Digby Ioane. You’ll recognise the name and soon enough you’ll see the talent when the best Under-14 players in Queensland gather for the Buildcorp Emerging Reds Cup at Ballymore.
Ioane is just 14 and shares the same name as his uncle, Digby Ioane, who played 35 Tests for the Wallabies and was a try-scoring star in the Queensland Reds’ 2011 Super Rugby final triumph.
Young Ioane, a Year Eight student, is starting his own rugby journey in the centres at Brisbane State High School. He will play in the Brisbane White team at the ERC which kicks off at Ballymore on September 16.
One hundred rugby-loving kids, representing rugby centres from the Gold Coast to Cairns, feature in the four ERC teams named today.
Brisbane White, the Brisbane Junior Rugby Union, Queensland Country and South-East Queensland Barbarians will gather at Ballymore for three days of matches at Ballymore next month.
The Queensland Country side will be skippered by flanker Noah Mariner, now playing for Churchie but a product of the Coomera Crushers from the Gold Coast.
Hooker Cayleb Beath already represents the desire in the ranks. When he missed out on the Queensland Country squad, the forward from Yeppoon’s Cap Coast Crocs flew down to last weekend’s trials in Brisbane to earn a spot in the South-East Queensland Barbarians squad.
Lemoto Lemeki - Groves Christian College - Logan Saints Rugby Club
Sunny Payne - Coombabah State High School
Cayleb Beath - St Brendans College Yeppoon - Cap Coast Crocs
Tonkla Phumtabtim - Good Shepherd Lutheran College Noosaville - Maroochydore Swans Rugby Club
De'Aundre - Yorkston Toowoomba Grammar School
Wyatt Lindsay - Nambour Christian College - Maroochydore Swans Rugby Club
Hunter Stott - All Saints Anglican School - Riverside Rugby Club
Kian Van den Berg - Sunshine Coast Grammar School
William Caro - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace - GPS
Kaiya Tafea - The Southport School
Noah Te Kiri - Kings Christian College - Logan Saints Rugby Club
Samson Leggo - St Johns College Nambour - Nambour Toads Rugby Club
Lachlan Webster - Marist College Ashgrove
Finau Tafa - Mabel Park State High School - Souths Rugby Club
Mason Davison - Iona College - Riverside Rugby Club
Riley Young - Iona College - Wynnum Bugs Rugby Club
Zaine Gurney - Miami State High School - Riverside Rugby Club
Angus Mclaughlin - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
Tyson Tai - Brisbane State High School - Logan Saints Rugby Club
Kyan Simpson - Ambrose Treacy College
Simonita Lui Fetuuaho - Marsden State High School - Riverside Rugby Club
Chris Williams - Anglican Church Grammar School - Sunnybank Rugby Club
Daniel De Swardt - Ipswich Grammar School - Ipswich Rangers Rugby Club
William Jessiman - The Southport School
Jeremiah Tuimavave - Brisbane State High School - Sunnybank Rugby Club
Sidney Myers - Brisbane Grammar School Souths Rugby Club
Stanley Grellman - Marist College Ashgrove - GPS Blue
Nelsoni Takai - Brisbane State High School - Logan Saints Rugby Club
Joseph Keke - St Joseph's Nudgee College - Riverside Rugby Club
Danny Soloai - Balmoral State High School - Riverside Rugby Club
Edward Mulholland - Brisbane Grammar School - Brothers Rugby Club
Kane Kinnaird - Anglican Church Grammar School - GPS
Murrie Herrmann - Brisbane State High School
Zorro Loli - St Patrick's College , Shorncliffe
Hugo Vukovich - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Harvey Mclaughlin - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
Oliver Smith - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Poasa Logova - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Tom Gibb - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Thomas Nasser - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
Levi Fien - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Billy Gough - Anglican Church Grammar School- Riverside Rugby Club
Joshua Andrews - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Digby Ioane - Brisbane State High School
Elijah Nosa - Anglican Church Grammar School - Riverside Rugby Club
Manamo'ui Toia - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Tane' Crampton - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Kingston Hall - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Kolby Walters - Anglican Church Grammar School
Gabriel Claassen - Rockhampton Grammar School Central Queensland
Jayden Herewini - Woree State High School - North Queensland Club
Israel Lui - Trinity Bay State High School - North Queensland Club
Thomas Paul - Stella Maris Primary School - South Queensland
Timothy Luck - Downlands College - South Queensland
Raui Olliver - St Brendan's College - Central Queensland
Lucas Mclean - St Brendan's College - Central Queensland
Toby Bretherton - Emerald State High School - Central Queensland
Lawson Morris - Toowoomba Grammar School - South Queensland
Tai Henare - Mountain Creek State High School - South Queensland
Benson Humphreys - Toowoomba Grammar School - South Queensland
Noah Mariner - Anglican Church Grammar School - South Queensland
Tavai Siaunuua - Keebra Park SHS - South Queensland
Koby Hill - South Queensland
Peter Owens - Maroochydore State High School - South Queensland
Zavier Ngauamo - Benowa State High School - South Queensland
Zaeden Kitching - Ely FNQ U14
Colten-Amotawa Pohe - King's Christian College - South Queensland
Darius Anderson - North Rockhampton SHS - Central Queensland
Tyler Lama - Kings Christian College - South Queensland
Bradley Ramsay-Cameron - Pacific Pines State High School - South Queensland
Harry Zanapalis - Sunshine Coast Grammar School - South Queensland
Zac Zeremes - St John's College - South Queensland
Marcus Grehan - Brothers - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Jacob Ranasinghe - Souths
Leroy Whippy - Logan - Brisbane State High School
Dominic Ango - Logan
Will Edwards - Ipswich - Ipswich Grammar School
Peter Letiu - Ipswich
Hugh Stanbury - Easts - Villanoa College
C'ezar Mayn Leoto - Brothers - Iona College
Kobe Te Kiri - Logan
Hamish Whalley - Souths
Isaac Tilcock - Logan - Brisbane State High School
Charlie Garnier - Riverside Rugby Club - Iona College
Kruz Hola - Logan
Alex Eaton - Ipswich
To'o Jnr Vaifusi - Ipswich
Kellam Joseph - Brothers - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Jerome Whippy - Logan - Brisbane State High School
Chris Manu - Souths
Connor Glenn - Ipswich - Ipswich Grammar School
Will Heaton - Norths - St Joseph's Nudgee College
Cael Anderson - Souths
Tom Rollinson - Brothers - Brisbane Grammar School
James Dunworth - Brothers - St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
Ollie Tart - Brothers - Brisbane Grammar School
