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Agree. I have heard a number of rumors also, which ,if true,might cause a rethink of some of the above predictions.

I believe that he & his brother & a couple of others from Penrith ,have signed with Easts,as indicated in an earlier post.

Yeomans to Easts.

^^ Matt Briggs

Matt Briggs,West Harbour first grade coach last year,to Eastwood colts in2015.

Then you find that the behavior of the Easts club in this situation is O.K. The greater good of the game of Rugby is one of the responsibilities of the governing bodies ,but it is not theirs alone.A fight for survival & respect for the game are not mutually exclusive,surely? Each club also has a...

Is it just me, but does anyone else think that "accepting" 8 players from Penrith is a pretty low act? I realise that all clubs have players who originated at other clubs,& even Penrith have one or two of these, & I also realise that players can go where they like, & that these players have...

You need to know the composition of each team I would have thought.I have heard that there has been a bit of movement between clubs,& some new players ,not previously in the SS.New coaches are likely to have an influence also.Without this knowledge it's largely guesswork.

I think that's an oversimplification Dave. Running a Rugby club these days is an expensive business,& even at a club level Rugby is semi professional. The costs to each club are increasing each year,& the ability of clubs to retain their players increasingly difficult. Sponsorship,the most...

But a number of clubs are running on empty I'm afraid.How many clubs now have their own licensed premises for example?Speak to a few of the club presidents for the real picture.All clubs are depending on sponsorship to varying degrees,& without it many clubs are no better off than some of the...

There wasn't much to offer sponsors before,but even less now.

You may be right,I was told it was likely to be 6 by someone who was at the meeting.

I am informed that at the last meeting of club representatives at which the proposed under 18 competition was discussed, a large number of the clubs indicated that they were not intending to nominate a team,as I indicated in an earlier post.There is an under 17 competition already,& I understand...

One that's desperate to recruit players who otherwise may be reluctant to go there,because,for example, of the clubs recent poor performances, it's inability to attract even it's own juniors, & the long distance that the recruited players would have to travel perhaps? I agree that it would never...

^^^ Do you think all 8 made the same interpretation?

"guaranteed"? Do the other players in Gordon's colts know about this arrangement?

My information is that there are only 6(?) clubs interested in an under 18 comp. next year.

There are a number of players who have engaged a manager to act on their behalf. This includes colts players, & schoolboy players who have not yet left school, as well as those playing at a higher level. This is not a new phenomena. Obviously when a manager negotiates on behalf of a player with...

I.S. ,I usually find your posts logical & well informed,but I don't agree with you on this one. For whatever reason Crichton eventually decided to go to league,I have no doubt that Easts colts recruiters ,& many others, believed that he was joining the Easts club. I also believe that this would...

If a players commitment to a club is based on misinformation from that club, then they are surely entitled to reconsider their original decision to play for that club.