Queensland Red win the National Under 16 Championship

Fullback James May of Queensland Red was among the tryscorers in the win over Queensland White

Queensland have captured the Rod Macqueen Shield for the first time with Queensland Red defeating Queensland White 29-10 in the final game of a highly successful National Under 16 Rugby Union Championships which was completed today in Nudgee.

The star for Queensland Red was local Nudgee flyhalf Cayden Matehaere who scored a try and landed three conversions and a penalty in a polished performance. Fullback James May was also amongst the Red trycorers.

In other matches the National Indigenous team showed the promising state of junior indigenous Rugby in Australia by defeating South Australia29-20 in Division 2 to claim the John Eales Shield. National Indigenous remained undefeated throughout the week long tournament.

The other shield winner was NSW Country who overcame the Brumbies 11-7 in a hard fought one-try apiece encounter, to clinch the Nick Farr-Jones Shield.

In other matches Sydney Juniors came out on top in a an all-NSW encounter defeating NSW Schools 22-7 and Western Australia edged out Victoria 13 -12 to finish on a winning note.

In the final high scoring affair Northern Territory were too good for Tasmania, scoring six tries on the way to a 40-3 victory.

In a presentation ceremony at the end of the tournament open-side flanker and Queensland Red captain Liam Gill was announced as FordPlayer of the Tournament.

Full scorers and scorers are below.

National Under 16 Championship

Results – Day Three

Division 1

GAME I

Western Australia13 (Valentine try, Godwin con, 2 pen) defeated Victoria 12 (Masters,Tipelu tries; Schmidt conv)

GAME K

SydneyJuniors 22 (Larkin, Alexander, Sutton tries; Carmichael 2 conv, 1 pen) defeated NSW Schools 7 (Latunipulu try, Vaka conv)

GAME J

NSW Country 11(Muller try, Trindall 2 pen) defeated Brumbies 7 (O’Riain try, Dale con )

GAME L

QueenslandRed 29 (Matehaere, Lucas, Garland, May tries, Matehaere 3 con, pen) defeated Queensland White 10 (Foley try, Taumata con, pen)

Division 2

Northern Territory40 (Smith, Lewis, Staunton, Johnson, Burns, Noble tries; Walker 5 conv) defeated Tasmania 3 (Russell pen)

National Indigenous 29 (Hodges 2, Jacko 2, Wellington tries; Bell 2 conv) defeated South Australia 20 (Van Wyk, Wilkin tries; Seuteni 2 conv, 2 pen)

ROD MACQUEEN SHIELD WINNER:Queensland Red

JOHN EALES SHIELD WINNER: National Indigenous team

NICK FARR-JONES SHIELD: NSW Country

FORD PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT:Liam Gill (Queensland Red)