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Thanks HB, the Mystery deepens

Can anyone tell me if All Saints has been brought by another School. I believed at one stage Shore had the inside running. If it was brought by a GPS school (say Kings or Shore) it could be a GPS School technically speaking, say Shore School Bathurst Campus.

Most certainly, Newington will have learnt that defence wise they need to tighten up in the broken play. Particularly, against fast backlines that play the full width of the field. New have in last couple of weeks, become use to achieving a physical presence through their forwards and...

Just returned from QP and saw Waves completely outplay New in the Backs. Waverly 50 beAT Newington 28 about 8 ties to 4. This Waverly side is something exceptional, their backs and they were the difference between to the two teams, constantly found holes in the Newington's defence and New as a...

Armchair Selector, you convinced me, I just Hope I don't get a cold out at QP even with my winter wear.

That is not good for the new leadership at Kings. If the new Head is already unliked, resented or doesn't have the complete confidence of the School Board, he need to grow eyes in the back of his head very quickly. For all he has to do is make a few decisions that are unpopular and the "Knives...

Thanks, Quick Hands, you saved me an early morning Saturday trip to Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. May or may not go out to QP, for 1st & 2nd's in view of the weather.

Xavier College is one of about 10 schools that play Rugby seriously in Melbourne, with at least 6 teams. So he will most likely be familiar with Rugby as a game and may have even been involved with Xavier's Rugby Program. The Victorian Rugby community has reputation for being small, but...

Not all GPS Schools, both Newington and Kings travelled to Orange to play Kinross. Although both won well, these schools have staff connections that accentuate sporting ties. Kinross like New is one of the few schools where Rugby is growing. They use have about 12 teams (2 in the age...

Very much so, of particular interest is the efforts of your Head. The U/13s at Waves are looking very powerful with strong wins over Kings and Shore. Clearly, his interest is paying dividends. As I mentioned its leadership, regrettably too many headmasters seen then selves as nothing more than...

One of them was he could not teach according to a Grammar student and a teacher who I knew. He would read commentaries on English literature without any ability to engage his students. Intellectually, he might have had talent as an academic, professionally as a Headmaster & Teacher he left a...

Newington now have an Aussie Rules team in year 9, but from what I have heard the standard of play is absolutely dreadful. They played another school and the score was 8-5, from that score clearly nobody is kicking the 6 pointers. Apparently, the introduction was due to Head School being a...

Yes Rugbybloke, you are perfectly correct and I now admit in a moment of utter disgust that I overreacted with those comments. What I guess I was trying to say that " Nice and well mannered people shouldn't disparage a referee who is doing his job on this site. We have established Codes of...

High should never ever played Aloys. There Rugby should be geared towards to Division 2 ISA. Other schools that High should consider playing are Hunter Valley Grammar, Illawarra Grammar School, Hills Grammar School. The boys should be able to enjoy Rugby, and playing schools with only one or...

Might have been over the top about the Middle Class gentrified comment, but without the GPS,CAS and ISA schools the ARU doesn't have game.

I though the Knox 16As were superb, New had the possession, territory and the penalties in the second half, but simply could break the Knox defence. Knox moved up quickly knocking down and back the New attackers who thereby prevented from getting over the advantage line. I believe Knox has...

At least three attacking moves by Newington, had they not been stopped by the referee would have resulted in three more tries. Blowing the score out to at least 44 to 17. But the referee made his decision and as a Newington supporter I accept that decision with grace, but above all as part of...

Newington displayed a clear superiority over Knox in both the Backs and Forwards. In the first half Newington dominated at the Breakdown and used their possession very effectively. This was best demonstrated in a vast improved backline performance. New backs throw the ball alone the backline...

As a Newington supporter, I don't think for a moment that a Knox win tomorrow will be a surprise at all. Knox with wins against View and Kings have established their creditability already, as a powerful and talented side. I further believe, if any school can defeat New's pick and drive tactics...