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Fair points again Crusher, though I'm not sure this is entirely accurate. Merrylands and Knox would struggle greatly to get a third grade side on the park, Knox has colts but it sounds like they wanted whoever went up to let Hunters Hill fill their colts spot. Irish could maybe stretch to 3 with...

Fair enough Prodigy, I don't have a dog in the fight so it's interesting to hear both sides. Best of luck this Saturday!

Also fair points, just presenting an alternative view - i.e. that of a team who's season is now over as a result of playing another clubs best team. Seems now more than ever it's exceedingly difficult to group clubs into likeminded divisions when having to consider number of grades, ability of...

Understood, and admittedly probably came across a bit negative there. Agree with you above, but also understand the gripes of sides in the lower grades who have been knocked out of contention as a result of the experiment, however. As far as a precedent is concerned, what stops a Forest or...

Are you suggesting a team capable of making the GF in Second Grade wouldn't be able to be at least competitive one grade higher?

From an outside perspective... that is pretty gross.

Genuinely, make me stop doing these, I've barely gotten one right in the finals. Sydney Harbour continues to prove the doubters wrong and they're into another grand final despite being outsiders these last two weeks. Done it the hard way from third, good for them, slick outfit who defend hard...

Don't get me wrong, certainly a fantastic ground, they're great hosts with a jovial friendly crowd, maybe I just haven't been paying attention to the lower divisions enough lately, I've grown accustomed to a neutral ground for finals. I'm sure they've got a great record in these games! Probably...

Div 3 Finals: Clark Cup (1st Grade): Sydney Harbour at Merrylands: I still think these games should be played at neutral grounds, especially given the disparity in how Merrylands travels vs how they play at home. With that being said.. I picked against the Oysters last week and they made me...

Well.. 2/6, someone call my wife and tell her I lost the house... Shouldn't have written off that Harbour outfit, they put on a defensive clinic and countered very well. Bounce of the ball didn't go Knox's way but Harbour were deserved winners and have earned the right to go play Merrylands at...

Solid slide, I worry Forest is underrepresented though..

The dribbliest of all GAGR Subbies rugby dribble, here's my Team of the Season for Division 3: 1. Dan O'Leary (Irish): One half of a dominant Irish front row, technical and sound as they come. Also considered: F Bursle (Knox) 2. Lachlan Scott (Knox): Dynamic ball carrier and steady as they come...

Division 3 Semi Final Weekend Previews: Clark Cup - 1st Grade: Congrats to Knox on taking out the Division 3 Club Championship. Many saw the place they were in after clinging on Div 1 too long and wrote them off so it's nice to see them recover slightly in a lower division. Tough for Irish and...

2/4, closing the regular season in tatters. Knox 46 def. Merrylands 20: Well, there's an upset. By the team sheets it looks like Merrylands travelled a little light this week with some key players absent, and a somewhat soft red card relatively early into the second half definitely didn't help...

Outside of a merger with Old Barker or another similar club I can’t see a situation where Knox can field 4 grades and colts. Simply isn’t a team in division 3 ready to step up into division 2 unless someone loans Sydney Irish some colts. Will be interesting to see how the subbies board tries to...

Just called my coach and told him I'm out this weekend, the feast of rugby at Porters and that elusive 125 is far too enticing to miss out on.

Is it a 1v4, 2v3 finals set up or does it follow the major/minor structure of the higher divs?

Like a plate and cup set up, makes sense, like it.

Excuse my ignorance but how on earth does this work? Same team can win one of two cups based on where they finish up this week?

Glad we could get the real footy out of the way first before someone comes in with Div 1 predictions nobody cares about.....