Australia's elite new generation of schoolboy rugby players

[@MrK1ngi]

The problem is that the young talent that really shines gets hounded and converted by the NRL scouts. And they have the money to offer. Some of the top current nrl players were once union teenage prodigies.

[@Skybar23]

even if those prodigies did continue to union -Australia's training and development programs at senior levels are crap and sub par compared to other countries. Natural talent isnt enough to be the best in the sport at pro level

[@ryantudor5950]

A lot of these boys will go to some nrl scouts

[@Skybar23]

@Rocco Rossi Australia isnt the only place where NRL scouts go looking for talent.

[@sonofportsmith4435]

@Rocco Rossi professional union in Australia does not have the levels of progression to as competitive as it needs to be. The fact that an Australia player could be playing in the Shute Shield and a RWC in the same calendar year is an example of how there are not the sufficient tiers and depth of competition to maintain a razor sharp professional playing body. Also: Five professional teams in the whole country. Not exactly great.

[@croooks1052]

Hopefully the rest of the episodes are much longer like past seasons

[@wlk2408]

Makes me jealous, Covid has shut our school rugby down here in South Africa. The kids have really missed out, some schools had about six games the last two years but most had almost none. Enjoy every moment, fans and boys, it is truly a privilege.

[@jalepenopvp2300]

Here in Canada the quality of our schoolboy rugby has dropped significantly because most kids are playing for the first time at 17 and 18 years old because of the lockdown.

[@jamaltadiwa5947]

These boys are gonna be special🤩

[@hectorf7570]

Holy shit I’ve been waiting all week😩😩😩😩😩

[@conormuldoon4735]

Love the season but they should’ve done longer episodes and built it up not so all this

[@johnkelly5156]

Should do a school from every country. Would be awesome to see the difference.

[@OnionTelevision]

Hi John, good call. And we would love to film in each country but it comes down to whether or not the school wants to be involved (in most cases they don't) and the current CoVid19 situation - which as you know means that its tricky to travel and most country's have no sport at the minute. We're lucky to be based in Queensland where we've had very little effect. But it means you'll be fed a load of Aussie rugby for the time being. Thanks for watching though.

[@tomgroves1497]

I am slightly confused. Would someone mind explaining why they went from the season 6 to the season 8 with no 7?

[@user-sf2sp2ei8r]

Need to do england skl this coming season

[@OnionTelevision]

We would love to. Have talked to a few but most aren't even playing and some need a bit more time to get back to 'normal' sports programming, but we are keen. Out of the 20 we approached, only one said yes. Can't say which one, but I'm sure you can guess.

[@user-sf2sp2ei8r]

@@OnionTelevision lmao must be epsom they love a stream

[@peterjessa2912]

@@OnionTelevision no it has to be st joes in Ipswich they love that media

[@OnionTelevision]

Head SW

[@yungmil3708]

@@OnionTelevision millfield is my guess

[@carltonmukurazita2647]

are you guys planning to do one in South Africa?

[@JohnOkaforFitness]

How good is this !

[@damienmhd_3075]

ive been waiting for this

[@ay613]

And we're back lads.

[@georgesmith5494]

When is next episode come out?

[@RugbyPass]

Same time next week 👏

[@peterjessa2912]

Why is this episode so short

[@OnionTelevision]

Peter, last year's season was cut a bit short (pandemic) so we shot less. As a result, we thought it might work better if we split the episodes into smaller bits and spread them out a bit. Hopefully when the world gets back to normal, so will the series - thanks for watching though.

[@peterjessa2912]

@@OnionTelevision thanks keep up the good work gets me hyped for my season

[@noahhalliday1860]

You should do some with different gps schools, like ippy or bshs.

[@OnionTelevision]

Hi Noah, we have approached both almost every year and they chose not to be involved for various legitimate reasons. You can’t argue with some schools just not interested in having cameras around. Especially if their team is not likely to challenge for the title.

[@danielmartin-we3gw]

@@OnionTelevision just wondering have you reached out to all gps schools or just bshs and igs

[@OnionTelevision]

Every school every year for the last four years. Both in Brisbane and Sydney. Takes a while for trust to be built and it is really all about timing too. Some Headmasters are keen, others are dead against it. And even if the moons align, their team might not be strong enough to be a contender. It’s a miracle that we’ve made it to eight series to be honest.

[@danielmartin-we3gw]

@@OnionTelevision yeah that’s sad to hear cause schools like TGS IGS state high would be great to see as they are often contenders but don’t win the premiership as consistently as a school like nudgee who win at least once every 5 years or so

[@OnionTelevision]

We’ll keep trying Daniel. After the COVid experience, I think a lot of schools are starting to appreciate the need to be present online, to open themselves up visually and to promote themselves so fingers crossed!

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

A South African school would be great, every schools rugby festival in SA , the Au NZ and England schools get beaten by cricket scores. Not sure about the Au or England schools but the NZ schools have been traditional powerhouses. Sadly our schoolboys are being recruited by mainly French clubs, so never get to play even U20 for SA. French clubs have entered into partnerships with SA schools like Grey College and Tolouse..

[@jake567100]

The Australian schools have never sent over a GPS team to play in schools rugby festival so how could they get beaten by cricket scores? Australia also loses all of their top schoolboys to NRL before u20s but still do better than SA. Stop skiting about your schools and enjoy the series.

[@ebenhecker2139]

Would love to see some German Rugby maybe, we play a lot of 7s here

[@oliverlyons2221]

bruh trust no-one would watch that

[@christopherteiotu2540]

so happy they won the outright last year

[@croooks1052]

Spoiler Alert haha

[@dantewalters5209]

Brisbane Boys look like they could be much stiffer competition for the South African schools. In the next tournament South Africa should invite them for the international schools festival.

[@kierangreenwood7]

When's episode 2

[@RugbyPass]

Next Sunday 7pm UK time

[@alexl6582]

off to the NRL they go

[@IestynSymonds69]

Something like this for say like a Welsh Community rugby team, someone like trebanos or something would be class

[@cormacbarry9997]

waited so long for this, and they just sped through 7 rounds?? disappointing

[@alexconnolly2820]

Think its cause of covid

[@fionnmaccurtain8896]

Welcome surprise to see this pop up

[@jlemoto676]

How good

[@KwisBwown]

Southport all day baby lesscoooooooo #$champs

[@vibezhammerz7435]

need to do a Scottish school

[@freewheelinhippie6155]

Yes!!!!

[@JohanSchmidt]

Paarl schools and Grey College would gives these teams 50 points - insane how good SA schools rugby is

[@julianm5911]

South African schools please

[@shannonshannon986]

If they cant beat the All Blacks, its over

[@christophercheok2801]

Second

[@shisuiuchiha480]

Australian School Boy rugby is World Class. Why is it that New Zealand school boy rugby is shit but they manage to pull together a World Class All Blacks side?

[@jameshehir1229]

cause all the star players go to NRL

[@shisuiuchiha480]

@@jameshehir1229 you did not answer the question. The question is about New Zealand not Australia.

[@Mad_Intellect]

New Zealand pro rugby tactical and skills training is elite I guess. They also have naturally (athletically) gifted individual prospects in high school, skills can be taught to those eager to learn and work hard. Natural physical gifts can't, look at their current wingers for example, so athletic. It's not that shit though, think you're exaggerating a bit lol, have a SA friend that was really gifted at rugby whose family moved to NZ, he said the HS level was eye opening for him.

[@anfieldreds5027]

@@Mad_Intellect I think the NRL skills and training is much higher. They have more atlethic physical players than the union. I am an union fan by the way.