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How to win friends. I hear Parramatta two blues have signed a player who had already signed with another club & been training with them since last year.

And Houston ?

Who won the International Baccalaureate?

Well my predictions above are simply based on early rumours, & early rumours often prove to be incorrect. There will be much more correct information in the coming weeks when things will become clearer. My list is based on what I hear around the traps, & is intended to promote discussion from...

Early predictions for the 2024 season based on rumours of alleged club player changes: = the same, + moving up, - moving down. Norths = Randwick - Eastwood + Manly = Gordon - Hunter Wildfires - Two Blues - Sydney Uni + West Harbour + Eastern Suburbs + Warringah + Souths =

Far enough.I'm not in touch with schoolboy rugby these days, & am happy to accept your statistics re Trinity. But I don't think a schools rugby prowess should be solely judged on inter school competitions restricted to the boys ages. To my mind, consideration should also be given to the ultimate...

I didn't realise "Trinity aren't any good anymore". Funny that , I attended a first grade game between Eastwood & West Harbour this year, & noted that 5 of the players on the field were ex Trinity.

Meridan is the sister school of Trinity, & interacts with that school in a number of inter school activities on a regular basis, & I believe that PLC also shares some programmes with Trinity.

Sam Wykes was previously with West Harbour also.

I'm not a follower of the Sydney University Club, but your post is an oversimplification of the reasons for their success. SURUFC is in fact a club. Students at SU can play for whatever club they so choose. Also, one doesn't have to attend SU to play for that club.Some of their players don't...

Because Sydney University rugby club, is just that, a rugby club, like all the other clubs in the competition, although the name might suggest otherwise. It is no more logical to compel it's members to be undergraduates than it would be to compel players from your Eastwood or any of the clubs to...

Even bigger loss for West Harbour , when he left there. His form at Wests was better than at Eastwood IMO resulting in him winning the Catchpole medal there as you know.

Bit insulting to their current coaches. West Harbour for example, lost 13 of last year's first grade team for various reasons. How many other clubs would not be affected by that? I think Wests coach , Mark Gudmonson , did a remarkable job under the circumstance. By the way, Wests drew with...

Agreed. I'm not suggesting it's the correct approach, but that is the existing approach by the SRU. As far as " a couple of grand " goes, in my experience, that is not enough for the SRU to allocate the G.F. to a club ground despite the potential benefits to the club & certainly not what the...

When talking of alternate venues for end of season games, it should be remembered that the SRU have expectations of receiving funds (over & above the gate takings), either from the local council , as in the case of NSO for example , or from the club ( e.g West Harbour) if the games are held at a...

Yes, for games played at club grounds that’s correct , but I am referring to the Grand Finals which have been at North Sydney Oval & this year’s G.F. which will not be at a club ground & catering profits will not go to the clubs.That’s my point.

Are you sure that clubs get the catering? My understanding is that North Sydney Council for example , was given the catering , while SRU got the gate. North Sydney Council bid for the recent grand finals & paid the SRU an amount for the " honour". What benefit was/is there for North Sydney...

West Harbour will play the next two seasons at Drummoyne Oval

The ground is being demolished & rebuilt over the next 2 years. Wests Tigers are contributing financially to the process. Wests Tigers will have a high performance centre there when finished. There will be other facilities there for other local groups also. Wests Pirates will also return there...

Yes, all clubs have players missing at this time, including clubs which you haven't mentioned.