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"THE future of the Australian Rugby Union's interest in cultivating raw talent from Sydney's Western Suburbs could rest upon the extra broad shoulders of a 16-year-old powerlifter who, despite never having played the game, is being groomed for a future in elite rugby. "Watson Crichton, from...

Considering that Gordon are averaging only 17.3 points per game the selectors must think the rest of the team are absolute crap.

I think you'll be very impressed when you see McDuling again, Lee. He has grown an arm and a leg since last year thanks, as I mentioned before, to a very solid and well-directed off-season and also growing toughness. Carter is keeping pace with him although they are very different styles of...

I did indeed forget the lad. With regard to Laurie my mail is that he was not keen to play for UQ and wanted to come back to play for SU but I think the Reds might have insisted on him playing in the local comp as a payback for him signing for the Rebels. If I'm any judge I don't think anyone is...

Be my guest, DP.

Randwick in their golden years had considerably more international and even world class players. Uni's big claim to fame is that 19 of the professional players listed above played with Uni straight after leaving school, thus coming through the Uni Colts system.

There's a few other professional players who should come into the mix: Jerry Yanuyanutawa. Laurie Weeks, Al Campbell, Dan Vickerman, Ben McCalman, Tim Davidson, Mitch Inman, Alfie Mafi and Julian Huxley.

I played all of my rugby at loose head in the Illawarra. I usually had to concede weight but as I was almost the only one around doing weight lifting I could always hold my own. This led to a continuing fascination with the biomechanics and dynamics of scrummaging. I am a firm believer that the...

I'd be more than happy to assist, RF, any way I can.

I won't have a bad word said about Nudgee, scrubber. They use my company's machines.

I'm President of Sydney Uni Sport, the parent body, DP, and also act as an academic counsellor to students on sporting scholarships.

No one likes a dobber. Sorry, TOCC, I didn't mean to get you evicted.

Queenslanders seem to be getting a bit presumptuous. Darling bloody Downs rugby makes it onto Rugby Discussion while the Sydney Premiership gets relegated to Grassroots.

You were right, AD. Apparently it was Brass who was subbed off injured; then a few minutes later the replacement came off.

I wondered why AussieDominance asked "Did that mean Uni had to drop a player off?", gambler. Assuming this to be the case, does anyone know how prevalent pretend scrums are in subbies?

On this issue of uncontested scrums, which turn our game into a farce that isn't worth watching, surely the correct approach should be that when a front rower has to leave the field and there is no competent replacement available that he not be replaced. That is, his team should have to continue...

Why did you assume it was Uni that caused the non-scrums, AD? Eastwood were being driven back and fractured at every scrum before they conveniently ran out of competent replacements. As I saw it, when their second player left the field they claimed they could not replace him, i.e., they...

I could not agree more, Noddy. From time to time there is discussion about how strong particular props are but you never hear any mention about locks being strong. But this is where you really need serious grunt. Unlike the front rowers they need no scrum technique, just a capacity to shunt the...

Noddy, McDuling is 196cm but has a massive wing span of about 204-206cm which makes his effective height much greater. At 115kg his VJ of 70 is virtually off the scale. Carter is 201cm. At 112kg his VJ is a quite respectable 60. Another freakish athlete who deserves a mention in this thread is...

Each of the players you mention, topo, show the benefit of allowing players to develop their craft at club level rather than being rushed into a professional squad where they would be over-trained and under-played. McDuling, Carter and Roberts put in huge off seasons with McDuling in particular...