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TERM 3 NEWS Cover Page
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ActewAGL clinics
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Junior Rep Teams Reviews
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UC Brumbies School 4 Based gala days
ActewAGL July Holiday Clinics CANBERRA CLINICS
SIRU CLINICS
This years ActewAGL holiday clinics again saw a large numbers of children participating. Approximately 500 kids across 11 venues attended the clinics throughout the ACT and Southern NSW.
4 ActewAGL holiday clinics were held in the Southern Inland Region this year with a new clinic added to Albury for 2014. The 4 clinics were held in Young, Leeton, Albury and Wagga Wagga with approximately 100 participants taking part.
The 3 Canberra based clinics were again the biggest draw-card with close to 300 attendee’s participating in the clinics at the UC Brumbies new headquarters at the University of Canberra.
Development Review 5 ACT & SNSW
Famous Quotes
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UC Brumbies Telstra 6 City Visits Round 2
Sporting Jokes
Upcoming Events
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Contact Details
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Kids in action at the Canberra U10/U11 clinic With the week of these clinics leading into the UC Brumbies home qualifying final against the Chiefs, the clinic participants were able to train right beside the UC Brumbies team as they prepared for their crucial Super Rugby finals match.
UC Brumbies Southern Inland Rugby Development Officer Jack Burey clocked up the kilometres in getting around the 4 destinations during the first week of NSW School Holidays, and was assisted by Canberra based development staff. “It was great to get out around the countryside, and the kids loved the games and drills, and especially the giveaways” Jack Burey. SOUTH COAST MONARO CLINICS
The South Coast Monaro region also hosted 4 Participants were also able to enjoy the company of ActewAGL clinics again this year with over 100 a number of players throughout the 3 days, as play- kids in Cooma, Batemans Bay, Goulburn and Yass. ers came down to take photo’s and sign posters for the participants.
COVER PHOTO: UC Brumbies player Michael Dowsett poses with a junior player during this year’s 2nd round of Telstra City Visits. Participants pose at the Yass clinics Batemans Bay were the highlight with 10 more participants than last year. UC Brumbies South Coast Monaro Development Officer Tom Beinke Whilst the weather threatened all week in Canberra, experienced his first ActewAGL clinics this year we were lucky that the rain mostly stayed away, and and enjoyed the experience. we were able to get through all the activities and 2 matches. Thanks to all the development staff, in“It was great interacting with the kids, and the comterns, players, parents and children who made the munities throughout the region, and the coaching clinics possible, and we look forward to next years. staff had as much fun as the kids”. Tom Beinke. Players, including David Pocock, sign posters
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ACT SCHOOLBOYS SQUAD 2014
FORWARDS Moala Ahoafi Canberra College Chris Anastasciou Daramalan College Sam Bartholomeusz St Edmunds College Nicholas De Crispigny Canberra Grammar Jack Gibson St Edmunds College Robert Hogg St Peters Broulee Cameron Holt Orana Steiner Brodie Leber St Francis Xavier Junior Monu Canberra College Lewis Oswald Marist College Nick Saunders Canberra Grammar Suita Timoti Tai Marist College Andrew Whittle Canberra Grammar
BACKS Ben Darmody St Edmunds College Tom Evans Marist College Jordan Fulivai St Francis Xavier Jordan Jackson-Hope St Edmunds College Ryan Lonergan Trinity Christian School Liam Simonsson Marist College Harry Tyson Canberra Grammar Swayn Rakete Erindale College Samuel Ross Marist College Patrick Rumble Canberra Grammar
Junior Representative Rugby Reviews NATIONAL SCHOOLBOY CHAMPS
ACTJRU REP TEAMS AT NSW CHAMPS
The ACT Brumbies Schoolboys participated in the 2014 National Schoolboy Champs in the July School holidays. ACT performed very well. Having finished 7th last year the team improved 2 spots to finish in 5th place. The team were ultimately unlucky not to finish even higher as they almost upset NSW 2 in the first game, scoring in the corner at the death, but narrowly missing the conversion to lose by a solitary point. The next pool game saw the team lose to QLD 1, before a victory over Western Australia put the team in the 5th/6th Final where they defeated Victoria.
Our ACT Junior Rep teams again performed exceedingly well at the NSW State Champs. 2 of our 4 teams finished as State Champions, and the other 2 were not far off claiming their titles as well.
ACTJRU U14 Rep Team - State Champions The U16’s and U14’s were the standouts, the U14’s defeated Gordon 17-10 in the GF, whilst the U16’s drew 26-26 with Gordon to be joint Premiers. Our U13’s were very unlucky to lose their semi 1512 to Gordon, but won the 3rd place playoff, and our U12’s beat Illawarra 21-19 in the 5th Place Final, having earlier lost in the Quarter-Finals. ACT SCHOOLBOYS REP TRIAL CARNIVAL Australian Schoolboy Maumau Monu ACT SCHOOLBOY RESULTS v New South Wales 2nd XV - Lost 17-18 v Queensland 1st XV - Lost 32-15 v Western Australia - Won 33-25 v Victoria (5th/6th Final) - Won 24-22 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS SCHOOLBOYS 4 players from our region were selected in the National Indigenous Schoolboys Rep team. They were Connor Lynch (SIRU), Braeden Smith (St Edmunds College), Jacob Abel (St Edmunds College), and Bryce Lee (Daramalan College). Bryce Lee was also named as a captain. The side performed very well in Division 2 beating Victoria 2nd XV by 51-24, Northern territory by 50-3, and South Australia by 45-21 to claim the Div 2 title.
This years Schoolboy Trial carnival again saw the ASC North, ASC South and CSC teams play a triseries at Canberra Grammar School. ASC South proved too strong for the other 2 sides winning the competition again. Results were; ASC South 17 beat ASC North 0 CSC 33 beat ASC North 10 ASC South 20 beat CSC 12 ACT BRUMBIES SCHOOLGIRLS REPS The ACT Schoolgirls team have been training for the past month and head in to two 15 aside matches. The first match will be at St Edmunds College on Sunday 24th August v Western Sydney. The 2nd game will be in Sydney on Thursday 4th September v NSW Combined High Schools.
AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS SELECTIONS ACT U12 SCHOOLS REPS At the conclusion of the champs, ACT had 3 boys selected for the National Schoolboy team. Well done, and Congratulations to; 3 • Maumau Monu (Canberra College) • Jordan Jackson-Hope (St Edmunds) • Jordan Fulivai (St Francis Xavier)
The ACT U12 Schools Rep team are also in training and will attend the Southern States Championships in Adelaide in the October School holidays. The team was selected following the ACT PSSA Gala Day in June at O’Connor oval.
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UC Brumbies Development SOUTH COAST MONARO GALA DAYS Primary school gala days have been in full swing with the Peter Lucas cup (Goulburn) and the Batemans Bay primary school gala day taking place this term. Both days had overwhelming success with not only regular rugby players participating but also players who had never played the game. The gala days include both tackle and non-tackle to suit all participant levels.
School Based gala Days UC STEPHEN LARKHAM SHIELD
MATT GITEAU CUP
This year’s UC Stephen Larkham Shield saw 5 colleges participate in the 15 aside “non traditional rugby schools” championship. This was up from 3 teams in 2013.
This years Matt Giteau Cup Primary Schools Championships was held on Friday 6th June, having been postponed from term 1 due to weather. More than 20 teams participated in the rescheduled day at O’Connor Oval.
Erindale College, Champions In a tight competition it was Erindale College who yet again claimed another championship to add to their collection. Both Erindale, and runners up Peter Lucas Cup participants Lake Ginninderra College also qualified for the The Peter Lucas cup was Waratah Cup from this event. Erindale went on to go all the way to the Waratah Cup semi-finals won by Mt Carmel Yass who took out the grand final before going down to Epping Boys High School. in a close game with Goulburn West Primary School. UC BRUMBIES RUGBY SHIELD In Batemans Bay St Bernard’s and St Peters battled This years UC Brumbies Rugby Shield 15 aside it out for first place with St competitions for High School aged kids (year 7Bernard’s coming out on 10) were also held in term 2. Along with ACT top. Both days ran well with schools a number of regional schools travelled in over 25 teams in total partic- for both the round robin games and for the finals. ipating over the two events. Congratulations to all winners.
Alistair Marshall, Matt Giteau Cup MVP Canberra Grammar School took all the plaudits this year, winning both the year 5/6 and year 3/4 championships. Burgmann School won the year 3/4 Plate and QBN South Primary won the year 5/6 Plate. UC SCHOOLGIRL 10’s This years Schoolgirl 10’s tournament saw record participation of 20 teams across the age groups from year 7 to year 12. Bega High School year 11/12 girls won the Open’s division grand final defeating Lake Ginninderra College
UC COLLEGE 7’s FINALS This year’s UC College 7’s Finals were unfortunately postponed due to rain on the first attempt, so were ultimately held in term 2 as a curtain raiser to the UC Brumbies v Melbourne Rebels. 4 boys teams qualified for finals, Erindale, St Francis Xavier, Daramalan and Yanco Ag HS. In the end it was the Southern Inland qualifiers Yanco Ag who took the honours, becoming the first “Country” based school to win the title. The girls competition was again a thriller. The 4 girls qualifiers were Bega High School, St Clare's College, Lake Ginninderra College and Dickson 4 College, with St Clare’s College winning the title for 2014.
Schoolgirl 10’s year 11/12 Grand Finalists UC Brumbies Female participation Development Officer Anthea Clarke was very happy with the event, “I was very impressed with the girls carnival. Not only the skills and talent on display, but also with the participation numbers with over 250 girls participating on the day. There has certainly been some strong interest this year”.
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UC Brumbies Development INTERESTING RUGBY QUOTES
"We've lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we've beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn't play the whole of Samoa." Welsh rugby star Gareth Davies in 1989.
ACT & Southern NSW Reviews BRUMBY JACK ATTACK CLINICS
WAGGA WAGGA FRIDAY NIGHT RUGBY
Over term 2 multiple Brumby Jack Attack School Clinics were held throughout UC Brumbies territory. More than 20 clinics were run by UC Brumbies Development staff last term in all corners of Southern NSW and the ACT.
The Wagga Wagga Friday night comp has been held throughout term 2 with good participation again in 2014. UC Brumbies Southern Inland Development Officer Jack Burey said “The Friday night concept continues to have great benefit in offering rugby to large numbers of juniors, as well as allowing the Wagga Junior club to organize teams for Sundays SIRU wide club comp”. Next edition will have finals reviews from SIRU Juniors FIZZY REDS GOULBURN COMPETITION
“I was as busy as a one armed bricklayer in Baghdad”. The Honey Badger
“Sweating like a Gypsy with a mortgage actually”. Honey Badger discussing his nerves
"Bloody typical, isn't it? The car's a writeoff. The tanker's a write-off. But JPR comes out of it all in one piece." Gareth Edwards (1978) After JPR Williams was involved in a road traffic accident.
"The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former, the ball is the missile, in the latter, men are the missles." Alfred E. Crawley (1913)
Brumby Jack visits Cooma North Public School JUNIOR PARADE On Friday 31st May prior to kickoff of the UC Brumbies v Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby match, all ACTJRU clubs and schools were invited to participate in the Junior Parade. More than 200 children and coaches represented their respective clubs, with more than 15 clubs present.
The Goulburn Fizzy Reds Friday Night competition continued in term 2 with UC Brumbies South Coast Monaro Development Officer Tom Beinke attending 3 nights of competition. Brumby Jack also tagged along on one night to see how the kids were progressing and UC Brumbies Referee Development Manager Mark Snow also attended to observe referee’s and orchestrate review sessions.
SOUTH COAST MONARO TRAININGS UC Brumbies Development Officer Tom Beinke has been busy attending junior training sessions throughout his region. In term 2 Tom has attended trainings at Goulburn, Trinity, Yass, Broulee, and Cooma.
Brumby Jack at the Fizzy Reds Friday night comp
“It’s great fun attending trainings and working with club coaching staff. There is some real talent in the South Coast and Monaro area’s, and volunteers and coaches are some of the most dedicated I have worked with”. Tom Beinke
Tom Beinke said “Fizzy Reds is a great competition, and I can’t wait to return for Finals Day and see how the kids have progressed”
JUNIOR PLAYER PASS RECORD BROKEN
The South Coast Friday Night comp was also held in term 2 with over 60 players involved. South Coast DO Tom Beinke attended 2 nights on the Coast, and Brumby Jack again made a guest visit. Also attending a night were UC Brumbies ACT Development Officer Edan Campbell-O’Brien, and Intern Development Officer Seth Stoltenberg, along with UC Brumbies passing inflatable.
Again this year the UC Brumbies provided all registered junior players with a season pass to attend all UC Brumbies home games. In exciting news this year, more than 3,500 of these Junior player pass holders attended at least one game. This was well up on last years figures where just over 2,000 attended games, and is a 5record figure for Junior player attendance at Super Rugby Games in Canberra.
SOUTH COAST
Tom hopes to assist the South Coast in continuing to develop and grow their junior player numbers.
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SPORTS JOKES
Telstra City Visits UC Brumbies Players visit junior trainings
Q: What lights up a rugby stadium? A: A rugby match. Q: Why did the chicken get sent off? A: For persistent “fowl” play.
On Wednesday 11th June the UC Brumbies players and Development staff headed out to attend local junior club trainings as part of the second round of Telstra City Visits.
Golfer: "I'd move heaven & earth to break 100 on this course." Caddy: "Try heaven; you've already moved most of the earth." If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you. Rugby Union: A game where 30 players on the field need a rest, and 30,000 spectators in the crowd need exercise.
Ben Mowen & Jarrad Butler visit Vikings juniors
Robbie Coleman at his old school St Edmund’s 14 local Junior clubs & schools received a visit from players, and the players not only signed autographs, but also passed on some pearls of wisdom.
Prophetic Peter Peter De Villiers former South African Springboks coach on his latest tactics: “I am going to pull a rat out of the hat”. Soccer World Cup Joke Q: What's the difference between England and a teabag? A: A teabag could stay in the cup for longer. A Brumbies fan, a Reds fan, and a Waratah fan are standing on a cliffs edge arguing about who loves his team more. The Reds fan insists he's the most loyal. "This is for QLD!" he yells and jumps off the cliff. Not to be outdone, the Brumbies fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells, "This is for the Brumbies!" and proceeds to push the Waratah fan off the cliff.
There were plenty of happy junior players who certainly appreciated meeting their heroes at their own home grounds, and the juniors were able to ask all the players a variety of interesting questions.
Joe Tomane & Michael Dowsett at Daramalan Jordan Smiler shows good technique at Radford
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Each junior received a poster and some other giveaways and were able to grab autographs and photos.
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UPCOMING COACH EDUCATION COURSES
ARU Foundation/Level 1 Coaching Course 19th October UC Brumbies HQ
ARU Level 2 Coaching Course 6th-8th March, 2015 UC Brumbies HQ
Coming Events in 2014 EMERGING TALENT CAMPS
GIRLS REGULAR 7’s COMPETITION
This year the UC Brumbies will be hosting Emerging Talent Camps for the first time at the University of Canberra. These camps will replace the previous AIS Talent Camp traditionally held in January. The purpose of the camps is to assist players with their off-season development, and to help identify players for Junior Gold and Junior Academy based programs. The camps are targeting kids in the U13U17 age groups.
2014 will also see the launch of the UC Brumbies new Girls Regular 7’s competition. Games start on Sunday 31st August and are held for 5 consecutive Sundays, concluding with Grand Finals on Sunday 28th September. The competition will feature U14 and U17 girls, and their will also be Women’s games held.
UC Brumbies Advanced Coaching Seminar 27th March UC Brumbies HQ
Some local clubs have shown an interest in entering teams, and UC Brumbies Development will also run Barbarian teams for those girls who aren’t aligned to a team. All girls are welcome to participate, and for further information please contact Development Officer Anthea Clarke - a.clarke@brumbies.com.au.
For further info on Coaching courses, or to obtain coaching resources please contact Coach Ed Manager Russell Ingram: r.ingram@brumbies.com. au
BUDDING BRUMBIES Following the huge success of last years Budding Brumbies 4 week rugby introduction program, we will again be holding the program in 2014. All 7 local Premier Junior clubs will be hosting a Budding Brumbies centre on Friday evenings in November. We have also expanded the program to include some of the major towns in Southern NSW.
Emerging Talent Camp Registration Form This years camps will be held in the first week of the October school holidays. For the first time this year our camps will have an S & C component, as well as all on field rugby training and development. UC Brumbies players will also be attending each camp to participate in position specific coach- Budding Brumbies action at Royals in 2013 ing sessions with all the boys who attend. The program this year will see a fifth session on The camps will provide players with an opportuni- Friday 5th December where all participants from ty to experience a training environment similar to each centre will be invited to the UC Brumbies that of a professional rugby union player, and hold- training headquarters at UC for a Budding Brum7 training ing the camp at our UC Brumbies new bies Bonanza, with a range of activities and guest headquarters is a great fit. appearances planned.
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ACT Junior Rugby Union Clubs 2014
Resources Coach Education • Smart Rugby • Coaching Kids • Foundation • Level 2 South Coast Monaro • Junior Marlins • South Coast JRU Facebook SIRU • SIRU Juniors • In the Media
Club
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Number
ADFA
Mitchell Hosking
0401 871 398
mitchell.hosking@student.adfa.edu.au
BATEMANS BAY
Ron Collier
0408 247 644
ronniecollier64@gmail.com
BROULEE
Karyn Starmer
0427 522 227
karyn@starmer.net.au
BURGMANN COOMA
Adam Hall Brian Coyte
0428 484 999
rugby@burgmann.act.edu.au brian@southeastprinting.com.au
DARAMALAN
Andrew Digan Steve Goleby Denis Jorgensen Bob Morris
0401 656 290 0406 377 129 0420 985 616 0458 299 558
andrew.digan@daramalan.act.edu.au smgoleby@optusnet.com.au denis@jorgensen.id.au bob@castech.com.au
GOULBURN
Bill Cooper
0400 992 747
bcooper@scopeaccess.com.au
GRAMMAR
Jason Reilly Craig McMahon Darren Smith Troy Atkins
0416 701 863
jason.reilly@cgs.act.edu.au Craig.McMahon@cgs.act.edu.au dazboy98@gmail.com Troy.atkins@eaglesrugby.com.au
EASTS
GUNGAHLIN
UC BRUMBIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS Tom Beinke South Coast Monaro Region t.beinke@brumbies.com.au 0423 761 461 Jack Burey Southern Inland Region j.burey@brumbies.com.au 0439 473 479 Edan Campbell-O'Brien ACT Region e.campbell-obrien@brumbies.com.au 0411 512 780 Anthea Clarke Female Rugby a.clarke@brumbies.com.au 0413 739 167
0405 755 798
JINDABYNE
Brett Atkinson
brett.atkinson@essentialenergy.com.au
MARIST QUEANBEYAN
Paul Mead Mick Grealish Alan Morton
0414 517 503
paulmead@mcc.act.edu.au michaelgrealish@mcc.act.edu.au aimpavmentsolutions@bigpond.com
RADFORD ROSARY ROYALS
Brad Luhrs Ted Bilton Keiran Larnach
0438 585 091 0405 736 980 0423 112 557
Brad.Luhrs@radford.act.edu.au tcb001@live.com citycar@iprimus.com.au
ST EDMUNDS
0413 016 987
TRINITY VIKINGS UNI-NORTHS WESTS
Mick Pini David Mead Greg Mitchell Peter Hawke Andrew Dawson Keven Whitton
mpi00781@bigpond.net.au dmead@stedmunds.act.edu.au gregory.mitchell@cg.catholic.edu.au peterhawke@primusonline.com.au andrew.dawson.reps@aph.gov.au kwhitton@grapevine.com.au
YASS
Tarina Walker
0407 277 232
0438 225 212 0401 143 724 0402 805 219
Brumbies Community Rugby Contacts General Manager - Community Rugby Craig Leseberg W: 02 6283 8515 M: 0401 650 100
Rugby Development Manager Daniel Hooper W: 02 6283 8518 E: d.hooper@brumbies.com.au
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Coaching and Pathways Manager Russell Ingram P: 02 6283 8520 M: 0414 425 970
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