I am very excited to report that our College is one of the schools invited to participate in the newly formed Darling Downs Super Schools Cup, a four-team competition played out of school hours, over six weeks across three age divisions. Our participation in this competition will draw around $7,000 a year into the College from the Australian Rugby Foundation to fund equipment, bus travel, training, coaching and referee education.

This new competition and associated funds will allow our students new opportunities to develop and demonstrate skills previously only accommodated by colleges many times our size. To realise these opportunities, we need to raise three committed teams of at least 20 players in each of under 13 (turn 12 or 13 this year), under 15 (turn 14 or 15 this year) and open (turn 16 or older this year).

This will be a significant challenge and many students will need to have a crack at a less familiar code of football. Fortunately, this is something our College has always excelled at. Our College Captain, Lytana King-Togia has played as much Rugby League as he has Rugby Union and the skills and confidence he developed in one code have served him just as well in the other.

Training will be held at 2:10 to 3:10pm on Friday afternoons at the College as well as Monday afternoons at 3:30 to 4:30pm at the Rugby Club grounds for the next six weeks. Your student has been asked to bring a mouthguard, a training jersey and cleats to all training sessions. The teams will travel by bus to the four away games leaving College at 3:30 pm on a Wednesday. Our two home rounds will be played at the Rugby Club starting at 5:00pm on a Friday night.

The home rounds in August will be a great opportunity for the College community to gather, socialise and show support. A decision regarding the final dates of these games will be in next week's Newsletter. There will be food and beverages available and the three grades will play from 5:00 to 8:00pm. We hope to see you there.

Click on the link to read the Media Release from Darling Downs Super Cup

Stephen Routley

Rugby Union Coordinator