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Allen Oxlade (6)
A lot of close games and upsets today. Subbies rugby delivers.
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Phil Waugh (73)
Hornsby over Hills by that margin surprised me a little. Hills lost their starting hooker early but Hornsby were on a tear, getting out 21-0 early. When they've got their best lineup on the park, they're good as they showed last year. Looking back through their team sheets it seems like they didn't always have that luxury.
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Phil Waugh (73)
Absolute guess time
Let's see what I get out of1326 come Saturday evening
Ended up with 18 from 27 (Halligan) or 67% overall. A few upsets in there and some very close games.
Would have sucked being a kicker or a hooker today with that wind!
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Just want to congratulate Lindfield and Newport on finishing up a tough year. It’s tough when you’re in the bottom and both clubs stuck at it and kept turning up.
Lindfield on the toughest road trip in Subbies almost upset Mountains and the two bonus points have pushed them 39 points clear of Newport.
Impressed to see Newport turning up to play there remaining wash out games mid week. While another club that’s “untouchable” chooses to forfeit.
Hope Subbies factors this in when making a decision about who goes and stays.
Lindfield on the toughest road trip in Subbies almost upset Mountains and the two bonus points have pushed them 39 points clear of Newport.
Impressed to see Newport turning up to play there remaining wash out games mid week. While another club that’s “untouchable” chooses to forfeit.
Hope Subbies factors this in when making a decision about who goes and stays.
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Billy Sheehan (19)
Tough to see Hills go out in 1s today, Hills and Beecroft have been the dominant sides all year and no second chance for that domination is a bitter pill. But congrats to Hornsby on peaking at the right time.
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Phil Waugh (73)
Shapes up to be quite a GF day across Divs 2-6.
There are 18 clubs represented out of a possible 37.
Wherever Div 4 is hosted I reckon it's going to be turned up to eleven - Wakehurst v Balmain in both fixtures.
UNSW looking for a big day after missing the Club Championship by a narrow margin. They'll want 4 trophies out of Saturday.
There are 18 clubs represented out of a possible 37.
Wherever Div 4 is hosted I reckon it's going to be turned up to eleven - Wakehurst v Balmain in both fixtures.
UNSW looking for a big day after missing the Club Championship by a narrow margin. They'll want 4 trophies out of Saturday.
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Phil Waugh (73)
Minor Premiers feature in almost every game
| Div 2 | |||
| Cup | Player 1 | Player 2 | |
| Barraclough | Shammies (1) | v | UNSW (2) |
| Stockdale | Shammies (1) | v | UNSW (2) |
| Robertson | St Pats (1) | v | UNSW (3) |
| Blunt | UNSW (1) | v | Briars (2) |
| Richardson | Briars (2) | v | Forest (4) |
| Div 3 | |||
| Clark | Beecroft (1) | v | Hornsby (3) |
| Farrant | Hills (1) | v | LCOIRFC (3) |
| Nicholson | Knox (1) | v | LCOIRFC (2) |
| Div 4 | |||
| Jeffrey | Wakehurst (1) | v | Balmain (3) |
| Radford | Balmain (1) | v | Wakehurst (2) |
| Div 5 | |||
| McLean | Valley (1) | v | Redfield (2) |
| Grose | Canterbury (3) | v | Harlequins (4) |
| Div 6 | |||
| Meldrum | Savers (1) | v | Merrylands (2) |
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Herbert Moran (7)
Wakehurst hosting Div 4 next week is my understanding.Shapes up to be quite a GF day across Divs 2-6.
There are 18 clubs represented out of a possible 37.
Wherever Div 4 is hosted I reckon it's going to be turned up to eleven - Wakehurst v Balmain in both fixtures.
UNSW looking for a big day after missing the Club Championship by a narrow margin. They'll want 4 trophies out of Saturday.
hogieslammer
Herbert Moran (7)
LCOIRFC the only club to have multiple grand final appearances in Div 3
Beecroft did Hornsby a favour last week in a very physical contest. Hills players doubling up from 2nds in 1sts. Hills never in the game. Hornsby base their game around their forwards. ..If Beecroft matches Hornsby in the forwards, Beecroft backs will be too classy. Will be a very a close GF. Lets hope the GF is decided by the players and not the Ref!.
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Crazy given the teams involved especially when I’d imagine Eric Tweedle and TG are doing nothing next week..
Such a shame the Uni (not the club) let Mac Uni go to Soccer. Multiple grounds allowing for multiple Divisions to be run at the same venue. You could almost run 3/4 divisions at the same place.
I think it would be good to see a stagger to the finish dates next year. Something similar to the below would reduce the pressure on grounds and allow the use of concord for Grandfinals that seems to be the preferred venue and still allow Div 1 to reign on its own special day.
Div 3/Div 5/Div 6
Div 2/Div 4
Div 1
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Looking at Eric Tweedle. The venue has 3 fields why are we not looking to utilise those fields for Grandfinals next week? You could host 3 divisions in the one spot, which would reduce admin for Subbies, take the pressure of refs and be appealing for someone to host as it would be a huge crowd.
Even if you’re worried about space you could do 2 divisions there and 2 at Penrith. But for some reason we are headed to Forshaw next week that’s no where near any of the clubs in Div 3. I know you have to have clubs hosting but I’m sure some money over the bar/canteen would appeal to clubs after washouts.
Div 1 & 2- Concord
Div 3 & 4- Eric Tweedle
Div 5 & 6- Penrith
Or Woolhara for those not keen on travelling west.
Even if you’re worried about space you could do 2 divisions there and 2 at Penrith. But for some reason we are headed to Forshaw next week that’s no where near any of the clubs in Div 3. I know you have to have clubs hosting but I’m sure some money over the bar/canteen would appeal to clubs after washouts.
Div 1 & 2- Concord
Div 3 & 4- Eric Tweedle
Div 5 & 6- Penrith
Or Woolhara for those not keen on travelling west.
Seriously, talk about disenfranchising the supporter base making them travel 3 hours round trip to support your boys.....
What an absolute joke!
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Allen Oxlade (6)
The 2nd field at Eric Tweedale isnt the biggest and facilities (changing rooms) are very small.
Anyone know why TG Milner isn’t available. I’ve been at a lot of finals throughout the years and I reckon it’s the best.
Anyone know why TG Milner isn’t available. I’ve been at a lot of finals throughout the years and I reckon it’s the best.
Did the 2 JJC Divisions not rate a mention?No mention of a venue for either yet, also. Could be a bit of travelling involved for Hornsby supporters heading off to “Farshaw Park” to watch 1’s play after supporting the Nalas, wherever that may be?
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Phil Waugh (73)
Oversight on my part not tipping JJC. Mea culpa
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
I don't think the two JJC finals need to be together. There has been no cross over all year so why start now.
My view is that the Hornsby v Norths game be played at Forshaw with Div 3 - that way all Hornsby supporters are in one spot. I don't care for Norths - they'll be fine and hopefully aren't in Subbies next year. Yes it's a very long way for Hornsby (and everyone else in the GF) but at least Hornsby are all in one spot.
Hopefully the JJC Yellow Grand Final allows Newport and St Pat's fans to get fully involved and make a day of it.
Newport Colts have a major semi at Drummoyne (12:20pm) and St Pat's have a Colts grand final at Concord (11:40am). They are the only other teams playing for Newport and St Pat's on Saturday and they're very close to each other.
Whether it's Concord or Drummoyne or somewhere nearby surely common sense prevails. Both clubs were in the first Joy Johnson Cup in 2023 and along with Lindfield, UNSW and Hunters Hill have been pioneers in the growth of women's rugby at Subbies level. Both clubs very well supported so could be a great event for women's rugby.