Souths quartet to play with Classic Wallabies against Barbarians to raise money for Lismore flood relief
Southern Districts first graders Jake Douglas, Conor Young and Matt and Alex Gibbon will play alongside Wallabies legends Radike Samo, Lote Tuqiri and Drew Mitchell this evening as part of the Classic Wallabies side taking on a Barbarians outfit preparing to play the Wallabies this weekend.
The Far North Coast juniors all headed to Southern Districts after finishing school and will return to Lismore and play together for the first time alongside some of rugby’s biggest names in an effort to raise funds for the region’s ongoing flood relief effort.
“It’s all happened pretty quickly, we got a call about a week ago because it was being played locally up in Lismore where we all grew up and they asked a few of us to come up and help the older boys put a team together,” Jake Douglas told Rugby News ahead of this evening’s match.
“It’s been a pretty busy few days. We arrived on Sunday and had a charity luncheon, then headed to Byron for a bit of a bonding session to g