Jake Schatz
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Jake Schatz is an Australia
n rugby union
player and former Anglican Church Grammar School
boy. Schatz currently plays at flanker
for the Queensland Reds
. He made his debut for the Reds during the 2010 Super 14 season
.
Jake was selected as the 2008 QLD Premier Colts player of the year. He captained Sunnybank to the 2008 QLD Premier Colts premiership.
Jake toured with the 2008 QLD Reds development squad on their end of season trip to Ireland and France.
Jake was named captain of the Australian U20 team for the 2010 Junior World Championships in Argentina.
Jake was awarded the QLD Reds 2010 Rookie Of The Year prize.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player and former Anglican Church Grammar School
Anglican Church Grammar School
The Anglican Church Grammar School , is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective...
boy. Schatz currently plays at flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
for the Queensland Reds
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
. He made his debut for the Reds during the 2010 Super 14 season
2010 Super 14 season
The 2010 Super 14 season kicked off in February 2010 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished on 29 May. The 2010 season was the fifth and last season of the expanded Super 14 format. The schedule, which covers 3½ months, featured a total of 94 matches, with each team playing one...
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Jake was selected as the 2008 QLD Premier Colts player of the year. He captained Sunnybank to the 2008 QLD Premier Colts premiership.
Jake toured with the 2008 QLD Reds development squad on their end of season trip to Ireland and France.
Jake was named captain of the Australian U20 team for the 2010 Junior World Championships in Argentina.
Jake was awarded the QLD Reds 2010 Rookie Of The Year prize.