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Suspect that there will be two close games this weekend Kings to beat Joeys by less than 10 New to beat Riverview by less than 10 Scots to beat Shore by 50 (although Shore have run Scots close more than once in recent years)

Games for this Saturday: Scots v Shore at Bellevue Hill Joeys v Kings at Hunter's Hill Newington v Riverview at Stanmore 3rds Scots v Shore Joeys v Kings High v Riverview at Centennial Park Grammar v TAS at Weigall

Injured I think - ankle?

Didn't play last Saturday.

I've made the observation a number of times over the years on these threads that Shore teams have always appeared much smaller than any other team. I think it's probably the biggest difference between Shore and the other schools. For better or worse, rugby has changed significantly in the past...

I'm all for keeping the scrum as a contest. And I'd make an exception to the law change which would still allow a pushover try attempt from and attacking 5m scrum (i.e. no change to that for the present situation) Note this clip And then compare it to a 1964 scrum (1st scrum at 1.14)...

Lambo was brought in to "fix the sport". He's certainly achieved that goal. Dr Wright has taken Shore to the academic levels of a State Selective School - that may well have been his brief. There's a lot to be said about the sentence I have put in bold though. As a matter of interest, how...

Ok Dan, tell me how many times in professional rugby that you have seen at ball at the feet of the No 8 and the opposition pushes them off the ball. You're nornally rairly sensible, but with the greatest respect, what you are saying is nonsense. Every time a change to the scrum laws has been...

If that was the only suspect call in the game, you'd be correct. If you go back a couple of seconds earlier you'll see that the player tackled was tackled high (arm hits ball carriers head at 41.04)and also that the Joeys backline were a metre offside for the phases leading up to it (phase at...

Kicker missed 4 conversions, including one from almost in front.;)

It's the only part of the game where you're allowed to contrive a penalty. It's the biggest blight on the game to see a team have push the other team back 2 metres, 3 metres or further with the ball at the feet of the no 8 - clean, front foot ball so the scrum has done it's job. Why should...

I hear thata Sky have prepared a special commentary box for TJ on the weekend. Seven monitors showing highlights of all Crusaders Super titles on continuous loop, photos of famous Crusaders (Ritchie, Dan et al), cold shower and ice bath. Anthony Mundine has donated a pair for boxing gloves for...

I agree with the sentiment about blaming refs for losses. I think it's fair enough for people to make a sensible analysis of the performance of the referee. But I certainly don't think coaches or players should be making any comment about it. But I do think that Jackson is a fairly ordinary...

Kings won 12-10

As a casual observer of CAS rugby, Cranbrook seem to be the real quiet achievers.

Indeed he was. As I said to him, coming away from Hunter's Hill with a win is something not not everybody gets to do. EDIT: And yes, from the results posted by Joker, New were competitive all day. 16As sounded like a great game (was at the same time as 14Bs who were a couple of fields away)...

Three results as expected. The margin at HH a pleasant surprise for a New supporter. Sounds like it could have been a win if the kicker had his kicking boots on.

No 15Ds this week - assume that injuries meant that they didn't have enough. 13Fs played Augustine's at Narrabeen (not sure why as I assume SJC would have plenty of teams to play against), all other Newington teams at Hunters Hill. Very little difference between one team and the next as you...