19 Sep 2013
Even though rugby sevens is not a traditional code of football at GRC, expert coaching from Alex Suter saw the team adapt quickly to the Sevens game defeating Endeavour Sport High, Picnic Point high and Port Hacking High Schools to take out the Southern Districts Tournament.
Our Rugby Sevens journey continued with the team going on to represent Sydney South at the regional competition where we saw notable performances in defence from Joshua Maea and creative attacking plays from Nicholas Pappas and the Richardson twins. A close match in the final against Mattraville Sports High set the team up to qualify for the NSW State Schoolboys Sevens Championships.
Our qualification into the Hong Kong NSW Schoolboys Rugby Sevens Championship was an impressive feat for a bunch of ‘leaguies', but their commitment to the team and training with Alex put them in good stead for the next level of competition
Five games were played in the state championship with ALL players giving their best and putting their bodies on the line to represent GRC.
Outstanding performances from Nick Pappas, scoring all points in game 2 and Khaled Alfas with three tries in game 4 were highlights of the day.
In all events our players have demonstrated skill, sportsmanship and leadership that GRC can be proud of.