Junior Rugby: NSW Colts Feature Heavily In Aussie U20s Training Squad
Waratahs Rugby Media Release -
Fourteen NSW Colts players are just one step away from representing Australia in the IRB Junior World Championship in June.
On the back of their victory at last week’s National Under 20 Championships, NSW Colts comprise almost half of the Australian Under 20s training squad to take on Fiji and Samoa on the Gold Coast later this month, in preparation for the Junior World Championship which takes place in Auckland from May 30 – June 21.
“To get 14 NSW players selected out of a squad of 33 is an outstanding achievement and I put it down to the fact we were the dominant team, playing as a team,” enthused NSW Colts’ coach Tim Rapp.
Three players are backing up after being involved in last season’s Under 20s national squad. Gordon’s tenacious Jack Dempsey, the super sl