{"id":188982,"date":"2025-10-04T05:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188982\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T05:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:13:08","slug":"australia-u18s-take-big-lead-over-nz-secondary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188982\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia U18s take big lead over NZ Secondary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">LIVE: The Australia U18s have taken a strong 36-7 lead over the New Zealand Secondary Schools after 45 minutes in their second Test in Canberra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The hosts wrapped up the trophy with a 81-48 win to start the series as they blew away their Kiwi counterparts in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@rugbycomau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch the Australia U18 and Australian Schoolboys take on New Zealand Secondary Schools and Fiji Schoolboys on Rugby.com.au\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coach Dale Robertson has opted for an unchanged starting side, but the coach will make some rotations on the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Taione Taka and Tahj Smith will come onto the bench as a fresh set of legs for the backs and forwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Australia U18 and Australian Schoolboys fixtures will be broadcast live on the rugby.com.au YouTube channel and Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRALIA U18 TEAM TO PLAY NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">1. Kingsley Uys &#8211; The Southport School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">2. Isaac Rauluni &#8211; Nudgee College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">3. Levi Slater &#8211; Nudgee College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">4. Isaac Fonua &#8211; The King&#8217;s School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">5. William Ross &#8211; Padua College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">6. Justice Taumoepeau &#8211; St Joseph&#8217;s College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">7. Jarvis Orr &#8211; Knox Grammar<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">8. Heinz Lemoto &#8211; The Scots College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">9. Angus Grover (c) &#8211; St Ignatius College, Riverview<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">10. Finn Mackay &#8211; Souths Rugby Club, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">11. Talen Risati &#8211; The King&#8217;s School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">12. Treyvon Pritchard &#8211; Anglican Church Grammar School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">13. Cyrus Bloomfield &#8211; Oakhill College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">14. Brody Folkes &#8211; St Ignatius College, Riverview<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">15. Nicholas Conway &#8211; Wests Rugby Club, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Reserves<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">16. Oliver Smith &#8211; The King&#8217;s School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">17. Tito Hamala &#8211; Nudgee College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">18. Hasani Bloomfield &#8211; The King&#8217;s School<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">19. Tahj Smith &#8211; Barker College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">20. TJ Talaileva &#8211; Barker College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">21. Chayse Geros &#8211; St Augustine&#8217;s College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">22. Taione Taka &#8211; Brisbane Boys&#8217; College<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">23. Rory O&#8217;Connor &#8211; St Joseph&#8217;s College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIVE: The Australia U18s have taken a strong 36-7 lead over the New Zealand Secondary Schools after 45&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,78833,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-188982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australia-u18s","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}