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Joeys had an excellent hit out against a willing Marist Canberra team. First 25 mins was all Joeys who showed terrific ball control and disciplined defence for a team having their first hit out to skip out to a 24-0 lead. After Eamon Doyle went off with what seemed to be a very bad knee injury...

Tight head would be James Winter. Central West boy that Pat McCutcheon has encouraged closely along the journey. I agree, quiet achiever and good all-round skills. No.8 would be Eamon Doyle from Illawarra. Yep, big fella who unfortunately got injured last year. A real talent if he stays...

Kings definitely will have the best depth across all the schools when you look at the caliber of returning players from last years 1sts to 3rds as well as a very good 16A’s. That helps hugely in a two round comp. Scots have the best cohort of Yr 11 talent in the GPS and could do good things...

The boys said the coach had a harsh word in front of the rest of the team a week or so after this and in all the following matches he was enthusiastically shaking the hands of anyone he could find before kick off! Good player though. Joeys will be happy he is back this year.

Very quick to correct and fact check everyone else on here and then you come out with this whopper. 12,000? Everyone there reported on the CAS thread a terrific crowd of around 4,000. Some jealous exaggeration from you there. It is what it is. You have come over to this forum to boast about...

Based on the 2022 Joeys teams, and those still in year 11, if Joeys had to name a 2023 1st XV today - the following is where it would be using just 1sts, 2nds and a few 16A’s: ??? Bill Smith (16A) James Winter (2nds) Joe Mangelsdorf (2nds) Arthur Greer/Harry Seigmeier (16A/2nds) Will Bensley...

Patrick Young, Hwi Sharples, Oscar Jorgenson, Patrick Broe. Add to that some others who played 3 or more games in 1's across the season (Eamon Doyle, Ben Whyte, Ben Playford from memory) and there's a fair core coming back in addition to some pretty good players in the 2nds back next year.

Kings will be strong across 1sts-3rds next year, no doubt. Scots will have a great backline and will be interesting to see if they can get a good forward platform. New will have a lot of points in them and need to show some more defensive grit. Joeys issue next year won’t be the 1st XV. They...

Nothing like going off early ….. just like everyone said this time last year said it was Shore’s year, then it was Newington’s best chance in ages, then Scots beat Barker and it was theirs to lose… you can all write Joeys off next year at your peril. Still 13 players from year 11 in 1sts and...

There is a big difference physically and in game maturity between 16A's and 2nds. Some boys who bounce between 16A's and 2nds usually tell you their 2nds would well and truly dominate their 16A's. Some 16A players are exceptional, but on a good day the very best 16A's might beat a very weak 2nds...

30-14, 4 tries to 2, but I get your drift. And Scots beat Barker 22-10. What reality is that?

If you think Joeys have a long list of excuses about the Barker 'trial/friendly/pre-season fixture', just ask Barker supporters (which seems to include other GPS schools in this debate) about the fact they lost convincingly to Scots ......

Well, it's final week of GPS '22 and it wouldn't be G&GR forum this week without: - Year 12 boys from multiple schools putting out good yarns about their mates in the 6ths getting a start in 2nds this week - Mathematical calculations about if 'team A wins' and 'team b can beat team c' then Team...

I believe the Barker backslapping forum is over on the CAS thread. (And yes, Katoa is a terrific young man by all accounts).

Not exactly. In the 2021 trial View got a 20 point lead and Joeys came back and drew level 38-38. View scored on the last play of the game to get the win 45-38. Hardly a thumping.

Ok, two rounds to go and who can still win a premiership: 1st XV Joeys 6 Newington 4 Scots, Shore, View, Kings 2 On balance, Joeys in the box seat with New hoping for a stumble. A View win tomorrow could change the whole competition mood. The trailing pack of Scots, Shore, View and Kings need...

Brial played well in the 2nd row in the seconds. Defended brutally. He and his tight five colleagues got the better of their counterparts, particularly in the driving maul, to help Scots have an upset win in the 2nds. The Joeys 8 and 9 are standout players but they needed a bit more polish...

I feel Scots will really kick themselves about their loss yesterday. With Ollie Cummins actually playing (and very well), Joeys without Max Jorgensen, stealing TEN Joeys lineouts, and playing at home - what more would you need in your favour? On the flip side, Joeys did what they do best -...

Joker, fantastic documentation of records. Any good stories of schools stacking their 2nds to win a premiership?

Great previews Joker. After a month of putting up with endless dribble on why some 15 year old kid from Scots named Finn did or didn't get dudded in rugby, thank goodness the real stuff has resumed.