By Lucy Whitehill
NOOSA DOLPHINS
Tuesday 18 July saw International Rugby played at Noosa Dolphins at Sunshine Beach.
The touring Queen Elizabeth Grammar School brought 60 of their finest players of various ages to play at Noosa as part of their Australian and New Zealand British Lions Tour.
The Queen Elizabeth Grammar School was established in 1591 and has been playing rugby since 1874.
Their teams played against the Noosa Dolphins’ Under 16 and Under 19 teams.
The Grammar School’s coaches were impressed with the Dolphins’ fitness, skills and physicality.
Their teams have regularly played in National English Schools finals at Twickenham.
The coach of the touring school said that both games were by far their toughest on tour with some tough physical rugby played by the Noosa boys. The English coaches were surprised with the strength of the Noosa set piece.
In two tight results the touring English side prevailed 7-0 in Colts and 22-17 in Under 16s.
James Joy-Jones from QEGS expressed the school’s thanks – “thank you for your club’s kind hospitality towards us, the boys had a brilliant time and we as staff were really impressed with both the incredible welcome you gave us but also the quality of your club spirit. We can see why the Lions trained with you a few years back”.
Man of the match for Noosa Under 16s was Beni Hodson with Jordie Silvester having an outstanding game.
Best players for Noosa Colts were Oscar Rogers, Tyler Searle and Will Christie.
