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Lee, I feel like I am putting my head on the block here because you are always right about these things. But I don't think Wykes and McDuling played together in NSW and Oz schools. Sam Wykes left school in 2005 and McDuling left in 2007. I've seen Sam play since he was in the Parramatta sides...

Yeah, great work Scarfie. Only problem is that I think I am going to have to quit my day job so that I can keep up with the place.

Yeah, I suppose we'll have to see if Luke Burgess and Jono Jenkins are up to it.

If Uni make the GF that's going to hurt. Losing McCutcheon and Phipps at that late stage would be tough

3. Beale 2. Sharpe 1. Pocock

Grant is a quality player and a great finisher. He has a few deficiencies in defence and his kicking game can let him down, but I suspect that these are all problems he can overcome. He has been offered pro academy spots (most recently at the Brumbies) but keeps knocking them back. Presumably he...

Just home from the Uni v Manly game and several beers under the belt. My observations: Great game played at finals type intensity. Manly were very much up for it, especially in the forwards. Uni were off their game a bit but still good enough to get away with it. Manly scrum was very good...

You and I must be watching different players. This guy has the highest workrate in the Uni team. He had 55 involvements in his last outing and all of them quality. He does a lot of dirty work and you have to watch closely, but believe me, he's there. Next time you watch Uni (next week maybe?)...

Alcock is not listed on their 2011 player profiles list. http://www.nswrugby.com.au/HSBCWaratahs/PlayerProfiles/NSWPlayerProfiles.aspx

I think the 6 will stay pretty much as it is. Uni might move up a couple of spots and the Hobbits seem to be on the slide. The rest will probably lose one match at most between now and the semis. Uni are yet to play Easts and Manly in round 2. If Uni are going to do it this year they will have...

Scarfy, the above quote pretty much sums it up re indigenous scholarships (thanks downer). The indigenous recipients are identified by various sources (often a parish priest, especially in the case of the Walgett kids) and start in Yr 7 as Kurtley Beale did. They are looking for someone who will...

The other relevant point is that McKibbin is probably a better "back up" half back than Holmes.

OK, here's what I know. I'm a Joeys old boy and a few years ago enrolled my son there. My son was a pretty useful footballer and had played a bit of rep stuff. I was pretty sure that Joeys didn't give scholarships for sport but thought that I would ask anyway. The headmaster and the coach of the...

Well done Newington. You've got the respect of this Joeys diehard.

Actually when Uni played Randwick it was Paddy Ryan packing down against Kepu most of the day. Tilsey had him for the first 15 minutes but when big Jerry was injured early Ryan came on to THP and Tilse went to LHP. IMO Ryan got the better of Kepu and that was after a full game in 2nd grade as a...

I think Tilse is much better at LHP than THP as he demonstrated in the S14 games he started. Unfortunately Jerry Yanuyanu only plays LHP so Tilsey is stuck on his non preferred TH side. The fact that he can play both competently is a feather in his cap though. And his work around the park is...

The Uni v Eastwood game this weekend looks like a beauty. Uni have won few on the trot with some good performances against the Hobbits and West Harbour while Eastwood have worked their way to the top with a great win over Manly last weekend. Uni have Burgess and McCalman starting with Berrick...

3. Pocock 2. Beale 1. Sharpe

Burgess and McCalman haven't had a lot of footy lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if they did play in the next couple of games. Unsure about Barnes. Hux should be back soon and will slot in at fullback with Trist moving back to wing. Alfi Mafi played half a game in 2nds on the weekend coming...

John is indeed the nephew of James Grant. His father is Doug, James' brother, and a pretty useful winger in Orange back in the day. My understanding is that James was offered an academy contract at the Brumbies but knocked it back in the hope of something better elsewhere, which did not happen...