Grand Final Preview: Hard Work The Key To Students’ Success
by Brendan Bradford –
Sydney University winger Greg Jeloudev offers an ominous response when asked about the constant booing and vicious heckling his side receives at grounds and grandstands across Sydney.
“It just motivates you to go looking for the ball,” he says.
And when Jeloudev goes looking for the ball, defences are in trouble. The speedster scored 20 regular season tries in 2013 – enough to earn a spot in the Rugby News Team of the Year and a top ten spot in the Ken Catchpole medal standings.
“The individual achievements are good, but I put a lot of that to the guys around me and the hard work and culture we’ve got going at the club,” he continues.
That culture is one forged in the pain of tortuous year-round training sessions at University Oval and tested at the club rugby coalface every weekend. The perceived adv