The Volvo QRFSU U18 Regional State Championships kickoff tomorrow at Albert Park on the Gold Coast with schoolboy talent from 10 regions across Queensland competing for a place in the Combined Secondary Schools (CSS) squad.
The Regional State Championships running over the next four days acts as a pathway for talented players from non-traditional rugby schools to reach further representative honours, giving them the opportunity to be noticed by selectors.
The event is split into two pools of five teams that will compete through Thursday and Friday, before cross pool matches commence on Saturday and both a selection final and shield final are played on Sunday.
The four-day event will determine the CSS squad that will compete against Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) and Greater Public Schools (GPS) at the Queensland Schoolboy trials at Ballymore from June 21-June 24.
Following the schoolboy trials, two Queensland Schoolboy teams will be selected to compete at the U18 ASRU National Championships from July 2- 8 at St Ignatius College in Sydney.
The final CSS squad will be announced at a post-match ceremony on Sunday.
VOLVO Q.R.F.S.U. 18 yrs. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW - 2012
POOL A
NORTHERN
SUNSHINE COAST
SOUTH COAST
CAPRICORNIA
WIDE BAY
POOL B
DARLING DOWNS
MET EAST
PENINSULA
MET WEST
MET NORTH
THURSDAY – POOL GAMES DAY 1
All games: 2 x 20 minute halves – 5 minutes half-time break
9.30 1 CAPRICORNIA v WIDE BAY 2 MET WEST v MET NORTH
10.30 3 NORTHERN v SUNSHINE COAST 4 DARLING DOWNS v PENINSULA
11.30 5 WIDE BAY v SOUTH COAST 6 MET EAST v MET WEST
12.30 7 SUNSHINE COAST v CAPRICORNIA 8 DARLING DOWNS v MET NORTH
1.30 9 NORTHERN v SOUTH COAST 10 MET EAST v PENINSULA
FRIDAY – POOL GAMES DAY 2
All games: 2 x 20 minute halves – 5 minutes half-time break
9.30 11 MET WEST v PENINSULA 12 SUNSHINE COAST v WIDE BAY
10.30 13 MET EAST v MET NORTH 14 NORTHERN v CAPRICORNIA
11.30 15 DARLING DOWNS v MET WEST 16 SOUTH COAST v SUNSHINE COAST
12.30 17 MET NORTH v PENINSULA 18 NORTHERN v WIDE BAY
1.30 19 DARLING DOWNS v MET EAST 20 CAPRICORNIA v SOUTH COAST
SATURDAY – CROSS POOL PLAY OFFS AND SEMI’S
All games: 2 x 25 minute halves – 5 minutes half-time break
10.00 21 Play – off 9 / 10 5th Pool A -v- 5th Pool B
10.00 22 Play – off 7 / 8 4th Pool A -v- 4th Pool B
11.10 23 Play – off 5 / 6 3rd Pool A -v- 3rd Pool B
12.20 24 Semi - final 2nd Pool A -v- 1st. Pool B
1.30 25 Semi - final 1st Pool A -v- 2nd Pool B
SUNDAY - SELECTION TRIAL MATCH AND FINAL:
Final: 2 x 25 minute halves – 5 minutes half-time break
9.45 26 Selection Trial Selection Trial Match (3 x 20 minute thirds
11.15 27 Shield Final Winner of game 24 -v- Winner of game 25
12.40 Closing Ceremony; Presentation of medallions, Life Members Regional Players of the Championships, Championship Shield, announce CSS teams etc.