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1/Joeys 2/Scots 3/Riverview 4/Newington or Kings 6/Shore With the exception of Shore, all 5 schools had very strong had very strong 16A sides from what I seen. Newington have a number of players returning from last year, who were pulled from last years 16As. I think the number was 3 or 4. But I...

This is where we agreed to disagree. I really feel by limiting it to band 6, we don't get a true picture of the overall effectiveness of Teaching and Learning in a particular school.Results in Band 6 are likely to be confined to an elite at the top end of each Year 12 Cohort. A more realistic...

Yes and No. The above list is not the moderated one. This one is a raw score, first Past the Post issue. The moderated list, is in fact published after the issue of the first Past the Post list. In fact, there are numerous lists. Raw Score and Moderated and then ones that include the...

Joker, don't forget the impact the IB course has on student numbers at Newington. Almost a quarter of year 12, are dong the IB and this naturally bits into the HSC. Additionally, those students are the most talented and academic ones in year 12. If the IB Didn't exist at Newington, our HSC...

Thank you, Sidelineview, for bring your compassion, a sense of social justice and basic common sense to this site. There should be more comments such as this.

No I changed my mind I will reply "Grammar" is that the best you can do, a small minded comment by an individual who clearly is out of his intellectual depth, as proven by your past comments. I predicted that a habitual Cyber Troll, such as yourself, would seek a revenge post.Simple fact...

I can agree fully with those comments, to often this site attracts vulgar upstart cyber trolls, who are neither interested or care about Schoolboy Rugby. Rather their intent is to attack those of us who wish, to have an intelligent discussion and in turn, the site becomes one of abuse...

You and I have crossed swords before last year, when I caught you lying about scholarships at Newington in the most corrupted and dishonest manner. You could not identify the students involved, You could tell me which scholarships were awarded or other matters pertaining to these so called...

Clearly, you have no knowledge and lack an educated viewpoint about the Marcellan tradition of educating the poor,.that Catholic Schools practice. Or equally, the Methodist tradition that John Wesley established involving social justice. Read Joker's post on indigenous students and how it has...

The simple fact is that professionalism and scholarships are here to stay. People may resent such an intrusion into schoolboy Rugby. But Professional Schoolboy Rugby already exists in the Queensland GPS and NSW is catching up. Its only a matter of time for the NSW GPS to follow in Queensland's...

Lets not forget The Scots College, they spend far more money on scholarships than any body else. Remember the Basket boycott some years ago. Believe me they make Newington look like Paupers.

Just a differing perspective, I was talking to the last Rugby Master at Newington one time and told me that in Ireland, the schoolboy Rugby is run by by the National Body. They set the rules, the matches and rules of eligibility. As such their focus is on producing the best outcome for Irish...

Spieber, you obviously feel harshly against Newington for what it did in 2013. But what about Joeys throughout the 1980s and into the first half of the 1990s. They fielded excellent teams with many of their boys entering the school in years 10&11. Many of those boys came from League. Even worst...

He leaves Newington as one of its most successful 1st XV Coaches. With Premierships in 2010,2012,2013 and 2015. If he can reproduce these results at Cranbrook, they can look forward to some excellent 1st XVs over the coming years. A strong Cranbrook will be an excellent addition, to Schoolboy...

Racism against Newington's Pacific Islander community is alive and well. I have heard it and seen it on display. There is no point in denying it. Scholarships to this wonderful community, is more than justified as it adds to our Multi Cultural diversity. Which enriches the school, along with...

Well done, Quick Hands, much of the stereotypes that are associated with the our Tongan Boys are nothing but disguised racism.I refer, to one particular incident at Newington, where a parent from one particular North Shore school, yelled out to one of our Tongan Boys, Black C***.. He was...

Lachlan comes with a great deal of Black & White in his system. An Old Boy of the College and a former 1st XV Coach he knows his way around the school.Unlike Grammar he will find a great more talent to work with, over the coming years.

Hello Joker, I feel where their is a will there will be a way. Schools will simply change their approach to talent acquisition.Their is too much investment already committed, too much prestige to lose, too much ambition. The gene is out of the bottle and I cannot see it being dragging back.My...