Australia's Schoolboys?

His Brother is not far away.

1. Ben Walker

2. Karl Pratt

3. Martin Gleeson

4. Jamie Rooney

5. Jordan Tansey

6. Julian O'Neill

7. Bobbie Goulding

8. Willie Mason

9. Scott Moore

10. Lee Crooks

11. Jamie Thackray

12. Gareth Hock

13. Paul Cooke



A couple out of position a little but not too bad a team........if you have shares in Stones Bitter.

A player from the past who had outrageous talent and a good career but could have achieved more with a bit of, er, discipline was Mick Crane.

Imagine that team on a night out

Sweet Jesus, I'd rather not. They're a solicitor's dream.

Brian Smith.

Simon Haughton. Happened to find he was very good at playing rugby yet had little to no love for the game and as a consequence never reached his potential.

No, the AIS – so it was the England Academy under 17’s not 18’s



Although I seem to remember that the AIS had 7 players who represented the Australian Schoolboys that year



James Graham and Karl Pryce were by far the best players on the pitch

what a party after





who we got for the bench ? id go Paul King any advances

Probably the most naturally gifted player i have ever seen. had more natural talent then Knocker but booze and cigs won.

There’s a chance here that posts in this thread have been a bit vague on who qualifies as wasted talent. Players like Paul Cooke and Martin Gleeson aren’t in the same league as Karl Pryce and Jordan Tansey. Two of them have had notable achievements in the professional game whilst the other two have looked like amazing prospects at times.



I think we need to try and be a bit more constructive in defining wasted talent. Do we include people who have fulfilled their talent in some way but have wasted it in other ways?



Leroy Rivett scored four tries in a challenge cup final and he didn’t do much after that. Does that make him a wasted talent or was he just lucky for one day?



Then there’s Kevin Penny who was a onetime Super League Dream Team member.



With so many things to consider, I’ll get back with my list of ‘wasted talent’ once ‘wasted talent’ is defined a bit better.