By Brendan Rees
A rising rugby star at Fountain Gate Secondary College has trained with some of the best young talent in the country to represent Australia.
Moses Porero, a 17-year-old Year 12 student was selected by Rugby Australia to take part in a training session on 23 to 24 April in the Aussie 7s Youth National Camp in Sydney.
Moses was thrilled to be coached by Australian representatives and enjoyed his training with others from around Australia as they competed for a spot in the Australians 7’s under-18 team which will be released later this month.
“I enjoyed learning about game, particularly from the Australian 7 coaches and men’s players were there to run through skills and strategies for the games,” Moses said.
“It was really great experience and I loved meeting other players from around Australia.”
Playing since the age of five years, Moses developed a love of the sport alongside his brothers at multiple clubs.
He played for the Melbourne Rebels under-16 team which led to his selection for the Melbourne Rebels under-18 Junior Academy.
Since his enrolment in Year 11, Moses has also been representing Fountain Gate Secondary College in the academy program and hopes to represent Australia in Australian under-18’s team in the coming years.
His coach and the school’s director of rugby, Jimmy praised Moses’s commitment to the sport.
“Moses holds the school academy records for a number of the fitness tests we have the students perform. It has been a privilege to coach him, his hard work and commitment to his craft is exceptional,” Mr Orange said.
Fountain Gate Secondary College was proud of this outstanding accomplishment and wished Moses the “best in his endeavours.”
