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it isnt much and they ask for you to donate back to the organisation, you could live at Tweed and have to do games in Yamba or Kyogle, the Yamba trip is 4 hour round trip

uncontested scrums for a 1stXV game, absolutely pathetic form.

Can somebody please explain to me why Sydney Boys High cannot get a similar rugby program to that of Brisbane State High? Would it be that hard to offer all the Island kids in Western Sydney entry to the school through "sporting excellence". It is what Brisbane State High do, all the islanders...

Culture at Sunnybank in embarrassing, having spent a few years there recently. The biggest issue they have is an ex-player who played for the Reds & Samoa and thinks he knows everything, people come and go yet he still remains and so do their struggles.

I know in my association we get $25 if we are referee and $15 if we AR a game. Pretty poor for the abuse we cop and the distance we travel. My daughter umpires some AFL and get $60 a game, can do up to 5 games across the weekend. (she is 14)

They play on the Gold Coast in what is called the APS (Association of Private Schools) it is a very weak competition generally only 2 decent teams Kings & Somerset College. They generally have some good players who then get pinched in yr 11 & 12 to one of the Brisbane GPS programs. Todays Kings...

not a shabby idea, i just think we need an alternate option for State School kids like AFL's presence in Qld public schools. This requires money, which RA sadly have none. Maybe if you are a specialised "Sports High School" you must have Rugby Union as one of your specialists' sports, then...

i'll let you know more about Cranbrook this afternoon as i am refereeing them against Kings Christian College on the Gold Coast

No, speaking for my son's school who have a proper Rugby program and coached by an ex all black, an ex-super rugby player and an ex Aussie 7s player they generally play all there 15 a side games in term 1 in the lead up to the Ballymore Cup, term 2 is generally a whole heap of 7s tournaments in...

Or very simply RA put the effort in to provide meaningful competitions for kids who don't go to traditional rugby schools. Here on the Far North Coast, the AFL does it brilliantly they have the Qld All Schools where teams from all over Qld and Northern NSW play meaningful school games mid-week...

what's happened to the Eastwood colts program?

With the half back for Barker being in yr 11 where does that leave Izack Holmes? Will be get any 1stXVgame time this year? Willhe struggle to make 1s next year?

I am refereeing Cranbrook this Thursday when they play Kings Christian College on the Gold Coast. it will be interesting to see what the Gold Coast schools standard is like compared to a perceived lower ranked CAS team.

mate not every kid has grandparents that can afford to pay the school fees. In our district we've had a number of kids move to schools in Sydney, Gold Coast & Brisbane on scholarships who were part of our 15's program last year, over half of them didn't last longer than a few weeks at the school...

it's not just Sydney, it is the regional areas as well, here in Far North Coast we are struggling for numbers to even get a 4-team competition up and running. One club is asking that 5 18-year-olds get dispensation to play u16 so they can field a team, one club doesn't have any forwards so will...