STRONG SHOWING: Oakey's Daniel Holmes Kevin Farmer SAM Capewell feels fellow Toowoomba Clydesdales player Daniel Holmes would not have been out of place in the Queensland Rangers squad after the pair played for Central at the Queensland Rugby League Divisional Championships at the Sunshine Coast at the weekend.
Both TRL players missed out on a place in the Rangers squad for a representative game in Lismore next month when the team was announced Monday, but Valleys forward Capewell thought Oakey hooker Holmes had done a great job at the carnival in helping Central win one of its two games.
"Holmesy, he absolutely smashed it," Capewell said. "He was one of the players of the carnival."
Toowoomba Clydesdales under 20s manager Chris Franklin will act as manager for the Queensland Rangers squad and he too thought Holmes played exceptionally well.
Central opened its carnival with a 28-24 win over Northern Marlins on Saturday after trailing 18-6 at half-time.
That win was backed up by an 18-8 loss on Sunday to South-East Poinsettias, who took out the tournament.
Capewell scored a try in the first game but a shoulder injury he took into the carnival flared up and kept him out of the second match.
"Injury let me down a little bit. I had a sore shoulder going into it and only got to play one game," he said.
The 22-year-old thought the carnival was a big step up for him and enjoyed the challenge.
Playing for the Clydesdales at last month's 47th Battalion Trophy carnival at Gladstone was his first taste of rep footy and Capewell is keen for more.
The Central women's team also played on the Sunshine Coast and enjoyed a 20-14 victory over the South-East Emerging Squad.
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