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Hate to d Hate to disagree King, but i fear the player will be out the door as quickly as he arrived - its happened before at Churchie, Nudgee and TSS. And if Churchie do win the premiership this year, and this boy may be part of that, the perceived benefit of that win will be far outwieghed...

Agree Fairplay - " we do it because they do it " is a cop out, but a difficult dilemma for the schools to face in any event. Not only the Old Boys, but the headmasters and the school boards should hang their heads - only they can change it, and they are under the misguided opinion that this is...

Great post DS - these "scholarship " boys who are there for a very mercenary tilt at perceived glory for the school, will have no attachment to, investment in, nor benefit from the school. A big investment by the schools in boys who will prove to give very little investment back the other way...

Light - not sure who "most of us smart" people are, and for fear of blatantly disregarding your rules and not wanting to disturb you again, I thought ( in fact, "I'd suggest" ) that Black Caviar's point was clear and well structured and his logic quite reasonable . In part, Nudgee were good...

I agree Sabinator - would be a lot more relevant and contextual

BBC in Brisbane earlier in the year removed their star player from the school for disciplinary reasons - obviously a tough call because the kid oozes talent and potential, but , it the midst of all of this scholarship nonsense and mercenary abandonment of any principles whatsoever, it is good to...

IF this is the case, it is an absolute flagrant disregard for the rules, the headmasters handshake agreement, and all other principles of sportsmanship. For crying out loud this is schoolboy rugby - this "win at all cost " mercenary corner cutting approach is destroying the fabric of what was...

And by the way - all the posts about Bowen being the savior for BBC at No.10 - Bowen not playing this week - in fact he never has played ! The 10 for BBC is BOWYER, not Bowen.... and Josh Bowyer may very well do the job in 2013 !

Interesting results across the board confirm that this will be a close season and there will be great competitions across all grades. Interesting to see that the only clean sweep above was BBC.

Not sure Dark Shark - we will have to go back to the Qld GPS thread and see if we can pick p a teamlist for today, and then given that the discussion apparently really isn't about Qld GPS Rugby, as much as we would love to comment on his influence n the game, come back to this thread and...

I think we watched a different game Sam - I thought that BSHS played 110% against a better opponent, and that intensity kept them in the game longer than they should've been. I thought BBC's execution and intensity was off at times !

Because if it was the State High that played at BBC today, they played with enough heart and flair to trouble anyone in the comp.

BBC clean sweep, as well as the seconds

Tough dilemma - well done on your boy's grades - he is obviously invested in the school and working his heart out, and getting results all around because of his engagement - you and he chose the school, not the other way around. Unfortunately, most of the boys in whom the school invests will...

I also apologise, but I also think this is the right forum to discuss any issues that are relevant to the current season - all things GPS 2013 - particularly ones like this that threaten to drag the whole competition from what it was to a farcical mercenary joke that it is rapidly becoming -...

Does anyone know why Downlands have never been included in the GPS comp ??

Would like to know as well RL - he looked as though he had just ducked up from Eagle Farm after having ridden in one of the races ! Pound for pound, if he wasn't the best player on the paddock on Saturday, he wasn't far off it. Fearless in defence against men who looked to have 40kg to 50kg on him.

Bugger !! I did find the Scholarship thread a little Sydney-centric and not as relevant to the discussions that were afoot. Do you still have the posts - perhaps you could copy them and start a new " Qld GPS scholarship " thread that we could use - there is obviously a lot of thought and...

Well said - gee maybe you can play competitive rugby if you invest in coaching and developing the talent that you have from Day 1 !