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I'm just thinking of the reaction if 5 new boys had turned up in the Newington 15As.:)

Joeys will always be tough to beat and the 15As will be expecting a very tough game when it happens (first round of GPS IIRC), as have both the 13A and 14A games in the past two years. Interesting that Joeys will have at least 5 new faces in their 15A team from an "intake";)

Interesting.;)

Newington playing Trinity this Saturday in the following games (some games offset against higher graded Trinity teams) 1sts 2nds 4ths 5ths6ths 16A 16B/C 15A 15D 14A 14B 14E 13A 13B 13E 13F Opens and 16s are at Newington. 13-15 are at Trinity. Teams not mentioned are playing internals at...

Your blind faith in RA and it's decisions is admirable. However, one could suggest that there's no particular evidence that we should have any faith that they know what they are doing. It's logical to manage workload as I said in my previous post, it's just that recent empirical evidence...

Yes it is complex. I would point out that "off-season" involves active rest and no high intensity or contact work. The RL off-season is about 6-8 weeks depending on where the team came not the 4 months that you asserted. Then they are into pre-season, which is high intensity and heavy contact.

Always nice to start the season with a win Joker, but while I'm sure that the Joeys boys looked very good, lets for a moment pause to consider the relative strength of the opposition. I'm sure the Canberra boys are wonderful Marist rugby players, but clearly outclassed. Joeys 13A 72 Canberra...

Newington sent the 15As to the Canberra Grammar School 7s yesterday and the boys won the competition.

So the "no off-season" comment is thus irrelevant because elite athletes spend more time in high intensity training than in games. Yes, both those codes do manage workload during the season, but it is managed in the training regime, not by missing matches. Read my previous response to...

Firstly, you're safe in the knowledge that I'll never be in charge. But nobody on this thread, including you, have provided any empircal evidence from any study that having a weekend off in March is going to improve performance in October. Bearing in mind that the competition is barely 6 weeks...

Not really, they each have high intensity training blocs for 6 weeks from the start of November until just before Christmas. They resume full training mid-January for trials in February or pre-season competition in AFL. You're dreaming if you think either code has 4 month off-seasons where...

They have big end of season games at the end of September/early October, which are about 2 weeks before the start of RWC, which starts mid-October. League and AFL finals series games are just as intense as RWC games - in fact more intense as there is a finals intensity game 4 weeks in a row...

I'll bet there is none. The idea of having a weekend off in March to help prepare for a tournament in October/November is bonkers.

No, I'm following forum rules and only copying the part of the original post which is relevant to my reply. See rule 5 5. Don't overuse the quote function. Usually it is quite clear what you are responding to. If you do use the quote function, edit out irrelevant text, leaving just the bit...

I'm not whining. I'm pointing out the reality.

Which is probably why only about 2% of the infrastructure budget is for stadia.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Hmm, you realise that the whole team had a "rest" aka a bye on the weekend of the 2nd March and the whole team have another "rest" coming up on the weekend of the 13 April when another bye occurs? Obviously such specific tasks can't be done in these weeks? And the competition has only been going...

"Rested" because they miss 1 game? That's the more ludicrous proposition.

They'll get plenty of rest during the super rugby finals.