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GF at Penrith? Their Emu burgers are great, but I'm not sure that would be enough to get people to travel that far if they're already complaining that Concord is hard to get to.

I'd use the following criteria to rate the grounds ie access via public transport, parking, spectator comfort (including viewing), facilities, playing surface. Public transport: I travel to most grounds by public transport and all are accessible in a reasonable time (about 1 hour) with no more...

I believe you are correct, Wamberal, for sure! A post earlier this year corrected HJ for referring to it as Foreskin Park and mentioned that the ground was named after the Forshaw family.

NSWRU website now has the details and it shows Wicks v Southern (Sat) and Norths v Rats (Sunday) kicking off at 3:10pm so they must be the televised games this weekend. Assume they will do both SFs next weekend.

Couldn't find any info on the NSWRU website (no surprise!) but hopefully this is correct: http://www.rugbynews.net.au/intrust-shute-shield-week-1-finals-fixtures-confirmed/

Which day?

I think I can guess who Sid's talking about ;)

Jake Gordon is my pick for POTY Simon Cron COTY Nick Kellaway for rookie (but I obviously saw a lot more of him)

Top 3 teams (Uni, Souths, Norths) host next week. Not sure what happens after that.

The Wicks scholarships vary significantly in value, there are very few full scholarships in my understanding and some are only worth a couple of thousand a year. I've been told in the past (by a fringe first grader who moved from Uni to Wicks) that the corporation pay all fees as long as you...

I agree about the scrum Macca, it was going OK (and dominating some weeks) with Hoiles, Freier, Baldwin and particularly Satuala on the park. Five players yellow carded in 1sts and 2nds didn't help, but most were after the games were lost and were due to frustration. Agree Woodies won fairly and...

Yes, quite a few of them are missing in action from the lower grades at the moment. The 1st graders who are injured have mainly been around for a few years.

You're right HJ, but it works both ways. Something like 70% of last years' colts moved up to grade at the Wicks this year which resulted in many long termers ending up on the bench for 4s or going elsewhere. It was OK for most of the year but now with a heavy injury toll the club would probably...

I'd like to see someone from Gordon list a team of ex-Gordon players playing with other Sydney clubs. I can think of a few such as Gower, Coupland, Barry, Tom Hill. Is there a full team? How much stronger would Gordon be with those guys in the team? It seems the bottom 4 teams this year...

IMO, North Sydney Oval is a crap ground to watch the game at. It's the only ground (other than Manly and Chatswood) which is still an oval and none of the stands are parallel to the sidelines. And the parking situation is also an issue. I hope the GF remains at Concord --- at least we know for...

Eastwood can only catch Randwick on 61 points (assuming Randwick lose) and as Eastwood only have 10 wins (11 maybe after next week) they will miss out as Wicks already have 12 wins and my understanding is that the team with most wins is used first to split ties before points difference. Is...

So Easts can't make the playoffs and Uni, Norths, Southern and Wicks are in and so should Eastwood be assuming they beat Gordon next week. Manly need to beat Norths and hope Wicks beat the Rats to beat the Rats into the 6. Although BPs may complicate things a bit and Manly have the advantage of...

OK, enough said --- life goes on and it's only a game of rugby!

As I'm the person who raised the issue I would really like to know why when I arrived at the ground at about 10:15am Souths had aleady notified Wicks that the scrums would be uncontested. That explanation needs to come from someone at Souths. Sure it's only 4th grade, but the result was close...

Dave, wouldn't it be great to get back to full home-and-away rounds ie 22 games instead of 18? I'm sure it's achievable by starting the season earlier and/or finishing later, even if it means fewer teams in the playoffs. BTW, I'm assuming Tim Donlan is injured -- is that right?