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Similar to the Heineken Cup in Europe which by all accounts works well.

I counted 7 when I rewatched all the highlights although the difference could be the one Powell scored off the back from a metre out. ...or they are mauling more. I just found the Brumbies really unambitious on the weekend in attack compared to the reds. They are better than that.

The fixtures list is here: http://aagps.nsw.edu.au/?post_type=fixtures&p=7420 Shore play Riverview across all age groups in trials except 3rds which starts properly this weekend. Riverview play Joeys in 3rds - looks like TAS are out so Shore 3rds have a bye.

Sorta. Here's some other stats for you: pre-covid Brumbies scored 5 of their 31 tries from mauls. Post-covid they have scored 7/16 tries from mauls. I agree that pre-covid they scored some good tries pre-covid (Kata, Simone, Banks and Wright were all prominent) but post-covid not so much. It...

Yes, his times were fantastic. Probably a good chance to play 1sts now one of King's wing spots is about to open up.....

It gets boring when it is used as often as the Brumbies use it.

The 100m was won by Kings and the 200m by Shore. The Kings winner plays soccer. The Shore lad would have been 1st XV however he dislocated his shoulder 10 minutes before the 100m so is out for the season (still ran, came 2nd). The Scots 4x100m winners play rugby with one boy in 16A's and the...

Man for man the Reds were much better. Apart from FF (Folau Fainga'a) and Simone I wouldnt rate any brumby over a reds player. Good game but I brumbies need to find another move other than a rolling maul to be considered a great team.

Yes Seniors today, Juniors and Intermediate tomorrow. Not a lot of absolute stand out athletes this year although watch out for the Riverview boy in the opens 400 who set the u16 record last year. Might be a year early for him to set the opens record but he is really strong at this event...

There is a precedent to this. Not sure how many of you are familiar with "Clash of the Codes" that happened in 1996 between Wigan (RL) and Bath. One game under league rules, one under union rules. At the time both teams were the respective champions of their codes and each team contained...

Interesting. Did you factor in that Barker is co-ed now? Also - Knox had 23 teams in 2019 when they came to Northbridge. Interesting bit of trivia for you: Rugby is the second most popular sport in Sri Lanka by player numbers after cricket (source: SL Ministry of Sport). When I was...

I agree. All this debate about TT vs domestic will likely become superfluous in the current situation. RA should save time and just plan a domestic comp and keep a window free at the end for a potential TT playoff series. Probably the best they can hope for.

I love the energy you are putting into this topic however I think it would be extremely difficult to create tiers of schools by any criteria and avoid the mismatches we are seeing now. If the criteria was depth (say Tier 1 min # of teams at 28-30) then you would only have Joeys, Kings, Shore...

Yes it couldn't work like that without pretty significant sacrifices being made. The alternative is you have a round of local club rugby to qualify for a national comp of some sort which allocates more slots to NSW/QLD. The problem will then become how do you fit it in the diary unless the...

That’s correct. Trials only.

News on Ballymore upgrade: https://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/queensland-government-confirms-lucrative-ballymore-upgrade/news-story/0e50e5eecae12aaa2d4cc1220bb1ccf3

I think the fighting fund has been one of the most under-reported successful initiatives of RA. My understanding is that there has been over 30 kids who have received some form of grant from the foundation including Will Harris, Reesjan Pasitoa, Zane Nongorr, Apenisa Driti and Angus Bell. It...

Teams are out. Both Holloway and Gordon on the bench.

I’ve seen him play a few times and I’ve seen him at GPS athletics. He is an absolute physical specimen: good speed and huge vertical on him. He has good footwork and can evade players on the outside or run straight through them. Physically he is an Israel Folau clone. Talking to some Kings...

There has been 4-5 senior players come out and say they think the NZ-only comp is unsustainable. Physicality was one reason cited. Others included touring South Africa being fun and playing the Aussie teams - rugby isolation wasn't attractive to the players quoted...