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HJ, I agree to some extent re GF clauses. They were out there fir the exact reason to try and keep players in the club/ district pathway, rightly or wrongly. The overriding issue is to get players engaged in club rugby. Whether we agree or not, any strategy to have schools enter club comps etc...

Druid, I see your point and don't have a major issue either way. The grandfather clause can be whatever it has to be. Another way to think about it is why should a player that has played club rugby for say 8 years, rep rugby for 5 years and can no longer fit a season of club rugby in, be denied...

I think you're right about Gordon Juniors driving the change. However the Gordon juniors committee is under going change and is seemingly being influenced by the 2 smallest clubs in their district. Those clubs see rep rugby purely as a reward for playing club. I suspect that as they get their...

Agree IS, I know what SJRU are trying to achieve by abolishing the grandfather rule, but the actual result will be a further disinterest from potential players. The SJRU over the last few years have made it increasingly difficult for boys to play where and with who, and within what comp level...

Professional success is hardly linked to an hsc mark. Research shows that people with strong EQ's generally have more success than those with high IQ's. I have always felt that the choice to send a child, make or female, to a private school is to give them a more rounded apedycation, and a...

Potentially the answer to some or many of these problems may lie with the structure and running of the comp not meeting the needs of its users, being the players and parents. The rule of thumb is that people vote with their feet. If the club system provided a structured development program for...

Main problem with moving Israel from 15 is you lose by far the best high ball receiver in Australia and replace him with Beale who is probs a 40% proposition. Having Izzy at 15 removes the mid field kick as a viable option from the opposition. The Tahs and Wallabies would be weaker with him...

Seemingly quite a few Scots parents that are not overly happy with the mega focus on sporting pursuits will be only the more frustrated with an 87th ranking ( worst GPS ranking) on the atar scale published. Good luck to Scots for pursuing excellence on the sporting field, but at what cost...

There's a lot of good comment around the JGC on this thread, and to add to it I think the ARU deserves recognition for what they have done so far and what they are trying to achieve. They will be the first to admit that in year one they wont get it exactly right and will been keen to improive as...

Speaking to one of the selectors, they and the ARU guys are very keen to give every boy an opportunity to impress. There was a comment earlier re a few missing out and that sounds about right, but the majority will go through this week. They recognise that one skill drill doesn't always give a...

HJ, I am hearing that the ARU will have the NGS boys that are eligible to play , playing? The NGS will most likely reduce its face to face time with those boys each week from 3 days to 1 or 2 days so they can participate in their JGC squads. Also From what I can gather the timing around 15 and...

I wanted to say what a great rugby season the 2013 GPS has been. As always there have been winners and losers, but the 2 round format as seen sides get a second crack such as Kings turning the table on joeys in round 2 of the comp..even though Shore as struggled, they ave been in most of their...

Try scores for View were Hurley x2, McKay, Menzies and Freeman...

Having watched the game and then talking to a mate who has a boy in the View side..you are wrong on the View 10..apparently according to the stats he made 1 ineffective tackle attempt and made quite a few on considerably larger opponents throughout the game. His defence has been improving...

Inside Shoulder Edited The reality for View is that when you play one of the top 2 sides ( and they are miles ahead ) you just have to get the basics right. Riverview failed to win at least 6 of their own line outs in attacking positions in the first half. That ends up meaning they have to...

Given Riverview left 15-20 points on the able against Shore last week with last passes not going to hand, no amount of training in one week will tip the scales in Shores favour. I would think that Newington may have been putting in some extra work, or at least gone from cruise mode to ramp it...

Didnt see the first round match, but apparently Waverly had the game won and the 9? Illegally threw the ball into touch on full time and was penalised. Barker then took a tap and went the full length of the field to score and win. If that's right then the round 2 result was probably the right...

Scots clearly the better side on the day, however the score blew out from about 24-10 when Riverview had their big 8 sinned binned with around 15 mins to go. View had a very poor day in the line out, which stifled any attacking opportunities and just gave way too much possession to a powerful...

Not sure on the past, but this year the ARU HPU gus were in orange to watch the 14's and took with them names of potential JGS boys previously identified by scouts as well as the intention of identifying new talent for the program. The scouts were also definitely in operation at the 16's JSC and...

your comments on the 16's and and MNZ selections is pretty interesting. I was pretty surprised myself with so many MNZ boys going through in the 16's, given the Sydney appointment looked like a bit of MWZ set up. The feed back I am hearing is that the Sydney coach went to great length to...