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This is why you need experienced selectors and I suggest that Ben Whitaker, Steve Phillpotts, Manu Sutherland, Tim Rapp and Phil Langtry are just that. (I don't know Glen Cronan at all.)

It's not going to happen. The view of the ASRU is what their President, Brother Wallace told me last year. They take the view that their job is to give every boy a good rugby experience and if some went to another code after school then at least they had been exposed to the union code. He...

NSW IIs had a good game plan v. Qld I and I think that we will see that on Saturday. They kept the ball in tight for long periods and it was pick and go time, sometimes for several minutes. PS - there is a blog on Day 3 here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/aussie-schools-champs-day-3/ .

Both Twos teams played above themselves and though Qld II lost, I would not be surprised if they beat Qld I. To do so they will have to play as they did today. I would not be surprised either if NSW II got up over NSW I though that would rely on the NSW I stars having an off day and the NSW...

The posts that Roar is posting are from my blog which I forgot to post the link for. The link is here and has a few photos in it. http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/australian-schools-rugby-union-championships-day-1/ Roar - next time just post the link if I forget. It takes up too much space...

Exactly right. It has also disadvantaged dominant scrummaging because the luck of getting the start right in the power hit sprint often masks a lack of real scrummaging ability. People new to the game (in the last ten years) may argue that the power hit is a skill that should be kept in the...

I'd equate him with Adam Freier - not the other two - different players. But they're international quality players; I was talking about his possibilities as a Super Rugby player who is unproven. My point was that he would have some point of difference to succeed in Super Rugby - to play bigger - as...

Hutchinson is an exciting player: elusive with a touch of JOC (James O'Connor), and a bit of a favourite of mine. I don't know how old he is but he is in Yr.11. Kennedy is a good player and deserves to be on the NSW I bench. This doesn't mean he is the 2nd ranked scrumhalf by the NSW selectors. The 2nd guy...

He probably "earned" too many points from being in Oz Under 20s last year and "cost" too much for his Colts team. I wouldn't be surprised if young Pulver has to play Grade next year, ready or not, for the same reason. .

Ah - I looked at it from within Wordpress and didn't know that there was any difference. Thanks - I will try to remember that when I post links in future. .

Earlier in the season he had problems throwing straight and the right distance in an Academy game I saw (maybe both of them, I forget); so it's good to hear that he must be throwing better. There's no doubt that he's an abrasive player for a guy who weighs 96kgs and he has to be as most...

Good question but I am not wise enough to know the answer. But on Silatolu Latu, a Sydney Uni player. Are you close enough to the club to get a feel of how he is going in a S&C and/or a general rugby sense. And, to the best of your knowledge, has he played Grade rugby? .

Excellent post CTPE but I would rather have our lads play a team of current schoolboys who are undergoing such a programme than a national or even a regional Under-18 academy team, most of whose players left school months before, and have been training full-time since in a professional...

HJ I was talking more about the relative lack of controversy about the individual selections of lads who played in front of the selectors in the team they played for. I wasn't talking about - what if they played for a different school or in a different school association. That's another can...

This year seems relatively quiet on the questionable selections front; relatively. Am I right or am I right? .

Roach is a fine player but his throwing to the lineout has been problematic just about every time I've seen him play. This is starting to make sense: Latu has already been training with the Tahs. Obviously he is young but he's one of those youngsters who plays beyond his years and is tough...

Thanks. Strange - both worked for me on Firefox just now. No, I don't know why either. .

There is no doubt that Taane is the more elusive player and he is also more deceptive and a better facilitator of others. I think he is playing better than he was last year or the year before, even factoring in the age difference for the years. .

They are star individual players but as I have written before: for all the times they have played together they don't combine that well with the catch and pass - or maybe it is just Tepai's handling that is the problem because Taane is a fine footie player. Having said that, Tepai is so hard...

Has to be - I was going to respond as you did Sideline Eye, but I was laughing too hard.