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Knox v joeys has been moved to bankwest as the curtain raiser to tahs v rebels. Kick off 5.30 on the 24th

Yes 5.30pm kickoff

All valid points, I think, on balance, if toning down aggression is what we are dealing with as the major concern then that a good position to be in. The earlier comment about him enjoying the control that hooper gave him is probably under appreciated.... but agree it’s on him to step up and...

Yeah I agree and that’s a fine balance. Hopefully cockbain is a good mentor for him at the tahs given he played that role at wallaby level and his brother often found himself over the edge

I posted this in the match day thread by mistake but I’m a little perplexed why Swinton is out of everyone’s calculations after only playing 3 games of super rugby this year. He is a guy who’s game has more freedom when paired with quality locks as he naturally commits to the breakdown to...

I’m a little perplexed why Swinton is out of everyone’s calculations after only playing 3 games of super rugby this year. He is a guy who’s game has more freedom when paired with quality locks as he naturally commits to the breakdown to compensate.... Put him next to locks who actually do their...

Yeah the Prep school has now gone to 7s only in year 3 and 4. 1xAs team in year 5 plus a 7s and then in year 6 they have decided to field a 1st XV and 2 x 7 sides even though there is enough players to field a first and second xv.... that strategy is fine if you are a back but not ideal if you...

Agree, nothing wrong with fresh ideas and different voices. Seemed to be decent number of year 7s who turned up for rugby induction this year so hopefully they have managed to stop the player drain from the last couple of years

Thanks Axel, I was curious whether they were going to go after a big fish in the lead up to the centenary in 2024 as schools like to do. I wonder whether that is a change just for this year or longer term

Does anyone know who is coaching Knox 1sts? Tai Glassie has moved on to be a specialist coach in the senior school, head of rugby at the Prep and also head of year 7 rugby. More of a development role so to speak

They didn’t miss out on identification with nick frost, they chased him hard whilst he was at school. He had a meeting with Gibson and Rapp who pitched the tahs”system” to him and he chose to instead go to the crusaders Academy on less money as it would be better for his development. After 2...

Looks like we may get back to normal programming for 2021 with 5 inter association games followed by 5 CAS games. Hope this cohort gets the full experience. Any “new starters” worth hearing about? If not I’m assuming the upper north shore and the folk from Centennial park will be the favourites...

That’s actually incorrect. I was privy to those conversations where nsw rugby were trying to formalise the inter association games into a competition whereby it was a 10-12 round competition which catered for both single round GPS and CAS championship to operate inside that and keep their...

CAS heads agreed before the start of the season that they would not stream games. Both competitions produce mostly fantastic rugby and the occasional blowout. I have nephews across both associations and to be honest some of the best games I have seen have been during the formalised 5 round inter...

28-24 knox over brook.... brook had a couple of chances to snatch it at the end

Knox has 2130 students in the senior school

Knox is putting out 25 teams of XV this weekend against Cranbrook, Barker, Waverley, Pius, Auggies and Oakhill Plus an additional 94 players listed as reserves or injured. So essentially they have the capacity for touch over 30 teams across the age groups in a simplistic "everyone plays"...

Really depends when he turns 19. This problem isn’t going to go away. There has been a big shift in starting ages of boys in nsw schools to the extent that march appears to be the unofficial cut off and kids being held back from starting due to age based maturity. I think turning 19 in December...

Does he turn 19 early or late in the year?

You will recall that Knox were leading Scots at half time, and had a card in the second half and the score blew out (credit to Scots their backline really clicked in the 2nd half, they were outstanding)... 2 weeks earlier Knox beat joeys at hunters hill and led 31-7 at half time (joeys came back...