Championship for Aussie Schools
The Australian Schoolboy Championships starts this week at St Ignatius Riverview in Sydney.
It lasts for six days.
Unlike South Africa's Craven Week it is a championship. It also is a form of trials for the selection of the Australian Schoolboys team to play New Zealand in October.
The Australian Rugby Union general manager development pathways Ben Whitaker was pleased to see the tournament kick off for 2014. He said: “The Australian Schoolboys program has been an important cog in the Australian Rugby Elite pathway wheel for many years.
“It’s always an exciting prospect looking for the Australian rugby stars of tomorrow in events like this. This tournament will provide an excellent opportunity for sides to be exposed to challenging, exciting rugby."
Australian Schoolboys executive officer Andrew Elliot said the 2014 Championships would provide a great opportunity for students to enhance their rugby development in a competitive tournament structure on and off the field.
“The Australian Schoolboy rugby program is one the best schoolboy rugby programs in the world. Schools from right across Australia continue to support the development of the next generation of rugby talent.”
The tournament will culminate with the finals to be played on Saturday 5 July 2014. The Australian Schoolboy side for 2014 will be announced after the conclusion of the Championship Final.
Teams will compete across two divisions with a National Indigenous side also participating in the tournament.
Division I
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales II, Queensland I, Western Australia, CS (Combined States) , Queensland II, New South Wales I , Victoria.
Division II:
National Indigenous, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria II
Results
Day 1
Division I
New South Wales (2) vs Australian Capital Territory, 18-17
Queensland (1) vs Western Australia, 36-15
Queensland (2) vs Combined States, 19-17
New South Wales (1) vs Victoria, 56-17
Day 2
Division II
Indigenous XV vs Victoria (2): 51-24
South Australia vs Northern Territory, 31-17
Day 3
Division I
Queensland (1) vs Australian Capital Territory, 32-15
New South Wales (2) vs Western Australia, 33-7
New South Wales (1) vs Combined States, 27-0
Queensland (2) vs Victoria, 19-17
DAY 4
Division I
Australian Capital Territory vs Western Australia, 33-25
New South Wales (2) vs Queensland (1), 23-21
Victoria (1) vs Combined States, 36-15
New South Wales (1) vs Queensland (2), 41-10
Division II
National Indigenous vs Northern Territory, 50-3
South Australia vs Victoria (2), 15-7
From the Australian Rugby Union
