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NSW AAGPS 2025 (banter and commentary)

Rugbynbeers

Rugbynbeers

Johnnie Wallace (23)
Cauliflower Ear said:
Pretty much guaranteed to end up there, the club has pretty much announced the signing.

Hayden Lavercombe is already on the club website for French Club RC Vennes.

Those boys will be heading over for preseason very shortly as Top 14 kick-off their season Sept 6. It will be very interesting to see how early they can break into their respective teams and whether RA can keep tabs on them so we can hopefully see them play for the Wallabies in the future.
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From my understanding both boys are heading over straight after HSC, disappointing they will not participate in AUS18s this year would be big inclusions.

hopefully both boys will be considered for 20s with the old rule being thrown out the window.
 
Eyes and Ears

Eyes and Ears

Desmond Connor (43)
twister29 said:
2024 forum reached a zealous 461 pages compared to this years rather modest 299.

I would say this is largely owed to the hiatus we had & the GPS wide banning of G&G on schoolboy laptops & wifi. But I do think the forum has been a bit slow recently so hopefully we can finish off strong. I’ll start to get some discussions going…
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The biggest difference was taking the tipping competition to another thread. Thank you for making this change.
 
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moa999

Dave Cowper (27)
The split of tipping comps definitely useful..
I'd argue that also splitting the scores / ladders as a third thread would also be useful .. just kill any off-topic posts.

It seems difficult to get some of the junior scores and a dedicated thread might help..

Hopefully CAS lads behave themselves next year.
 
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Backintheolddays

Bob Loudon (25)
A lot of work for the moderators but genuinely appreciated. Is a very good forum. Has been excellent insight from some of the schoolboys in recent years and some good banter but this year really filtered out the majority of the inane drivel which was a big step up and also shortened the thread. Hope a couple of the more objective kids in the senior years of school continue to add their thoughts as it is the the betterment of the forum. Some of the adult/ wallabies threads are pretty hard work in comparison.
 
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Jakeburner65

Fred Wood (13)
The Ghost of Raelene said:
Quite a few it seemed throughout the year. Younger Conna was playing Prop in 1sts to close out the season. Bowen and a few backs featured in the 2nds as well as most of the 2nds reserves coming from the 16s. Some really big boys floating around as well.

To then go undefeated in the 16s seems like a good sign of genuine depth. Taking out what are probably the best guys and beating Joeys 17/7 at Joeys is pleasing to see.

My hope is being able to bring through big chunks of guys that know each other so well has benefit. They slot in around the returning 1s/2s players and make the combination building period a lot smoother.
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Yep. Next year is going to come on much stronger than many expect. Riverview with that Joeys thing. Depth. And achieved without the interschool talent raids peppered through every age group, even the very young ones, that St Joseph's has so much come to reply upon for their "success".

Auggies says hi!

Interesting as well that Joeys has a newly found paucity of premierships in recent years since other AAGPS schools (to their eternal discomfiture) started imitating (and in some cases even amplifying) the Joeys playbook in earnest.

You can poach all the kids you like, but it's only 15 or so that matter.
 
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Choc&blue

Stan Wickham (3)
Jakeburner65 said:
Yep. Next year is going to come on much stronger than many expect. Riverview with that Joeys thing. Depth. And achieved without the interschool talent raids peppered through every age group, even the very young ones, that St Joseph's has so much come to reply upon for their "success".

Auggies says hi!

Interesting as well that Joeys has a newly found paucity of premierships in recent years since other AAGPS schools (to their eternal discomfiture) started imitating (and in some cases even amplifying) the Joeys playbook in earnest.

You can poach all the kids you like, but it's only 15 or so that matter.
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If what you say were true, why can I recall only 2 Joeys old boys playing mungo ball in the last 35 years, namely Jarrod Saffy with St G and Kennedy with I think Newcastle? Even High had more in the 90s e.g. Craig Wing, and their Captain from 1994 and Duncan MacRae, compare that to Scots, Newington in last 15 years, and more recently Kings with a little help from their league connections.I rest my case.
 
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Jakeburner65

Fred Wood (13)
Choc&blue said:
If what you say were true, why can I recall only 2 Joeys old boys playing mungo ball in the last 35 years, namely Jarrod Saffy with St G and Kennedy with I think Newcastle? Even High had more in the 90s e.g. Craig Wing, and their Captain from 1994 and Duncan MacRae, compare that to Scots, Newington in last 15 years, and more recently Kings with a little help from their league connections.I rest my case.
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When you went out to the rugby at HH the other day were you sitting next to Joker or the same seat? :D
 
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