Author: Elfster

After a weekend that saw some significant trial losses across the board, the CAS season begins on Saturday. This year there appears to be no stand-out favourite, though a few sides have some decent claims to the Henry Plume Shield. The two-round CAS competition has some detractors, and perhaps it has made the CAS more insular with a lack of games outside the group, but in general it has been a competitive one. All schools are generally competitive and all but one winning in the last few years. Though depth is important, the winning side will also need to…

On a glorious sunny August Saturday, the CAS season finished with Knox remaining undefeated, and being the deserved CAS Champions and winners of the Henry Plume Shield for 2015. They started out as warm favourites and soon showed why this favouritism was warranted. They were the dominant side, but there were other worthy teams that could compete with them. It is a moot point whether the home and away format of the CAS completion is ideal, but the fact that five out of six schools have won the completion in recent times, does show there is some life in CAS…