A core of high-performers from last year\u2019s victorious Australia Under-18s have been selected for Queensland\u2019s opening game in the Super Rugby Next Gen series.<\/p>\n
Sunday afternoon\u2019s match at 1:15pm AEST will pitch the young Reds into a match against the ACT Brumbies Next Gen line-up in Canberra.<\/p>\n
Treyvon Pritchard will demonstrate his versatility with a start at inside centre after time at fullback and on the wing in Queensland Reds sides over the past four months.<\/p>\n
Pritchard was one of the stars of the Australia U18s when they twice toppled New Zealand Secondary Schools in convincing style last year.<\/p>\n
Flyhalf Finn Mackay, prop Kingsley Uys, lock Will Ross, fullback Nicholas Conway, hooker Isaac Rauluni and prop Levi Slater join him from that national U18s starting side.<\/p>\n
In addition, 2024 Australia U18s captain Tom Robinson, already with a full Reds cap to his name last year, will play in Sunday\u2019s backrow.<\/p>\n
All have been harnessed for development through the Buildcorp Reds Academy or advanced by training as part of the full Reds senior squad.<\/p>\n
Pritchard will be paired in the centres with Frankie Goldsbrough, a partnership which will make Churchie rugby lovers proudest of all.<\/p>\n
Both are products of the famous school rugby nursery.<\/p>\n
The three-round Next Gen series is strategically replacing the Super Rugby U19s competition.<\/p>\n
That serves two positive purposes\u2026a primary focus on the U20s age group in an early-season competition can channel players directly into the Australia U20s for The Rugby Championship U20s in April and the Junior World Championships in Georgia.<\/p>\n
Clubs are also permitted to field a small number of players over the age of 20 to enhance development of players for Super Rugby.<\/p>\n
The strong-running Goldsbrough turned 20 in January and this rugby is perfect for him to find his playing rhythm after an injury-disrupted 2025.<\/p>\n
The Next Gen Reds will benefit from some established combinations with the starting front-row of Uys, Rauluni and Slater having scrummaged together since their schoolboy representative days.<\/p>\n
Mackay\u2019s calm direction from No.10 will enhance the side for sure.<\/p>\n
Over-confidence is unwarranted because the Brumbies, with former University of Queensland flyhalf Chase Oates at No.10, toppled the Reds U19s 26-17 at Ballymore Stadium last September.<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds Next Gen vs ACT Brumbies Next Gen<\/p>\n
1:15pm AEST, Sunday<\/p>\n
Canberra<\/p>\n
Livestream on Rugby.com.au YouTube and Rugby Xplorer<\/p>\n
REDS NEXT GEN<\/p>\n
1 Kingsley Uys – Bond University<\/p>\n
2 Isaac Rauluni – Easts<\/p>\n
3 Levi Slater – Easts<\/p>\n
4 Will Ross – Brothers<\/p>\n
5 Kenneth Harris – Bond University<\/p>\n
6 Tom Robinson – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
7 Ilan Cloete – Easts<\/p>\n
8 Angus Kelly – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
9 Alfie Bowman – Easts<\/p>\n
10 Finn Mackay – Souths<\/p>\n
11 Taione Taka – Brothers<\/p>\n
12 Treyvon Pritchard – Brothers<\/p>\n
13 Frankie Goldsbrough – Easts<\/p>\n
14 Tom Howard – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
15 Nicholas Conway Brothers<\/p>\n
Reserves<\/p>\n
16 Charlie Hollyman\u2002- University of Queensland<\/p>\n
17 Jacob Job – Wests<\/p>\n
18 Trevor King\u2002- Souths<\/p>\n
19 Will Pascoe – Wests<\/p>\n
20 Charlie Brosnan – Brothers<\/p>\n
21 Cooper Stewart – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
22 Josh Takai – Brothers<\/p>\n
23 Nic Lynagh – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
Head Coach Dale Roberson – Reds Academy<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach Cian O’Connor – Wests<\/p>\n
Assistant Coach Anthony Mathison\u2002\u2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A core of high-performers from last year\u2019s victorious Australia Under-18s have been selected for Queensland\u2019s opening game in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,12061,760,85],"class_list":["post-459279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-queensland-reds","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459279","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=459279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}