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You may be right about Penno, although he went to school at Newington. Kellaway came off the bench (and scored a try) in the 1st round v Easts in 2014 which was his 1st year out of school. I don't believe he played for the Wicks (minor injury or rested?) again until after the U20 when he made...

At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the Emus won't be competitive until and unless they can somehow boost the strength of their lower grades and keep their good players. I see in the below article that the ARU are planning to invest "$500,000 into Western Sydney by hiring development...

Yep, I remember sitting (in my car) on the hill up there when they beat the Wicks back in the olden days.

Only 3 players (ie the front row) over 22 in Wicks run on team, I believe.

I thought the 13 (Simkin?) troubled the Wicks defence the most. By my count, there were 8 players in the Wicks run on team today who played Colts at Randwick: Nick Kellaway, Hanigan, Baldwin, Deegan, Pennington, Starkey, Anderson, Armstrong. Croke (Lennox Head) played colts at Norths (?) and...

Wicks forwards really stood up in 1sts today. The whole pack played strongly but especially the back rowers: Croke, Baldwin, Hanigan (best on field for mine), Armstrong (not far behind Hanigan) and Kellaway plus Munro when he came on. Deegan's best game in grade IMO, great link to outside backs...

The NSWRU website appears to be still awarding a bonus point for 4 tries. Is that correct or is the SS supposed to be using the same BP system as Super Rugby ie BP if you score 3 tries more than the opposition?

Gordon 39 Penrith 7 according to the NSWRU website

It was actually 20-20 at FT -- what a prediction! Wicks scored after the bell, 5 tries to 3.

True Wazza but blatent head high tackles don't leave the referee with too many options. The first one should have been red and maybe the next two wouldn't have happened.

Couldn't agree more Wazza -- he's a class act and I don't think he'll ever forget where he came from and what he owes to the TBs and the SS. I spoke to him at half time in the 3rd grade and thanked him for running the line. His response "just trying to help out" :) He also went out of his way to...

Seems the Waratah Media Unit values the SS also: http://www.randwickrugby.com.au/news/news-2016/5064-mateship-and-match-fit-tahs-align-for-2016-shute-shield

Southern are in the wonderful position of having a licenced club at their ground. Easts are the only other SS team with their own licenced club -- all the others have gone broke or have been replaced by arrangements with RSLs etc. Not sure how much their licenced club contributed to the profit...

I'd suggest the gap between 2nd grade and 3rd grade in most clubs is significant. I know at Randwick the pathway seems to be from Colts 1,2 to 1st or 2nd grade. 3rd and 4th grade is generally made up of guys who will never be good enough to justify selection in 1st or 2nd grade and guys who may...

31 pages and not a ball kicked yet -- wow, big year ahead! I've been out for the day and have had to catch up on about 6-7 pages so I've given up trying to respond to various posts, but I offer the following points: (1) I suggest the gap between SS and subbies is huge -- how many Balmain...

Wicks too

The great thing about Gaggerland is we get a wide diversity of opinions on every subject and even though I know I'm always right ;) and every else is wrong I'm happy to hear what they think. In a perfect world the Wicks would win every year, but then there'd be no point in going to games :D...

Tell us what you really think "Wilsonmate" -- don't leave us trying to read between the lines :);) PS: I agree with most of what you said but no need to get personal.

I thought Tom Carter retired last year, and the year before :confused: Good to see him back anyway -- the game needs some characters. Looks to have been a high turnover of players in most clubs with a lot of new faces. I'm predicting a big year for Nick Kellaway (Andrew's twin I think) at...

I had a look at the new ground at Uni a few weeks ago and it looks excellent with a stand on the western sideline so no more watching the game from a strange angle on a cricket oval. The ground is also a lot higher than #1 which always appeared to be below sea level! I've been told the ground...