squad. Congrats to all.

[James]

Does Shadow mean Shadow Squad- like in case of injury?

[sandgroperrugby]

What positions do these guys normally play in?

[James]

Corey Thomas (6), Kane Koteka (7) and Richard Hardwick (8) were the backrow for the Force A against the Reds A. Although I think Thomas is more of a lock than a 6. Perhaps he played there because we had quite a few locks already playing (Walton, Battye, etc).

Harry Scoble is a hooker.

Brad Lacey outside back.

Angus Taylor a scrum-half.

Luke Burton an inside back.

I could take a guess at the other three, but I am really not sure. Good mix though. Great building blocks for future Force squads.

[sandgroperrugby]

Corey Thomas (6), Kane Koteka (7) and Richard Hardwick (8) were the backrow for the Force A against the Reds A. Although I think Thomas is more of a lock than a 6. Perhaps he played there because we had quite a few locks already playing (Walton, Battye, etc).

Harry Scoble is a hooker.

Brad Lacey outside back.

Angus Taylor a scrum-half.

Luke Burton an inside back.

I could take a guess at the other three, but I am really not sure. Good mix though. Great building blocks for future Force squads.

Thanks james

[Delphy]

Only 10 names in that list unless "Shadow" is a player. Cool name if that's true!

[WCR]

Only 10 names in that list unless "Shadow" is a player. Cool name if that's true!

The squad list only has 9 WA boy's as it doesn't list the shadow squad players. Still it fairly impressive as they have 1 more player than the ACT and 3 more than Vic.

[GIGS20]

Shadow sounds like he might be a brother to Razor

[Ecky]

Tim Koiatu is an outside back (KK's son)
Ross H-P is a loose forward, from memory. Happy to stand corrected on him.

[Pitythefool]

Tim Koiatu is an outside back (KK's son)
Ross H-P is a loose forward, from memory. Happy to stand corrected on him.

Think you will find that Ross is a lock

[Ecky]

Pacific Rugby Cup
Monday, 10 March 2014 at Ballymore, Brisbane
Fiji Warriors A 36 defeated Force A 24 (Ross Haylett-Petty, Dane Haylett-Petty, Brad Lacey, Ed Stubbs tries; Dillyn Leyds 2 conversions) at Ballymore, Brisbane.
Force A
1. Francois van Wyk, 2. Robbie Abel, 3. Salesi Manu, 4. Rory Walton, 5. Phoenix Battye, 6. Corey Thomas, 7. Kane Koteka, 8. Ross Haylett-Petty, 9. Ryan Louwrens, 10. Dillyn Leyds, 11. Ed Stubbs, 12. Chris Tuatara-Morrison (c), 13. Dane Haylett-Petty 14. Dylan Sage, 15. Patrick Dellit. Res: 16. Harry Scoble, 17. Joe Savage, 18. Chris Heiberg, 19. Oscar Backhouse, 20. Adrian Hall, 21. Angus Taylor, 22. Va’a Mailei, 23. Brad Lacey.

Think that I found he is a loose forward