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Halves and front row could be problem areas for joeys. Where to play wright is questionable too. He and king make a strong centre pairing and wright can play number 10 or 15 his defence definitely needs work though.

Very close year. Here's a joeys line up. 15.clements/grant 14. Jagger-Williams/Williams 13. Wright 12. King 11.grant/Clements 10. Thomas 9. Wennerbom 8. Leaver 7. Simpson 6. Allen 5. Gittoes 4. O'connell 3 fazarri 2. Horton 1. Behringer

Don't know if I'd be too carried away by the grammar win over joeys thirds. It was far from a strong joeys team there are a lot of injuries and disruptions. Dylan grant who normally plays higher grades was going to return through thirds after a month off with injury but came back in seconds the...

He does have the rep and to be fair he can hit but a few of the joeys boys were saying afterwards how easy he was to get around and how he walks for a lot of the game. You may be right about front row he seems to have done his growing and I could see him developing in that position but in my...

Saw him play against joeys and he didn't look all that special certainly the joeys boys didn't struggle with him. I've seen him play a bit in the past and he is good in open spaces but you get less of that as you get older. Interesting to see the much hyped newington centre Tyrone as well that...

Pretty downcast mood at joeys family mass on Sunday a lot of rugby post-mortem. Consensus is the axe will fall. A lot of talk about outside backs Five of Scots nine tries scored down joeys wings, fullback struggled in defence and back row forwards didn't aim up. Anyone with any ideas about what...

New scored 6 tries to 5 and yes deserved the win. But neither side dominated. Joeys scored first and led by 10 points at one stage. Newington were more composed and cohesive and controlled long passages of the game. But there was nothing comprehensive about the game or result. Remember too that...

Joeys seem to be very under done leading into the first round. There was a worrying lack of cohesion far too much ball going to ground putting the team under pressure. Their tries came from individual efforts to wright, gittoes, Horton and grant rather than any great team work. NC pack dominated...

From what I've heard there are only two changes to the joeys line up from last week. Dylan grant in on the wing replacing Eddie king and will o'connell into the pack for matt psaltis everyone else staying in the same positions.

Re joeys v oakhill. Yes oakhill was the better side on the day but there is a lot of improvement in joeys. As one keen observer said between the firsts and seconds there is a strong xv. Joeys lacked speed and finishing power out wide and there need to be some changes to the pack. An earlier post...

No joeys team list for this week yet. But the joeys athletes are still unavailable for selection the team that takes this field this week will be nowhere near the ultimate first xv. At least four or five backs and several forwards who will come back into the side after gps athletic carnival.

Amazing...two rounds and you're already calling the winners of pool a and b! What's more north west have played only one game!!! Who's your tip for the Melbourne cup?

Well if he was good enough he'd be picked in the first place. if not he may want to be more realistic with his ambitions!

agree. pick the best players available. if you're not good enough then tough luck. who'd want to be picked as a second choice consolation selection anyway?

Psaltis played one game in seconds on the wing and never scored. He was the slowest back in the under 16s he would not get within 5 metres of the flyers like mccutcheon, grant, or the boys just behind them like wright or king. I have to agree with the other post he did nothing in attack in 16s...

What a great idea an U18 team not schoolboys dominated by GPS boys. Let's cast the net wider. One of the great things about the junior gold cup is that the trials showcased boys especially from western sydney who would otherwise slip through the cracks or lost to league. It will be good to see...

And then there are the nick cummins of the world reading an article today that says he didn't even play rugby until he was 18. Hazam El Masri was another who didn't play league until 17 and two years later was in nrl. I think kids find their level regardless of pathway. Too much pressure too...

there are no shortage of gps boys playing jgc in fact if you run your eye over the teams some of the best u16 gps players are involved. i think gps is a bit precious and protecting their patch (and revenue stream!), yes there is good training and facilities but i love seeing another pathway it...

true there certainly is a power struggle i know of at least one gps head who warned boys not to play jgc but the boys selected are doing it anyway and they will all be better for it. the school will win by having a fitter, more skillful and match hardened players when the season starts.

i don't know why any boy would pull out to make aust schoolboys that isn't chosen until after the school season starts and that is after jgc finishes. i'd have thought any boy with higher aspirations would increase their chances by playing in this comp. i also think it is a far more...