Rugby Union

POLDING RUGBY UNION GIRLS 7’S TRIALS – 16TH MAY 2025 SANTA SABINA COLLEGE,  STRATHFIELD, SYDNEY

Congratulations to Stella Donahue(St Agnes' Primary Port Macquarie) and Georgia Watson (St Agnes’ Primary School, Port Macquarie), both selected in the Polding team to attend the NSWPSSA Championships in Girls Rugby 7’s on the 5 and 6 June  at Blacktown.

POLDING RUGBY UNION TRIALS – 30 JUNE 2025 FORBES

The Polding rugby union selection trials were held at Forbes on Monday, 30 the June  . Lismore Diocese had 18 boys attend these trials. Lismore team managers reported that all Lismore Diocesan representatives played very good rugby union throughout the trials, and they were a pleasure to work with at Forbes. Lismore had 8 boys make the Possibles and Probables, with 6 selected in the Polding team. Congratulations to all 18 students from Lismore Diocese for your enthusiasm, talent, skill and effort at the trials. Lismore as a team were undefeated during the day.

The following 6  students were selected for the Polding team to attend the NSWPSSA State Rugby Union Carnival at Newcastle  from the 5th to 7th August.

Congratulations to:

1.  Aston Miller- St James Primary School, Yamba 
2. Jai Davis  - St Peter's Primary School, Port Macquarie
3. Jed Byrne - St Joseph's  Primary School, Port Macquarie
4. Hawi Deane -Holy Family Primary School, Skennars Head
5. Zane Bannon- StAgnes'Primary School, Port Macquarie
6. Roley Cohan- St Finbarr's Primary School,Byron Bay

We wish them all the best at the NSWPSSA State Carnival.

NSWCCC Rugby Union selections (girls 7's, boys under 16, and under 18) were held at Daceyville in April.

Congratulations to the following Lismore Diocesan students who were selected in NSWCCC teams to attend All Schools trials.

• Girls 7's - Lotti Coppola (St John's College Woodlawn) 
• Boys 16's - Jacob Power (MacKillop College Port Macquarie), Kody McQuilty (St John's College Woodlawn), Marlon Frost (St John Paul College Coffs Harbour), Riley Flood (Trinity College Lismore) & Jonah Verus (Xavier College Ballina)
• Boys 18's- Jack Moyle, William Picken, Oscar Godwin, Mathew Page (Xavier College Ballina), Cody McInnes (St John's College Woodlawn) and Lawson Moffitt (St Paul's College Kempsey)