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Yes very bad luck to B R-L. I just make the point again of what GPS rugby has lost since High is totally selective now for each of those lads from the 1960s played on the wings for High.

Well it was a High runner, Dylan Dutt, who won the open 100 & 200 double. First time (?) for High since Terry Lancaster, Ken Grover and Michael Brown achieved the feat all in the 1960s.

My last couple of posts highlight what the GPS rugby (& rowing) comps have lost since High was made totally selective. In the old days sons and grandsons of old boys could go to High. In the sixties about 10-15% were. For example Hoiles’ son you mentioned who went to Waverley may have chosen...

And there was a very young Alan Hoiles in the thirds that year. He had a career with Randwick,I think, perhaps NSW too but more famous of late as a coach of NSW and in Ireland methinks, and father of a Wallaby.

The year was 1963. The first High firsts to win an official GPS premiership (one was won unofficially in WW2) and the first to beat St Joseph’s College In a dry season blessed by no injuries. The forwards were not big, Travers of Shore called them “giant killers”. Back row at left were the props...

It is.

I lament the ability of High and Grammar to compete in rugby of late. Any interpretation that I am promoting other GPS activities is a mistake.

Grammar maybe but not High for since the Dept of Education made them go 100% selective about 1998 they lost the community boys who played For the school on Saturday and local league on sundays. As you well know it is now a completely different intake.

In GPS debating final round this Friday undefeated Grammar V undefeated High. Just wish their rugby was as good.

An AI generated response if I ever saw one.

What do you mean “on their way out”? Year 13?

who will be back for Scots in 2026? Any year 13 at Kings next year? I remember Dylan Pietsch did yr13 at Kings.

Are you implying that Risati although absent through injury made the most impact on King’s season by being absent?

With the deadline fast approaching, in years past this forum used to pick its “team of the year” based on which players made the biggest contribution to his team’s season. Any thoughts?

Las comment Spoken like a Barker old boy of note