QLD Premier Rugby: Round 6 Match Preview
By Michael Atkinson; Photo - Brendan Hertel/QRU Media
A new Magpie in the nest, double trouble at GPS, a “Lazarus-like” return from hospital and Ladies Days galore – all that and more in another action-packed weekend in the Hospital Challenge Cup.
Souths vs. Bond University (Match of the Round, 3:20pm, Chipsy Wood Oval)
If there is one day a year you want to play well, it's Ladies Day.
“The Nest” will be humming on Saturday afternoon with all the female Magpies coming out to watch their favourite Souths players, brothers, boyfriends, husbands and “just mates” run around against Bond.
No Quade Cooper for the Maggies, but Jason Hofmeyr will competently fill the void at 10. His job is made a little easier with a flock of flying Fijians on his outside: the Tela brothers, Emori Waqavulagi and Eto Nabuli (scary stuff for the boys from the Goldie).
If you’ve paid attention to schoolboy rugby in Brisbane over the past few years, another familiar name will pop