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16A Riverview def Newington 10-15 15A Newington def Riverview by 80 15B Newington def Riverview by a try 15C Newington def Riverview 29-19 15D Riverview def Newington by 20 14A Riverview def Newington by a try 3rd Newington def Riverview 22-19

Reports were a compound fracture of the thumb. If that's the correct diagnosis then he shouldn't be on the field.

If this wind keeps blowing it gives an advantage to Scots. Joeys don't as a rule adjust their style of play to the elements. In the recent past I've seen them play in a howling gale at HH and refuse to kick when running with the wind and pay the ultimate price. On another occasion they...

Big game at Hunters Hill this week. Having seen both Joeys and Scots play Newington, the key to this match will be the ability of Joeys to get quick ball to their backs. If Scots are able to slow that part of the game down then they are in with a real chance. Joeys at their HH fortress are...

I have some Newington results from Saturday further to the ones that I have previously posted: 16B Scots def New 17-21 16C New def Scots 43-5 15D Joeys def New 7-57 14A New def Scots 31-14 14B New def Scots 24-22 14C New def Scots 45-0 14D New def Scots 55-10 14E New def Scots 42-22 13A...

That was a good win, but I'm not sure that a 2 point win in a 15A game is the basis for a rugby revival. Newington had their best player out injured and 4 of the 15A boys who are in Year 10 have moved up to the 16As this year so all of their games have been closer. So a third of the team which...

Not so sure that many of the other games which they organised were much more competitive than the GPS games: V St Stanislaus' Lost 15-17 V Trinity Drew 24-24 V Knox Lost 50 - 29 V Barker Lost 75-21 V Oakhill Won 32-17 They would have had results similar to the Knox and Barker games had they...

You're right about that, but I thought we were talking about semi-finals at club grounds.

I bought my copy of the 150 years of Newington rugby book on the weekend. Plenty of fantastic stuff in there, some of which I'll relate after the season finishes. One thing that I did pick up was that up to 1914 the GPS rugby was a 2 round home and away competition. Shortened presumably...

Perhaps they don't get the catering at NSO, but they would get it at most grounds.

A very effective tactic by Scots and Newington should have adjusted and dropped their body height at contact.

Steve Finau is still going strong in Tonga. Each year when the 15s do a tour of Tonga they pay a visit to him and receive typical Tongan hospitality. This year was no exception.

From what I saw last Saturday, any (slang used by low IQ schoolboys) malfunction would advantage Scots rather than Joeys. As can be seen from the Sidesteppa videos Newington played a wide game based on their backline while Scots were happy to graft through the forwards. From the results and match reports that we've...

We were always hamstrung when finals were played in September because Manly Oval reverts to cricket from 1 September.

That's correct, back in the day clubs bid to host finals series matches at the start of the season. The major beneficiaries of this tended to be the Rats and Woodies as they had the best facilities to host. Highest rank to host came in for a little while, but it seems that a couple of big GF...

Moving forward, they need to give the home ground advantage to the team which finished higher on the ladder. It's fairly standard practice. It's how the NRL do it, so it can't be so difficult to organise. This week should be: Uni v Manly at Uni Eastwood v Easts at TGM Warringah v Norths at...

Haven't seen this new look Easts. When I've seen them during the season they were about the same level as Manly. You'll still get through if you lose though because you came second. Hard to see anyone stopping the Uni juggernaut at this point, they demolished Norths a couple of weeks back...

If that's the case Uni v Manly Eastwood v Easts Warringah v Norths I must say that I don't like a system where a team loses and still gets through. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. Won't affect Manly as we'll almost certainly be out next week and coming 6th we'd have to win to get...

Results from today Souths def Warringah 36-21 (WTF) Uni def Wests 56-3 Easts def Eastwood 48-26 Randwick def Norths 32-30 (WTF) Gordon def WSTB 43-22 Ladder Uni Eastwood Warringah Norths Easts Manly Uni red hot favourites. The other three contenders all beaten by lower teams -...

Kings are the best hosts in the GPS. I had a fantastic day up there last term. Well done to the Kings rugby people and the Kings community at large.