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CONTENTS TEAM LISTS | ROUND 2
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Weekly Snapshot 8 18
Queensland Premier Women Fixtures 10
From Bulldog to Bull Shark
Brothers set new standard for Women’s
Grassroots Rugby
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Genia set to make Club Rugby return for GPS 16
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NORTHS
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Bond v Sunnybank 18
Wests v Easts 20
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GPS v Souths 24
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BOND UNIVERSITY V SUNNYBANK – BOND former Wallabies scrumhalf Will Genia, who will
UNIVERSITY RFC, 3:30PM | MATCH OF THE come off the bench behind his brother Nigel, who
ROUND will start in the nine jersey.
This weekend will see the Gold Coast contingent of
the Queensland Premier Rugby family return to the WESTS V EASTS, SCIFLEET STADIUM, 3:30PM
field after months on the sideline.
After a tough first hit-out against GPS last weekend,
There is plenty to get excited about at Bond in the Bulldogs return home to ‘The Kennel’ this
2020. With players like Liam Dillon, Joey Fittock, Saturday and will be hungry to bounce back, but
Connor Pritchard and Dan Boardman coming off their challenge won’t get any easier with a star
the back of the 2019 NRC season with Queensland studded Easts side making their way across town.
Country, and with 2019 Premier Rugby Sevens
The Bulldogs clawed their way back into their
player of the year Ryan Menzies fit and ready to
Round 1 clash against the Gallopers and strong
go, the back line at Shark Park is sure to be an
performances from the likes of Jeremiah Skelton,
attacking force in 2020.
Misioka Timoteo and Cooper Whiteside helped to
Sunnybank won’t be easy beats this season, the display the potential that is brewing at Wests, but it
score-line against Easts may have blown out will be a tough ask for them to gel in time to match
at the back end of the game, but they stuck in a Easts team that is already showing great signs of
the fight and with the McNamara brothers, Tom cohesion.
Lucas and former Bull Shark Hayden Sergeant
The Bulldogs will be buoyed by the return of
in their backline, the Dragons have their own
flyhalf Carter Gordon this week, while Easts will
attacking threats that can cause headaches for the
be without scrumhalf Eli Pilz, but the Tigers have a
opposition.
ready replacement in Phoenix Hunt.
With some player movement between the two
GPS V SOUTHS, YOKU ROAD, 3:30PM
clubs in the off-season, this match won’t be short
This match has the potential to be an emotionally of niggle.
charged encounter. While points may not be on the
line until next weekend, this Saturday’s clash will
BROTHERS V NORTHS, CROSBY PARK, 3:30PM
be about pride and bragging rights. With a large
number of Souths premier grade players, as well Rugby returns to Crosby Park this weekend and
as assistant coach Paul Brown, making the move north-siders will be treated to a north Brisbane
across to Yoku Road in the off-season, the next show down between Brothers and Norths.
generation of Magpies will head to Ashgrove this
Despite these two clubs finishing the 2019 seasons
weekend looking to prove a point against their
at opposite ends of the ladder, they both come into
former club teammates.
this match off the back of losses and the two clubs
Souths will be buoyed by their performance against will be desperate to get a win under their belts
Brothers last weekend in Round 1, they showed before they start playing for points next weekend.
that on their day they have the ability to push the
Norths put in a gutsy performance against UQ
best teams in the competition and the win will have
last weekend and show signs that they will be a
given the young side a newfound sense of belief
thorn in the side of a lot of clubs in this shortened
and confidence.
season. Brothers will admit they weren’t prepared
On the other hand, GPS cruzed through last for what a hyped up Souths outfit threw at them
weekend’s high scoring affair without really shifting last week, but they won’t make the same mistake
past third gear. They have a lot more tricks up their twice. Expect the Brethren to return to their clinical
sleeve and this weekend they will be assisted by ways come Saturday afternoon.
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MATCH VENUE KICK-OFF
GPS v Souths GPS Rugby Union Club - Yoku Road 11:50am
Brothers v Norths Brothers Rugby Club - Crosby Park 5:30pm
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11Dillon’s combination with Boardman, Third and
AFTER FIVE YEARS AT Fittock looms as key for the Bull Sharks as they
aim to break into the finals series this year.
SYLVAN ROAD, LIAM DILLON
The side has been renowned for their attacking
WILL RUN ON FOR HIS FIRST prowess in recent seasons, and Dillon’s
GAME IN BOND UNIVERSITY instinctive ball-running and eyes-up style of play
will only add to their point-scoring ability in 2020.
COLOURS THIS WEEKEND The scrumhalf and his fellow backs have been
WHEN THE BULL SHARKS given a license to attack, and Dillon is relishing
TAKE ON SUNNYBANK ON the chance to combine with some of his outside
men.
THE GOLD COAST. “I’m expecting a lot of running Rugby – hopefully
The former Wests scrumhalf was one of the it’s a dry track and both teams throw the footy
competition’s most high-profile off-season around and get into it this weekend,” he said.
recruits and adds even more firepower to an “Our coach Grant Anderson has said we want to
already potent Bond backline. go side-to-side and really move teams around.
Dillon’s move south made sense, with the “We have a pretty mobile team, so in that sense
25-year-old living and working on the Gold it’s really been a focus of ours to let the ball
Coast, but it was not a decision he took lightly do the talking and support the player who is in
after five years with the Bulldogs. space or carrying.”
“It definitely wasn’t an easy decision,” Dillon said. After tantalisingly close finishes to the top-four
“I started when the club was in a pretty in recent years, breaking into finals is the long-
different state and saw it go through all the new term ambition for Dillon and the rest of the Bond
construction and then got to the finals in 2017. squad this season.
“Last year we thought we had a pretty good “First and foremost, our goal is to try and make
young squad building and I obviously have a lot finals,” the scrumhalf said.
of good mates there and have a lot of time for a “That’s something Bond has missed out on over
lot of people at the club who have done so much the last two years by a point, so that’s the goal
for me.” this year.”
Dillon played his maiden National Rugby Their focus for now however is their first-round
Championship (NRC) season in 2019 with matchup with Sunnybank in front of their home
Queensland Country and connected with a crowd on the Gold Coast.
number of Bond stars throughout the campaign
who persuaded him to make the switch. “They’re going to be a strong outfit, especially
having that game under their belt,” Dillon said of
Joey Fittock, Dan Boardman and Connor the Dragons.
Pritchard all featured for Country, making the
move easier for Dillon this season. “They have some new faces and they looked
pretty strong against Easts on the weekend,
“That was one of the things that got me there, Easts just put on a few late tries.
knowing a few familiar faces who were in my ear
about the drive to Brisbane and telling me to just “We’re expecting a team with a fair bit of flair,
play at Bond,” Dillon said. they’ll move the ball around but also some big
guys who like to carry up the middle too.
“Joey especially was one of the reasons I came
to the club. “I’m really keen to run on and play my first game.”
“He sort of dragged me down there, he was Dillon and his Bond teammates will take on
messaging every couple of days. Sunnybank in this week’s match of the round on
the Gold Coast, with the game streamed LIVE
“I’m really keen to play with him, Dan Boardman and FREE via qld.rugby.
and Mitch Third, they’re all really good players
and we’re keen to see what we can do over the
next eight weeks.”
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GRASSROOTS RUGBY
BRENDAN HERTEL WOMEN’S RUGBY IS ONE OF THE
FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN
THE WORLD AND BROTHERS ARE
HOPING TO SET THE STANDARD FOR
GRASSROOTS RUGBY DEVELOPMENT
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE ROHRIG WOMEN’S ELITE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (EDP).
14exposure and an understanding of what would
be expected of players in elite programs.”
Over the past few years we’ve seen the Rohrig
Elite Develop Program launch the careers of While the playing cohort boasts a lot of players
young men including Harry Wilson, Fraser who are fresh from the junior ranks, the club have
McReight and Lawson Creighton, providing also recruited the services of current St.George
players with the opportunity to access a program Queensland Reds and Wallaroos centre Alana
that will help expose them to the demands of a Elisaia, a recent international debutant having
professional Rugby program while also providing made her debut against the Black Ferns last
plenty of personal development opportunities year.
off the field.
“Alana is our marque player,” said Russell.
Management at Brothers have noticed that there
“She has been in the system now for some time
is a significant step up from Women’s club Rugby
and is giving back to the other players in the
through Super W and Wallaroos representative
program, on and off the field, assisting them with
honours, and they’re aiming to align the pathway
their development. The young ones in particular
and narrow the gap that exists to better prepare
look up to her cause she has had that exposure
female athletes for the demands of top level
to the top level of the women’s game.”
Rugby.
2020 is the first year that all nine Queensland
“We certainly want to align the pathway, similar
Premier Rugby clubs have fielded teams in the
to the men, for the women and continue to build
Women’s competition, with Easts and Bond
and develop,” said Women’s EDP head coach
University the two new additions, but the
Shirley Russell.
introduction of the Women’s EDP is a great step
“For the girls who have been identified, they forward for aspiring players and Russell hopes
now have the ability to be exposed to high it’s the catalyst for other Premier Rugby clubs to
performance aspects of Rugby programs and set up similar programs.
that will then help them progress through to
“It’s fantastic to have the support of Brothers
Super W and the Wallaroos.”
and Rohrig to get this program up and running. If
Russell, a former Queensland and Wallaroos we can start a trend and other clubs can get on
representative, was part of the first Queensland board, it’s only going to benefit the players with
Women’s Rugby team in 1996 and has since regards to both sevens and XVs, and the game
coached within Australia and overseas in Laos as a whole.
and the Phillipines.
“A big part of it all is just building a level of
She is one of a number of former women’s players confidence within the girls to make the next
helping get the program up off the ground, step, helping to build a level of expectation,
including Brothers first women’s centurion Jenny so that they know what to expect should they
Gillett and club stalwart Jodie Moore. progress to an elite program. It is only going to
allow the individuals to come in and enhance a
With the program having now run for the past two
representative program such as the Queensland
months, staff are already seeing considerable
Super W team.”
development within the players.
As a trail blazer for Women’s Rugby, Russell is
“We’ve been up and running now for eight
excited to see the growth of the sport and hopes
weeks, and the first month saw us expose the
that the Women’s EDP can help launch the
girls to strength and conditioning, while the
careers of players and staff alike in the future.
girls are also learning how to be elite players
off the field with regards to nutrition and time “It’s fantastic that younger players now have
management, all combined with regular club these opportunities,” she said.
training.
“Women’s Rugby is one of the fastest growing
“We’ve seen in the younger girls in particular, sports in the world and the more girls we can
vast improvement in core skills. We’ve worked get involved the better and hopefully it provides
a lot on ball skills and the breakdown, and we’re further opportunities as a pathway for both
still yet to do set piece but we hope the girls players and staff to go further.”
will take to that. Again, it’s about getting them
15GENIA SET TO MAKE
CLUB RUGBY RETURN
FOR GPS
TOM PRIMMER
16seen firsthand the benefits of the program.
AFTER 137 SUPER RUGBY
He represented Queensland U16s, schoolboys
APPEARANCES AND 110 TESTS and U19s and played Colts Rugby for Jeeps
FOR AUSTRALIA, WILL GENIA WILL before graduating to the senior ranks with the
BE BACK IN GPS COLOURS THIS Reds in 2007.
WEEKEND WHEN THE GALLOPERS “I’m a Queenslander through and through,”
Genia said.
HOST SOUTHS.
“When I look back, my first year out of school was
Genia launched his senior Rugby career in playing club footy in Colts and to this day it’s still
Ashgrove, playing his Colts Rugby for the probably the most enjoyable Rugby I’ve played,
Gallopers after graduating from Brisbane Boys and you have fun doing it in this environment.
College, before embarking on a professional “It allows you to express yourself, to try things on
career which saw him play 114 games for the the field, which makes you a better player, the
St.George Queensland Reds and win a Super fact that you’re brave enough to go out there
Rugby title in 2011. and try new things.
After gaining dispensation to play from his “For me it was so crucial and if you look at the
current Japanese club the Kintetsu Liners, Genia Reds pathway now, a lot of those guys have
is relishing the chance to be back around the graduated through the program and it’s just
Queensland Premier Rugby scene. proof that it works.”
“I feel really privileged to have the opportunity to Genia will come off the bench on Saturday
play on Saturday and I can’t wait,” he said. afternoon, with his younger brother Nigel
“It’s kind of a full circle, I’m back here towards the occupying the starting number-nine jersey as
back end of my footy career now and I’m really the pair aim to combine on the field.
excited to strap them on with my little brother “It’s a massive positive that I’ve been able to
(Nigel) as well.” spend some time training, not just with the boys
Genia has been training at Yoku Road since the but with my brother too and hopefully I get the
COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of opportunity to get out there on the weekend,”
his season in Japan, with fellow former Reds and he said.
Wallabies Samu Kerevi and Quade Cooper also “Who knows, maybe they’ll put me on at fullback
joining him at Jeeps. or something so I can share the field with him.”
The 32-year-old has thrown himself into life at Fans can tune into the LIVE stream of the GPS v
the club, running extra sessions for the GPS Souths clash via the qld.rugby website.
scrumhalves and mentoring the next generation
at Yoku Road.
“I’ve been training with the boys for the past six
weeks, they’ve been so welcoming allowing me
to play some actual footy as opposed to just
doing straight line running and things like that,”
Genia said.
“The talent here is incredible. The coach has
done an exceptional job making sure that guys
are fit and in good condition to play a good
brand of Rugby and obviously doing a lot of
work on their skills too.
“For me, coming down here I feel like I’m learning
a lot as well, so it’s been hugely beneficial for
me.”
Like much of the current Reds squad, Genia is
a product of the Queensland pathway, and has
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