UQ King’s College students Jonathon Lance and Luke Morahan have been selected by the Queensland Rugby team to tour to Ireland and France, continuing the college’s strong rugby tradition.
Both Kingsmen study at The University of Queensland and play club rugby at Premier Colts level for the University.
Mr Lance, who plays flyhalf with UQ, is the son of former Canberra Raiders rugby league premiership winning captain and now NRL coach, Dean Lance, and will join the Reds Academy in 2009.
Mr Morahan, already part of the Reds Academy, is a former Australian Schoolboy representative and plays wing and fullback positions.
He is also part of the Rugby Scholarship program at King’s, which recognises excellence in rugby union.
Mr Lance is studying Business Management while Mr Morahan is completing a Bachelor of Business.
King’s College Chief Executive and Master Greg Eddy said the duo’s selection in the Queensland Rugby team reflected the college’s high level of achievement in the sport.
“We are delighted with the selection of both Jonathon and Luke in the Queensland team,” Mr Eddy said.
“This continues the long and proud tradition that rugby has had since the college was founded.”
Since winning the first Inter College Rugby competition in 1913, eleven Kingsmen have gone on to represent Queensland, including three playing for the national Wallabies team.
And this is not the first time that two Kingsmen have been selected in the same Queensland team.
In 1914 two brothers, Eric and Stan Francis, played for Queensland, with Eric going on to become The University of Queensland’s and King’s first Wallaby.
The 17-day tour leaves today and includes matches against the Irish provinces Ulster, Connacht and Leinster and the French province, Nice, in the south of France.
MEDIA: Scott Young (07 3871 9826, 0416 041 548 or s.young@kings.uq.edu.au)
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