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QUEENSLAND PREMIER RUGBY 2019 | ROUND 1 QUEENSLAND PREMIER RUGBY 2020 | PRELIMINARY FINALS
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CONTENTS TEAM LISTS | SEMI FINAL
PREMIER WOMENS
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FEATURES
Weekly Catch Up 5
Preliminary Finals Weekend Fixtures 6 COLTS 1
Dragons new found hard road
Back from the Rugby wilderness
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2ND GRADE
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Remarkable comeback after stroke at 18 16
TEAM LISTS 1ST GRADE
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Premier Women: GPS v Sunnybank 19
Colts 1: Brothers v Bond University 21
2nd Grade: Easts v Souths 23
COVER PHOTO: Bond University (Dylan Rowe)
1st Grade: Easts v Bond University 25 and Easts (Ben Mowen) captains ahead of the
Preliminary Finals this Sunday.
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DRAGONS NEW FOUND
HARD ROAD
IT’S NO SECRET THAT THE 2020
QUEENSLAND PREMIER RUGBY SEASON
BRENDAN HERTEL HAS SEEN THE WOMEN’S COMPETITION
REVAMPED, WITH ALL NINE CLUBS NOW
FIELDING TEAMS AND WITH NEW SIDES
REACHING FOR FINALS SUCCESS.
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However, for Sunnybank, the long-term gold “Going in we knew there was a lot riding on the match,
standard of Women’s club Rugby in Queensland, but we didn’t want to put that on the young girls,” said
this season has been a massive rebuilding year for Wong.
the club.
“Coming up against Bond in the round games was
With players moving elsewhere and Moana Virtue tough so we knew what to expect, but the added heat
stepping aside as head coach, there were changes of last weekend definitely took it’s toll. The girls pulled
a plenty for the Dragons women as they prepared together and held Bond out.”
for the 2020 season.
The Dragons showed some great resilience in the
“Compared to previews years, we have a different second half to quell a comeback from the Bull Sharks,
team this year with a lot of girls who are new to claiming a narrow 19-12 win. They’ll now face GPS, in
Rugby as well as a lot of youth,” said captain and what will be a physical clash.
St.George Queensland Reds flyer Ivania Wong.
Given the nature of the season, Wong believes her
“The new cohort are all turning up at training side will cherish a grand final berth all the more now
however and are eager to learn and the year has that they’ve experienced loss and have had to rally
been about rebuilding.” together to put themselves in their current position.
Sunnybank had an amazing five-year win streak “I think if we make it to the Grand Final we will value
in the competition, going through a number of it – our girls will be proud of themselves – to know we
seasons undefeated, but ahead of the 2020 were able to get past our slow start and build.”
season the Dragons were looking like a completely
Should Sunnybank contest yet another grand final,
different team.
the Dragons women can look forward to coming up
“It was scary coming into the year knowing we against some of their former teammates in the Easts
were missing players and we had to step up. line-up.
“But we’ve all been new before and it was up to us “It’s always funny coming up against your mates,” said
as the experienced players to ensure the new girls Wong.
had confidence in themselves and have fun, that’s
“The competition is on a whole other level. It has been
when Rugby is the best.”
more enjoyable this year actually, it’s nice to see talent
The Dragons had a slow start to the season, is spread out and it’s always good to come up against
dropping matches against the likes of University of mates and challenge yourself and then come together
Queensland, GPS, Easts and Bond, before rallying post-match.”
to edge into the top four ahead of finals.
“Towards the start of the season, we had to
develop new combinations and learn how each-
other played. It was tough, but the more we
played, the more it started to click and each loss
was a learning experience.
“For all the years Sunnybank were at the top,
losing was a new thing for us and we just had to
build each week.
“Girls started to believe in themselves and the
group and that was the difference, when everyone
found their place in the team things started to
click.”
Heading into last weekend’s clash against Bond
University, it was the first time for quite a few years
that the Dragons had contested a minor semi-final,
and for Wong, she knew the pressure was on but
was determined to not let the do-or-die nature of a
minor semi-final overawe her youthful cadets.
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BACK FROM THE RUGBY
WILDERNESS
WHEN THE TIGERS LAST WON THE
HOSPITAL CHALLENGE CUP IN 2013, THERE
BRENDAN HERTEL WAS A BUZZ OF EXCITEMENT AROUND
THE YOUNG 18-YEAR-OLD OPENSIDE
FLANKER WHO WAS NAMED THE TONY
SHAW MEDALLIST AMIDST A COHORT OF
SUPER RUGBY AND EXPERIENCED CLUB
CAMPAIGNERS – MICHAEL GUNN.
12From that breakout 2013 Premier Rugby season, within the sport, but for now he’s leaving his options
Gunn went on the represent the Australian U20s, open and focusing on the task at hand.
play National Rugby Championship Rugby with
“I’ve been asked this a few times this year and my
Brisbane City and earn a Reds contract – making
response has been - I just want to treat things with an
his Queensland debut in 2015.
open mind, any opportunity I get I will consider but I’m
But after a number of years in the Reds set up, not ruling anything out, especially with the pandemic
Gunn’s Rugby career had somewhat stagnated who knows what lies ahead.”
and the young flanker was searching to find his
After a disappointing loss to University of Queensland
place in world away from Rugby.
last weekend, the Tigers have been critical of their
“I think at the back end of 2018, I felt like I needed performance but are confident they can change their
a change of pace,” said Gunn. fortunes and be ready for a red-hot Bond outfit, who
they will face in this Sunday’s preliminary final.
“I came out of school and I felt like playing Rugby
was my identity and I needed to take a step back “Obviously last weekend was a huge disappointment,
and re-evaluate my priorities.” we’ve reflected on that and we’re hurt given the
performance we put out, especially after the year we
After being one of the most promising young
have had.
talents in Queensland, Gunn decided to step away
from Rugby for 2019 and focus on his studies. An “We’ve set high standards for ourselves throughout
academic away from the field, Gunn has been the season so we will take that hurt and let it fuel us
studying civil engineering since leaving school this weekend.
and has also dabbled in computer science along
“I think we learnt a lot from playing Bond early in the
the way.
year, we underestimated them during the regular
Now nearing his final years of study and with season. They’re a good team but we’ve done our
a solid job in civil construction on the Ipswich analysis and are prepared for this match.”
Motorway upgrade, Gunn has rediscovered his
With Seven Easts teams in action this weekend across
love of Rugby and has made an impact down at
the grades, and the Easts women already through to
Tigerland in 2020.
a grand final, Gunn is loving been part of something
“I got everything I needed out of that year off. I was special at Tigerland in 2020.
focused on my studies and just some time away
“It’s so exciting, there is a great vibe at training and
mentality was greatly beneficial.
that has been throughout the season,” he said.
“I now drive to Easts and I get butterflies because
“I think the success the club is experiencing is a result
I’m excited for training. I needed to rekindle that
of the culture that has been built at Tigerland, it’s
and there is no better environment to do that then
great to see.”
down at the Tigers.”
A student off the field, Gunn has enjoyed falling
under the wing of former Wallabies skipper Ben
Mowen in 2020, forming a formidable backrow
combination with the Tigers legend and Tom
Milosevic – who was a late inclusion for 2020 after
returning from England due to Covid.
“Everyone looks to Ben as a voice and for our
tactical insight, he’s been an awesome addition for
us and we don’t take it for granted.
“The backrow we have this year is excellent, you
pop up in a defensive line and see Milo’s (Milosevic)
strapped head and Ben’s headgear and you feel
comfortable, it’s special to be apart of.”
Having made a successful return to Rugby with
Easts and enjoying being back on the field, Gunn
has been quizzed many a time this year if he still
has aspirations to push for professional honours
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REMARKABLE COMEBACK
AFTER STROKE AT 18
WHEN DEVON HENSON HAD A STROKE-LIKE
CRISIS AT JUST 18, THE MUSCULAR LOCK
JIM TUCKER NOW DOMINATING FOR BOND UNIVERSITY
WAS TOLD HE SHOULD NEVER PLAY RUGBY
AGAIN.
16He didn’t play the game he loved for six years “My doctor told me, if I was his son, I’d never get on
which makes his run-on role at Ballymore on the field again but it was up to me.”
Sunday one of the most remarkable comeback
It was tough news to deal with for a youngster who
stories of 2020.
had earned a Blue Bulls Under-19s squad contract in
Taking on Easts in the preliminary final of the Pretoria.
AllSports Physiotherapy Hospital Challenge Cup
His studies and work in the fitness industry were part
was nowhere on his radar when he arrived on the
of a major U-turn before a check-up in 2018.
Gold Coast from South Africa in January.
“More scans and tests showed my blood flow at
He’d arrived to use his studies in sports psychology
100 per cent and my body had fully repaired from
and business management to forge a better life
the stroke which the doctor said was a bit freakish,”
with partner Abigail Greenwood, not to lace on his
Henson said.
footy boots.
His university studies still took precedence until his
A chance recommendation that Bond Uni was
mind wandered to rugby when he landed on the Gold
the best rugby club on the coast was a spin-off to
Coast.
chatting to clients when he was working in a F45
Training gym. “I hadn’t played for six years so 100 per cent I was
more nervous for my comeback game in third grade
“Ending up at Bond came about by chance and
than I will be for this preliminary final on Sunday,”
even to be playing rugby again at a high level is
Henson said.
something I never imagined,” Henson, 24, said.
“My body felt like it had been in a car crash after that
Everyone was curious about where Henson had
first game back in thirds but it was that nice sore we
suddenly sprung from such was the way he threw
all live for as footballers.
his 117kg frame into last Sunday’s 32-27 upset of
GPS in the semi-finals. “I can’t fully explain but to be back part of a cohesive
team with a good group of guys is a great feeling.
He finished off a rolling maul try with a spearing
surge to the line, grabbed a key steal at the “I scrum beside (Reds lock) Angus Blyth and he’s
breakdown, produced turnover tackles and had a always open to all my questions and helping me.
strong physical presence. “I know the history that this is Bond’s first time in finals
Playful teammates have also nicknamed him and we’ve not come this far to only come this far.”
“Calum von Moger” as a nod to the Australian Bond Uni coach Grant Anderson has done a wonderful
bodybuilder such is his chiselled 1.94m physique. job of pulling the players together with a common
The Johannesburg-born Henson, who spent two goal and their “unbreakable bond” mantra.
years of his childhood in Perth, was playing for Losing headgeared flyer Rhian Stowers (knee) for
his school side in Cape Town in 2014 when an Sunday’s sudden-death match is a blow but the return
accidental knock changed his life. of hard-on-the-ball flanker Connor Pritchard from
“I was tackling someone and his head came up suspension is a major plus.
and cracked me on the jaw,” Henson said. “We freed ourselves from worry for the semi-final
“I felt it as a bit of a head knock but carried on, because all the pressure was on GPS and it’s the same
scored a try and finished the game. on Sunday with all the pressure on Easts,” Anderson
said.
“It was only after the game that my left hand
started going numb and then my left arm, tongue
and left side too.” He collapsed.
By the time his initial visit to hospital, monitoring
for more than a week in intensive care and multiple
scans were complete, doctors could fully outline
the issue.
“I sustained a Carotid Artery Dissection (CAD)
which is like having a stroke,”
Henson said of a tear to the wall of the artery and
a narrowing of the vessel.
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