Jake started at wing for Premier Colts in their game against East where he managed to get sin-binned for repeated infringements. Despite this, Jake played very well, he even had a try incorrectly taken away by the referee. In the end, GPS came up just short losing 15 -12.
I (Blaze) started at flyhalf for the 4th grades team as we played Sunnybank and won 33-17. I then came off the bench for the 2nd grades team to play wing against the East Tigers. I saw a lot of action here and even set up a try to end the game, which we won 23-7. On top of that, I had the chance to play with Tom, our host and old coach. Also, GPS does an individual scoring system where the coaches award 3 different players either 3 points (the best), 2 points, or 1 point at the end of every league game. At the end of the year, GPS totals the points for the entire season and gives out awards based on these points. I was lucky enough to be awarded 1 point for my game against 4th grades.
After we were done playing, we had the opportunity to watch the Premier grades play. At the moment, the Super 15 rugby tournament is on hold for the British and Irish Lions tour. As a result, many of the Super 15 players play for their respected clubs at the premier level. In the game we watched between GPS and East there were many professional rugby players (and ex-Wallabies) on the pitch including Radike Samo and Nick Frisby. In the end, these players made the difference for GPS as Samo and Frisby scored late tries to win the match 38 -32.
Check out a video of Radike Samo playing for the Wallabies here.
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