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Bugger - so much for watching Knox v Barker tomorrow.

For those of us who haven't seen some of the lads since school it will be interesting to watch this game. I see that Redden, an inside centre for NSW U20s is on the wing and Kellaway is in his preferred position of outside centre—and I can't recall that I ever saw him play there from U16s up...

Still looking for writers There has been very little interest this year so we may have to limit our coverage to a few Joeys or Riverview games. So please send me a convo if you can contribute - the reports don't have to be formal, covering everything - just the vibe of the game and a few...

There is an outstanding preview of the 2015 CAS season by Snort here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/cas-2015-season-preview/ .

^^^^^^^^ Tyson Davis missed the cut for NSW Schools. probably because HH came back to Sydney. He's been playing in the centres for the Rats in First Grade but is usually a winger. Winger Joey Fittock was an outstanding schoolboy player who I thought would make his mark in U20s next year may...

One last time.

Good pick HJ - they have called him in. He didn't have many minutes in the Canberra tournament because Kellaway, Jones and Hutchison got all the work in the back 3. But with the last two named injured he would be a happy camper now about the vacancies. Excellent finisher and clever footie...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It was pretty cryptic as I remember the conversations with the crowd noise. The conclusion I was trying to convey in my last post was that the referee must have thought the enquiries were about whether the ball was taken back over the line he was looking at. And of course he...

Harry Jones tore a pec tendon on the weekend and is out for 6-8 weeks which means he will miss the World U20s. .

Wow Lions v Cheetahs - who says SAffers play boring rugby all the time?

The CAS draw still isn't up. The R1 fixtures are supposed to be the same as R6 last year and R2 the same as 2014 R7 etc. So, can someone confirm that this week that the fixtures next Saturday are T v A, B v C, and W v K? Not, should be - but are, definitely? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wrong...

Lolo Fakaosilea got faint praise in this thread for his play in Canberra yet he looked like a dominant player for the few minutes he played for the Reds yesterday - if you translate that to the U20 level. If he can play like that in the World U20s, he's a player we will need. Korczyk started...

Was he talking to the touchies - or replying to a player query? I honestly don't know and have zapped my recording. You could see a scenario where a player mentioned that it wasn't taken back (or even an AR) and he said he had ruled on it (which I seem to remember he said) yet it didn't...

I am one of the few who can see an excuse for Hoffman - though I wouldn't if I were a Rebels fan. One can see the case where he saw a line and the ball was passed back over it for clearance and he automatically though it was taken back, though it was the rugby league 20 metre line. Now we all...

The legality of mauls. Did anybody notice a maul that was strictly legal on the weekend? One of the keys to a good maul is depth, but how the ball carrier gets to the back of a maul that starts shallow is nearly always illegal. Either the players joining in, especially the hooker who has...

Round 11 Prior brain snap ruined any chance of Force winning - they also (Coleman) performed a tip tackle to lose the game at the death against the Bulls in the RSA. Twin brothers as starting props in a Super Rugby game and I can't remember them playing better. They came to Oz with their...

Well, I hope he is available because he is playing well. I gave him faint praise in this thread but I retract that. He seemed to have good hands at the front of the lineout and was great at backing up in Bloem. Though doing a different job, there's a bit of Gill and Hooper about him. He'll...

Thanks for posting that sidesteppa. That Oakhill scrummie looked fairly handy: I wonder what his name is?? Just kidding - that's the Aus Schools 9 Harrison Goddard who just turned 17 this month. He was running around training with the NSW U20s in December, no doubt to get him interested in...

We shouldn't assume that Rennie is choosing his best team for the Force game. Marty Mac was very good for Taranaki in the ITM Cup games I saw them play, and they got the bikkies. He's not the rainmaker that Damian is and never will be but Rennie has to look at Marty as a starter sometime...

Agreed - not only did the English cheer squad of Kay and Austin mention the anomaly in commentary, but also the more disinterested English pairing of Harrison and Barnes gave it air the following day. .