Author: Fred Clark

A beautiful, clear blue day at White Oval in front of 3,000 rugby aficionados for the final game of the 2012 GPS season. Scots 71 def. Kings 19 Kings started brightly in the opening moments, putting good pressure on the Scots line. This solid beginning disappeared in a heartbeat when Scots centre Jim Stewart shrugged off numerous tackles to score a solo effort in the opposite corner. Missed tackles were the order of the day for Kings, as Scots’ skilful backline threw it wide at every opportunity and carved them up. Within ten minutes it was 12-0. It was 31-7 at…

A very windy day down at Weigall greeted a good crowd for the second last game of the season between Sydney Grammar School and The Scots College. Grammar’s old boys were out in force and the Father’s Day Raffle was popular. Grammar 5 – Scots 114 One wondered what was in store during the Seconds’ match. Grammar looked pretty good – fighting fiercely through a very even contest. Sideline commentary suggested Grammar’s 16As are pretty good this year. The Grammar 10 looked very sharp in the 2nds, passing crisply and taking the ball on the front foot. The 1sts match…

There can be only one. Now only Newington remains undefeated. Unless…

The good big men beat the good little men to place Newington as the clear championship favourites.  18 August 2012, sunny and 16 degrees. Crowd – 1,500 On a day when Costa from Gardening Australia was reffing the 3rds in his short-shorts, one felt anything could happen on a sunny day at Scots (apparently, the kids call him Jesus). Could the undersized Scots pack match up to the heft of Newington? Could Newington contain the stars in the Scots backline? Was Costa a sign from God? Perhaps the telltale sign came right at the beginning when Andrew Kellaway missed a fairly straightforward penalty kick…

Last year’s champions downed in a confident display of running rugby from Scots