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Not at all, as a Waves supporter we have had more than our share of success, and again, that's not the point. You either don't understand what many of us are talking about, or you do, but choose to ignore the real problems in schoolboy rugby. 1 day it will, if it hasn't already affect the GPS...

Ah Yes, and there it is, and therein lies the big picture problem!

Quite the opposite, Schools of equal ability would have better games, teams wouldn't get pumped nearly as often, more boys would enjoy and even contest thus staying in rugby, and it should be safer. Parents would enjoy it more as a result., and schools like Shore would still have the...

You obviously don't understand a tiered system, it means for example, 2 divisions of say 10 teams each with teams of relative equal ability each year with a promotion and relegation element to keep it as equal as possible. It works well in NZ and they have a little bit of knowledge about rugby...

G, I am not gloating about anything, I am just stating logical points, none of which you have addressed, other than bring up new war cries and uniforms. Everyone is trying in these games, call them trial games or whatever suits, but having watched lots of them, it is very clear that both sides...

Nah, a few boys may move up and down like that, but not the majority, that's a furphy. Also wouldn't you be testing pretty much what you think will be your best side moving forward, I think so, (I am sure so!) I also think given the pride within all these schools, teams really don't like to...

J, Choosing 1 game, eg Trinity, to use as an example is not fair, I suspect using all the Trials games is a much better example. To be honest I find this phrase of being "üntuned" a little hard to believe. You could say the same about any side but I tend to not believe it holds much water...

Flav and gents, here are the actual team numbers by school. Knox 26 Waves 23 Barker 19 Cranbrook 17 Trinity 13 Aloys 9 So there is a very wide spread, which logically also explains the performance strength between the schools. Interested to see the same analysis for the ISA schools, over to...

Joker, My tips this week. Joeys +12 Scots +10 View +5 Thx and congrats to Joeys this season, champs again!

Here's my view on all this should it be true, and I believe it to be, having heard it directly from a GPS Sports Master ( so not Waverley). There has been an abundance of talk across the various sites about the lack of direction within our schools program when it comes to developing a really...

What a real shame, back to the dark ages for everyone! Some people never learn.

As usual, well analysed and logically explained Snort, as I have also said too many times, couldn't agree more. The only thing, once again, I would add is that something very significant is done, BEFORE an accident forces the issue.

Hey Skyblue, imagine that, the Barker crowd booing the goals kicks so aggressively!

Waves 47 Trinity 21

Wow Rod, Sounds like a terrific game. I did think Barker would win by more, and towards the end it looked like Knox would get over the line. I expect the crowd was huge. Congratulations to Barker the 2022 Henry Plume Champs.

16As Waves 28 Knox 19. Waves unbeaten this year, same with the 15As and 13As.

Good luck to all teams today. But there really is only 1 game in town. It is rare when you have 2 unbeaten teams play each other to decide the Henry Plume Shield. That privilege was taken away from both Barker and the Waves last year, and it stung. HAPPILY today Barker and Knox will...

J, my tips. Joeys +15 New +12 Scots + 7 thx

In the Waves 16as side.

Hi Has, That is the corner the recent old boys meet, it has been going on for years, and other schools also do similar things. Unlike us aged old boys, they are full of bravado etc, Cranbrook gave it to us last week, imo, it's no big deal and part of the deal. As I said to Rod, a terrific...