Catch the Australia U16s take on the Queensland Reds U17s LIVE from 12:00 pm AEDT on Rugby.com.au.<\/a><\/p>\nHannon is deputised by Western Force second-rower Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage, who returns from last year’s win over the NSW Waratahs U17s.<\/p>\n
The squad includes several players who excelled in the Super Rugby U16s competition, with 14 from the title-winning Waratahs, six Reds, three Force players, and one each from the
\nBrumbies and Victoria.<\/p>\n
WATCH LIVE BELOW OR IN THE PLAYER ABOVE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Australia U16s vs. Queensland Reds U17s<\/p>\n
Wests Rugby Club, Brisbane<\/p>\n
11:05am AEST Thursday 11 December<\/p>\n
Australia U16s<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Jeremiah Kite\u00a0(Queensland Reds, Brisbane Boys College)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Noah Gaffney\u00a0(Queensland Reds, Brisbane Grammar School)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Moses Faleafa\u00a0(Queensland Reds, Brisbane Boys College)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage (vc)\u00a0(Western Force, Byford Secondary College, Southern Lions)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Denver Bradford\u00a0(Queensland Reds, Nudgee College, Brothers)<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Cordell Arama\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Patrician Brothers Blacktown, Blacktown Scorpions)<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Henry Willis\u00a0(Queensland Reds, Brisbane State High)<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Hunter Hall\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Newington College, Scone Brumbies)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Izak Holmes\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Barker College, Newport Rugby Club)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Kaiawha Heke\u00a0(Western Force, Aranmore Catholic College, Mandurah Pirates)<\/p>\n
11.\u00a0Julian Minto\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, St Joseph’s College, Mosman Whales)<\/p>\n
12.\u00a0James Smith\u00a0(Queensland Reds, The Southport School)<\/p>\n
13.\u00a0Payton Tarau\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Waverley College, Blacktown Scorpions)<\/p>\n
14.\u00a0Asher Chapman\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Illawarra Sports High School, Kiama Rugby Club)<\/p>\n
15.\u00a0Finn Hannon\u00a0(c)\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, St Joseph’s College, Mosman Whales)<\/p>\n
Replacements<\/p>\n
16.\u00a0Talmage Lemusu\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Patrician Brothers Blacktown, Blacktown Scorpions)<\/p>\n
17.\u00a0Geoffrey Olivetti\u00a0(ACT Brumbies, Marist College)<\/p>\n
18.\u00a0Nate Te Whitu\u00a0(Queensland Reds,\u00a0Toowoomba Grammar)<\/p>\n
19.\u00a0Will Gencur\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Kincumber High School, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club)<\/p>\n
20.\u00a0Leeson Tiakia\u00a0(Western Force, Yanchep Secondary School, Joondalup Brothers)<\/p>\n
21.\u00a0Hamish Ward\u00a0(Victoria, Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne)<\/p>\n
22.\u00a0Wilson Ruthven\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, St Augustine’s College, Collaroy Cougars)<\/p>\n
23.\u00a0Thomas Longland\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, St Augustine’s College)<\/p>\n
24.\u00a0Cooper Williams\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, St Stanislaus’ College, Canowindra Pythons)<\/p>\n
Players unavailable for selection<\/p>\n
Charlie Xuereb\u00a0(NSW Waratahs, Patrician Brothers Blacktown, Western Raptors) – Injured<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds U17s<\/p>\n
1. Harry Humphreys (Toowoomba Grammar School)<\/p>\n
2. Aidan Luke (St Joseph’s Nudgee College)<\/p>\n
3. Harrison McIver (St Joseph’s Nudgee College)<\/p>\n
4. Robbie Piutau (Brisbane State High School)<\/p>\n
5. Jack Burton (St Joseph’s Nudgee College)<\/p>\n
6. Tom Smith (Ipswich Grammar School)<\/p>\n
7. Lane Edmonds (Ipswich Grammar School)<\/p>\n
8. Elijah Galloway (The Southport School)<\/p>\n
9. Koby Nouanrasy (Kings Christian College)<\/p>\n
10. Rohan Nichol (Sunshine Coast Grammar School)<\/p>\n
11. Marty Hatcher (Anglican Church Grammar School)<\/p>\n
12. Pierre Poluleuligaga (St Joseph’s Nudgee College)<\/p>\n
13. Petelo Maka (Toowoomba Grammar School)<\/p>\n
14. Dylan Terblanche (The Southport School)<\/p>\n
15. Hemi Rakuita (Ipswich Grammar School)<\/p>\n
Replacements<\/p>\n
16. Xavier Hill (St Joseph’s Nudgee College)<\/p>\n
17. Darniel Taki (Brisbane State High School)<\/p>\n
18. Jeremiah Harbottle (St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace)<\/p>\n
19. Harrison Asi (Brisbane Boys’ College)<\/p>\n
20. Manasa Vunibola (Brisbane State High School)<\/p>\n
21. Jack Garnier (Ipswich Grammar School)<\/p>\n
22. Cooper Brown (Toowoomba Grammar School)<\/p>\n
23. Isaac Fiddock (Somerset College)<\/p>\n
24. Hunter Pyke (The Southport School)<\/p>\n
25. Josh Heinrich (Marist College Ashgrove)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best and brightest under-age talent will get the chance to showcase their talent as the Australia U16s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,189203,13506,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-340622","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-u16s","11":"tag-reds","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340622","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=340622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}