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Good to have RugbyNews still going, oily rag and all. Subscribe to the digital edition if you can to keep them going. Someone from NSWRU/SRU needs to send the memo about Intrust (and some graphics) to the Editorial staff at Rugby News. They still have a name not to be mentioned logo...

@Ryan09, I reckon the devil is in the detail of @Lance Free's post. As of Monday, they may not have had full agreement on the Intrust deal, so they look like the prematurely "sort of" rolled over the Magners deal from 2014 in a bit of a smoke and mirrors arrangement. Perhaps the announcement...

An occasional sidetrack or tangential post is usually ok in the threads, but the above sidetrack adds no value whatsoever IMHO. Can we return to topic - TV Ratings for Rugby? I assume that the Digital channels of the FTA networks are also rated. It will be interesting to see what the...

Good on InTrust for coming to the rescue. Nothing like the last safe moment. I see that the post on the NSW RU web site has been amended to remove any reference to Magners. The competition draw page now has this logo in place.

Not that we are going to see them much in the Shute Shield, but the Tahs dressed up in their club kit for training the other day. Notice anything? Pix from Tahs Instagram JacPot is now a Wick not a Beastie.

The start of Immediately seems to commence after the tackler has released the tackled player, and then rolled away. The referees tend to look for the tackled player to immediately release the ball by putting it on the ground in any direction, once they have been satisfied that the tackler has...

Evidence by the almost total absence of any AAGPS school from the Waratah Shield 1st XV competition. While Scots won it in 1990, I can not recall any AAGPS School entering that competition this century.

Taniela is playing Premier Grade rugby for the Brothers Club in Brisbane, and doing quite well at it by all accounts. His elder brother, Criff (apt for them both to be playing for the Brothers Club), has also been a bit of a revelation in the opening rounds, although he is not U20 eligible...

I am not suggesting that the Ponies have not adopted a strategy to quickly realign their defence quicker than their opponents can get their next phase started. In reality it doesn't matter what strategy a team adopts to realign their defence if the attacking team fluffs around all day at the...

From what I gather there will be two Opens competions administered by SJRU: A Saturday U18 competition (running 11 rounds until the June Long weekend) with an 11 am kick off before Colts 3rds, and a Sunday Opens competition involving 7 teams (down from 12 last year). Questions about...

^^^ The best way to not make a line break is to give the defence time to organise a line.

What is this competition going to be called? NSW RU released this presser on their web site which refers to the Magners Shute Shield. http://www.nswrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/374/ArticleID/14856/Magners-Shute-Shield-launched-for-2015.aspx Yahoo News are talking about the Intrust...

Last season, Hobbits, MMM, M2B, Pirates and Wicks intermittently played 5th grade matches according to the Shute Shield Draw/Results page. What clubs have the numbers to run 5th grade teams this year?

Most Premier Rugby Competitions are under way, or about to start in the next week or two. So who knows what is happening with NRC 2015. FoxSports have committed to the competition for the next 5 years, although there may be some changes. Assuming that the same teams (or a very close...

Has the 4 digit crowd figure started booing your mob yet? The Reds have still got a way to go to beat our mob at their lowest ebb. Hang in there Queenslanders. The good thing about heading downhill is that it can only get better, sometime soon. Australian Rugby needs the Reds to be...

What are the chances of a Reds Player coup a la Les Frogge at RWC11? They nearly won RWC in 2011 in spite of their coach, and still look to be coachless. Keep the coach on, just ignore him on gameday. The players are not stupid. Nearly all have been exposed to top level game plans...

In State schools, and many small private schools, the sport/physical education component of the curriculum is timetabled to occur mid-week, which frees up the weekend for the kids. Unlike New Zealand, there is no tradition of State Schools and small private schools participating in Saturday...

If they play with pace, precision, and patience when in possession, there will be no line to bend. With speed of execution and accuracy when in possession, the Ponies won't have time to organise their solid defence structures and the gaps will appear. Unfortunately precision and patience...

Captains Call photo from Waratahs facebook page. Are they really the Captains for 2015? Name the Captains in the photo: Eastern Suburbs: Eastwood: Mick Snowden Gordon: Matt Hayter Manly: Kotone Ale Northern Suburbs: Ben Matwijow Parramatta: Nick Blacklock (?) Penrith: Andrew Peleasio...

Good on you for defending the "wounded" Rat @Lee Grant. The next little chestnut to put to bed before the cows come home to roost in the chookhouse is the composition of the gameday squads. As this tournament doubles as a selection for the National U20 squad, it is fair to assume that...