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Chris Pollock officiated the 1st game of the Tri Nations in July 2011 when the Wallabies played some expansive attacking rugby against the Boks & won 39 - 20. Genia was man of the match. That was the game the week after our ludus horribilis against Samoa.

Another Q: where is the under 15s regionals being played? Congrats to Warringah, were awesome. I am a Gordon supporter & agree that Warringah's forwards played very well in the wet (understatement!) conditions to peg back an early 8 nil deficit. The under 15s regionals are being played at...

LG: "I wish they would stagger the trials so that some of the Ones game were held on Sunday - or even Friday afternoon starting half an hour earlier. Then we tragics could see a few more games and more players." PS. Apologies that this is not responsive to the GPS thread.

Although there is a link on www.juniors.rugbynet.com.au to "State Championship Draws Released" on 1 June, the draws are not yet available on that link. Hopefully, that'll be rectified today. I agree with Sydneybra's & 10to12's assessments of the U15s.

TT: "What age groups are at what venues? Where are the finals being held on Monday?"

Greatly looking forward to the Junior World Championship in SA. Plenty of talent on display by these exciting aspiring Wallabies. Liam Gill will lead the way. Although depth will always be a problem given the competing winter codes in Oz, slowly the ARU's development programmes are bearing...

A few worrying signs when the early 14-0 lead quickly evaporated but the Tahs have earned their 4 try bonus point before oranges due to the Cheetahs' poor kicking options & very thin 2nd line of defence. There's been some crunching tackles by TPN & Horne has been ever present at the frequent...

Very early days but great to see the Tahs keeping the ball in hand & being rewarded with 2 tries within the first 6 minutes. Albeit that the Cheetahs' defence has been wanting, there has been some good passing/support play exhibited in the lead up to both meat pies. More please.

IS, on 20/4/12 Trinity defeated Shore 15-5. Schools Rugby Tribune posted the following at #94 in the CAS Rugby 2012 thread: "Due to Trinity bringing only two teams (1sts and 2nds) and Shore arriving with three (1sts, 2nds, 3rds), the situation was as follows. Shore 3rds played Trinity 2nd...

"No decision on Hooper Chris Dutton (Sydney Morning Herald) May 21, 2012 - 6:42PM The ACT Brumbies will have to wait until tomorrow morning before finding out if Michael Hooper is free to play against the Queensland Reds on Saturday night. Hooper fronted a SANZAR judiciary hearing via video...

Perhaps the collective thinking from the outset was that it had been raining & the slippery conditions could force the Stormers into error with the "aerial raids". OK as a plan A. However, the tactic was used ad nauseum by Barnes & the Stormers' backs (& everyone else) could see it coming & were...

The positives for the Tahs as usual came up front. Front row solid and the scrum, especially in the 1st half, was superior. Although the Tahs won their lineouts there was some scrappy ball which put McKibbin on the back foot. Both of the Stormers 1st half tries came off the back of penalties...

JJ1006: "To conclude, Australia lacks a dominant inside centre. Whilst, McCabe is the best we have, he is nowhere near as good as his international counterparts, nor is he arguably good enough to deny O’Connor or Barnes a place in the team. An ironic solution lies in the fact that Australia...

KB (Kurtley Beale) did play well at times at 10 for the Tahs last season albeit somewhat inconsistently. After an injury plagued off season he's obviously more match fit now & his move from 15 to 10 is greatly helping his team. As has been been commented on by others he's now not trying to do it all on his...

I don't like whinging about the officials but I thought that the rub of the green largely went against the Rebels. Fortunately, there were many positives in the Rebels' performance that saw them justifiably prevail. Great touches by Mortlock (although his pass in the lead up to Phipps' try...

The Rebels are playing the more attractive footy & the officiating is doing its utmost to defeat them more than the Crusaders' contribution.

After 12 minutes against the 'saders how well is Kurtley Beale playing compared with the various efforts from the Tahs' no. 10s this year? He looks so much better for the Rebels at 10 than 15 where his chances were far fewer. So much spark and class missing for the Tahs. Lee predicted how much...

SCT, I see that your website also carries the following interesting article: SYDNEY, NSW (08/05/12) - There are nine member schools that form the uber-elite Athletic Association of Great Public Schools of NSW. The GPS is the strongest rugby competition in NSW and possibly all of Australia...

TRY!!! & Conversion from sideline. Quality running & draw & pass by AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). Our threads are full of the obvious observation that the Sydney crowds will come to afternoon footy - Waratahs must insist on more arvo games.

Bruce, apparently Reg Grundy has never seen the honour in the tradition. Personally, I reckon it'd be a great way to be celebrated via such an essential garment. Is this off topic or just pre-game jitters?