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The King liked him last year. Others didn't. Not selected for Qld Schools, not that missing selection is a kiss of death for aspiring professional players. Plenty of talented athletes go on to have long and illustrious careers without having big schoolboy scrapbooks.

In terms of relative strengths of the school associations in Loig, isn't CIS at the bottom of the pile behind CCC (perpetual winners), CHS who are usually very competitive, and daylight? How many of the lads above are in SG Ball squads, compared to the numbers for the CCC and CHS squads?

I thought that the recommended sanctions were supposed to serve as a deterrent. If the IRB want to send a stronger message to the players, then increase the entry point, don't allow Judicial Officers to add GST to the base sanction.

I reckon we should revert to old school lineouts. Far too many laws, exceptions and interpretations. Far too much time wasted with the set up before the hooker throws it in. No lifting. Rugby is a game for all shapes and sizes. Make the beanpoles do some work. The Lineout ends when the ball...

Where are the finals series of games going to be this year? Assume that the Grand Final will once again be at Concord. Hearing whispers that Concord Oval is going to be levelled to make way for something to do with the WestConnex Road or M4 extension or some such infrastructure project.

Matthew Crafts (Randwick) is the leading try scorer in Colts 1 with 18 tries, followed by Austin Osagie and Jed Ibbotson, both from Manly and both on 15. I haven't done a full stats roundup for a while due to all the catch up games being played.

Bugger what the Tahs/Wobs/Aust 7's guys think. Sydney University have struggled with the flyhalf position this year. They landed Berrick Barnes last time and what The Corporation wants, they usually get. If they land QC (Quade Cooper), then they will be able to have either Foley or Cooper for their Shute...

Assuming that the three team NSW model of Botany Bay, North Harbour and Greater Sydney Rams is adopted, there will be a fair few folk in the Bush that will feel disenfranchised with no team to barrack for. I reckon that there are enough players around for NSW to sustain 4 teams, and still be...

Try to stay on NSW AAGPS chatter only folks. Take the speculation about the chances of ISA or QLD players making the Schoolboys Team to the relevant thread.

Gregor George Cup (Club Championship) Watch: It is getting tighter at the top as the usual suspects jockey with their positions and consolidate their lead at the top of the table. There is only 39 points separating the top 3 clubs. There is also one hell of a scrap for places 6-10 with just 60...

Eric Spilsted Shield (Colts Club Championship) Watch: The Gallopers now have a lead of more than 1 round of maximum points on The Corporation and it could prove to be unassailable. In turn, the Corporation nearly has a rounds maximum points lead over the Shoremen. I reckon that there will be...

Do we really lose that many "dual coders" to the Dark Side? It seems that most that we "lose" have already had fairly strong links with Fivekick and only played rugby because it was the sport they played at their School which had mandatory weekend sport. How many elite level youngsters as...

Round 14 Team Lists Pirates v The Corporation COLTS 1 West Harbour: 1. Jack Ulu, 2. Tonga Tangitau, 3. Paul Utaatu, 4. Taani Aitu, 5. Visiano Vaohea, 6. Harvard Mau, 7. Matthias Tutunoa, 8. Ola Moala, 9. Marcellous Rouse, 10. Travis Dombroski, 11. Henrik Anthony, 12. Danny Wilson, 13. D'Rhys...

Round 14 Team Lists Eastwood vs Penrith Eastwood: 1. Jed Gillespie, 2. Hugh Roach, 3. Rob Lagudi, 4. James Neale, 5. Jared Barry, 6. Michael Kovacic, 7. Hugh Perrett, 8, Joey Afualo, 9, Matt Gonzalez, 10. Jai Ayoub, 11. John Grant, 12. Tom Hill, 13. Mike McDougall, 14. Brad Curtis, 15. Ben...

While there will be other costs for staff, facilities etc but if each academy is allocated $0.5m (total $2.5m) then they may be competitive with the soon to be disestablished Car Makers trophy squads in Mungoland which IIRC has a salary cap of $0.25m. It may be that @TOCC is saying that a...

Has a sport ever taken another sport over? There is the quoted example of RU and RL in France under occupation in WW2. Are there others? Possibly NRL takeover of Touch in Australia, but Touch still exists and the game hasn't changed since the "takeover". There are probably examples of Clubs...

Here is last years NSW Eagles squad: http://nswcountryeagles.com/the-team/ Forwards Michael Ala'alatoa (Prop), Mitch Chapman (Lock), Duncan Chubb (Prop), Sam Croke (Backrow), Ryan Danziel (Hooker), Kane Douglas (Lock), Tala Gray (Backrow), Steven Hoiles (Backrow), Max Lahiff (Prop), Josh Mann-Rea...

Haven't we already tried the Academies model before, circa 2010? Was there originally one centrally funded and coordinated Academy with ACT, NSW and QLD "depots", followed by cost cutting to establish independent Academies in ACT, NSW and QLD which were to be locally funded?

The team list on the Stars website looks like it is last years team. http://www.sydneystarsrugby.com.au/team/

Some results off twitter from last night's Round 13 postponed games: Randwick v West Harbour Colts 3 Randwick 42 West Harbour 7 Colts 2 Randwick 57 West Harbour 15 Colts 1 Randwick 62 West Harbour 19 Pic: @eastwoodrugby Manly v Eastwood Colts 3 Manly 18 Eastwood 3 Colts 2 Manly 51 Eastwood 7...