Beale backs Cup bid Hosting rugby’s top event will inspire youth
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BRING the 2027 Rugby World Cup to Australia and you’ll get rugby back on the path it deserves by packing stadiums and following a crop of new generation stars.
It would be amazing to host the tournament, fill new grounds with the buzz that Bankwest Stadium has in western Sydney and enjoy all the spin-offs of such an event.
How much the Japanese are putting in to make the World Cup so memorable in their own country hits me every day over here and there would be the same energy in Australia to make such a mark.
What I mean by “new generation stars” is that the Wallabies all recognise the achievement by the Australian Schoolboys and Under-18s to knock off New Zealand 18-14 last Friday, just a few months after the Junior Wallabies did the same thing.
Many people wouldn’t realise how significant the World Cup has been in getting me hooked on rugby as my code, considering I was a league kid born in Blacktown.
I remember being a 14-yearold boarding at Joeys (St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill) when the 2003 World Cup was held in Australia.
I never got to a game but the hype and following among the lads was brilliant and I vividly recall watching Stirling Mortlock score his intercept try to help upset the All Blacks in the semi-final.
It definitely made me more attracted to rugby and I was lucky to get similar inspiration in the school holidays before the 2007 World Cup.
I was a shy fella back then but got invited to Wallabies camp at Coffs Harbour as an extra to run around for a few days with some of the superstars.
I was roomed with Matt Giteau, trained with George Gregan and Steve Larkham and probably tried too hard on the training field, but it was then that I really knew I wanted to play for the Wallabies.
There’s no doubt we have hit the business end of the tournament with tomorrow’s pool game against Georgia, and what we hope is a massive quarter-final the following week.
We’ve done all the work, it’s no longer about doing extra fitness and so on.
It’s about individually looking after the body, recovering well, and the rest is really upstairs in terms of bringing the right attitude and applying concentration to get the little things right in our plans.
Matty Toomua is very direct and physical in the way he plays and he has a great opportunity at five-eighth to guide us towards the momentum we need to build in this Georgia game. FOUR members shot Double 500 metres on Saturday afternoon at the Mossman and District Rifle Range in warm and breezy conditions. Thanks go to our weekly scorer, Ron Schild. F Class (scope) Division, 10/11 shot matches John Brentson 52.1 - 60.1 Tot 112.2 Norbert Schmidt 58.5 - 59.2 Tot 117.7 Wayne Walsh (F Open) 58.3 - 63.5 Tot 1212.8 Target Rifle – Peep Sight 10/11 shot matches Rick Misohlenski 45.4 - 54.3 Tot 99.7 Next Shoot will be Saturday, October 12; the range shot will be 600 metres. The club welcomes visitors and new members, shooting starts at 1.30pm. Everyone welcome. Saturday, October 5, Camp Perry pistol: Bob 256.2 (red dot sight, all other shooters open sights), Gordon 237, Graham 190.2, Tony 188, Pete 145, Ken 140, Wayne 115, Melody 55. Combine services match (pistol and rifle teams): Jeff and Gordon 1.72, John N and Bob 1.36, Gordon and Jeff 1.01, John A and Gordon 0.94, Wayne and Graham 0.79, Pete and Melody 0.54, Malcolm and Nickie 0.54, Riley and Melody 0.28, Alan and Barbara 0.07. This Saturday, October 12: Rimfire hunter class 50 yard and service pistol. Results of double 600 yards on Sunday, October 6, with heavy mirage and rapidly changing winds: Target Rifle – Stephen Durham 101.7. FStandard – Liz Wilson 109.6, Murray Wilson 105.4. F-TR Chris Allman 110.5. Saturday, October 12 will be Herberton Rifle Club’s Annual Open Prize Meeting, then on Sunday, October 13 Ravenshoe/Mt Garnet Rifle Club will hold its Annual Shoot during Ravenshoe’s Torimba (Festival of the Forest) celebrations. Mareeba Rifle Club shot a 2 x 500yd comp on Sunday, October 6. The conditions were pretty good. F std: T Kohn (Atherton) (10/11) 58.5; 64.8 – 122.13; D Russell (Cairns) (10/11) 56.2; 63.1 – 119, 3. FTR: B Gianasi (Ravenshoe) (10/11) 56.2; 62.4 – 118.6. TR: M Beecham (Mareeba) (10/11) 49.4; 53.4 – 102.8. D Ford (Mareeba) (10/11) 47.4; 53.3 – 100.7. The club will not be shooting next weekend, due to the running of the Herberton prize meeting on Saturday and the Ravenshoe prize meeting on Sunday. Conditions apply^ Results for Sunday, October 6, at 700 yards on a fine day with tricky winds and mirage creating low scores. Field Rifle: Vince Bull 91, Kahlid Kochi 89. F Open: Peter DeKroon 116.3, Bill Carrick 112.3, Barry Ellis 106.2. F standard: Rod Ranclaud 117.5, Richard Butt 112.2, Gary Moss 104, Tom Murray 100. Next shoot will be at Herberton for its annual prize shoot on Saturday, October 12, at 600 yards, two 15-shot matches and on Sunday, October 13, at Ravenshoe for its annual 15-shot matches at 500 and 600 yards. Both start at 8.30am. The International Rimfire Benchrest competition was a family affair conducted in a very turbulent gully. Results: 1, Don, 232.06, 243.09, 475.15; 2, Robyn, 236.07, 230.06, 466.13; 3, Anne, 231.05, 229.05, 460.08. There is no SSAA competition next Saturday. The following Saturday will be a Rimfire Hunterclass over 50 metres and 100 yards with two details, at 9am and noon. Thursday’s social shoot starts at 8.15am.
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