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Another big "BAZINGA" directed at your inane comment Dead Crack ... sorry, Red Black. And to save you the time scrambling for the online dictionary looking up inane - read 'stupid'... maybe even 'adds no value whatsoever '. This forum is fun tonight !

I think that's a big "BAZINGA" from Dark Shark to you Tooms. An aggregate cup is a great idea, and whilst the 1st XV would always be the benchmark, a recognition for the broader programme and the boys not in the firsts would be fantastic. I imagine it would also encourage the schools to focus a...

Yes, some great rugby from these boys - hopefully someone can get in their heads early at this stage of their schooling and make sure - 1 - they make the most of the opportunity that has been afforded to them at these schools; and 2 - someone in rugby secures them in rugby. Unfortunately it...

Refabit - the way BBC have looked the last 2 weeks they won't even win a race off their own team bus ! They were woeful today - TSS ran with more purpose and structure, whilst BBC, excepting Dempsey, were all over the shop like a mad woman's breakfast. Seemingly no game plan, no commitment and...

That's really the best you've got Yates ?? If you have nothing to say that will benefit anyone but your own axe-grinding myopic little world, then piss off . Interestingly - It's a bit easier for a school that has already been back at school for a week to get organized. You speak of commitment...

D'oh - and here's me thinking that these venerable educators were wanting to better the lot of a young student !!! Yes- Success is good, but it's even better when it's honest and not compromised, grown and not bought !!!

I'm out !! 123 pages of pontificating and postulating, and still no sense to this nonsense of schools buying kids ! What is worse - the schools, blissful in their ignorance and naivety, continue chase each other to the bottom in a grubby, greedy sellout of the fundamental principles of...

HJ - you had me at "put simply ... " !! I am afraid that you then lost me - economic rationalist I am not, pragmatist hopefully . (Maybe I just nodded off for a moment trying to follow your figures !! - although I do think your proposition is reliant on a schools full capacity and output gap ...

OK - its only early, but I am starting to see a pattern - absolute bedlam and confusion - the current scholarship practices are " all over the shop like a mad woman's breakfast ". On one side of the discussion, we have - a few people not really sure why the schools do it disgruntled parents...

I have been reading this thread for a while, and something has been annoying me, and I haven't been able to put my finger on it until now. Within nearly 120 pages of the thread, agree or disagree, there have been plenty of logical arguments for and against the supposed "arms race"; there have...

Indeed Paddogreen - you have, in your own biblical way, encapsulated one of the greatest returns from playing schoolboy rugby with your mates. Unfortunately, i fear that with the current infiltration of so many "fly-by-night mercenaries" proliferating in the current arms race, mateship is...

With a Maserati Quattraporte, Jaguar F-Type V8 , a Mack Truck, and a Ford F750 !!

fcb - couldnt agree with you more - its attitudes and approaches like the one from Rob hart which is making it very difficult to plough through all of the malarchy on this thread ! It has been suggested he pull his head in, but hopefully you have more luck than I ! ( refer to below ) - Can i...

Rob Hart and Beserker - your posts show just how much of a problem this flagrant proliferation of scholarships has become - it has obviously screwed up not only the schools', but also people's logic and ability to see the trees for the forest. Personal attacks, naming of players and playing the...

GNGfiend - the above obviously includes you. Given your post above, i now wonder whether the racial issues which raised their ugly head at Tennyson last weekend are a cultural issue with the school, rather than what i thought was a one-off idiot in the crowd ? Hopefully there are only now 2...

Again playing the man TSS Mum !!! Not on. Please, anyone who has nothing better than personal jibes, and any other tools, trolls, gym trash, former debaters , anyone teeing up a beer on Saturday night ....... and you TSSMUM - please take it elsewhere to a more appropriate forum - i am sure...

King - your logic is strong and well communicated, but i offer a couple of contrary points for consideration - There have been a lot of posts suggesting that it would be a hassle having so many new cattle in the various teams, learning new calls, new schedules ( really ?? ), yada yada yada ...

Thanks BrissieRugby. Isnt that a sad indictment on where this whole situation has gotten to - Go to school and learn in two years what is supposed to be done in one so that you can spend the school week doing what traditionally should be done after school and on weekends ! The priorities are...

Really kids - there are some cracking rugby games this weekend that everyone is interested in - can you keep it to topic, otherwise take your slapstick to Facebook or the Dolly Forum