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b) There have been 3 of these boys in the past 10 years, the first now teaches there, the second finished in 2008, and was coaching one of their junior sides last year,and lastly one who finished in 2010. c)Never happened. No doubt the Rugby program has impressive results from an almost...

Pre GFC I enquired with a GPS School regarding enrolments. I was advised that unless you are wait listed in the first 10, it was extremely unlikely that a vacancy would occur in that cohort over the next 6 years. So for 5 new arrivals to be of 1st XV quality is an unusually high hit rate. In any...

If you are going to build brand awareness you go where more than a handful know that you are contributing. Sit in the members with the sponsors and you will see none of that is going on.Just a bunch of blokes with too much money,having a few drinks supporting the wrong team. No they are paying...

Absolutely, I was never suggesting that Easts were in a different/poorer position than anyone else. The entire comp is propped up by benefactors. The very fact that gate receipts are so low demonstrates that clubs are relying upon a very narrow base.Which is a very dangerous game,when some...

Ever been to a SS game? What exposure does any of the 7 major sponsors(not the jersey sponsor)get when Easts play at Narrabeen or Penrith or Sylvania? Actually, what benefit do they get at a home game? If you can't demonstrate an economic rationale for being a sponsor, then I suggest that it is...

I made no comment on the board. My point was about the relevance of Easts in it's wider community, and it's capacity to support itself as a business. Gate takings would indicate that only WAGS and mums and dads are watching the Beasties these days . If they only generate a gate of 100 locals...

Total revenues $960k gate takings & program sales $28k Says it all doesn't it? Hope the directors understand they may be personally liable by continuing to trade. No way would I be on that board.

Everyone is always happy in January. No one has missed a tackle or dropped a ball. But more importantly no one has been dropped. If the coach is not well regarded in January, you are looking at a long, long year.

If the School enters into Math's contests with other Schools and agrees not to upgrade their stocks with imports, then that would be the same. But they don't. TSC should stop because they agreed not to!

Why would you just keep it to CAS/GPS? Oakhill beat nearly the whole CAS comp in trials last year. St Augustines flog Waverley every year these days,and have touched up both Joeys & Scots in recent years. Not sure about availability, but the Sports Highs should be considered as well. If it's...

There's a strong chance that the writer doesn't know who the 2012 captain was.

Carter is fine with the catch/pass in one movement.He has done this many times to good effect with the Tahs. Where he gets into problems IMO, is when he has multiple options.By the time he has decided which is his best option, it's too late. He seems unable to switch from option a to option...

yep your right. I looked it up, Carter re signs 27/7 Foley resigns 2 or 3 days later. He knows he is leaving, why would he then fill up the roster with guys he did not want to use all year,so the new guy cannot recruit the guys that he wants.......

We can agree to disagree on the 12.It's a thankless job recruiting.As you highlighted in an earlier post,for every signing, there are at least one or two options you have to pass on.Inevitably some of those that you have passed on will bloom. Neville being a good example.Everyone knew he was...

Carter was not the rock of the Tahs last year, he could not make the match day squad for a chunk of the season. He was originally told there would be no contract for him this year. CTM is unknown at this level, but has more upside than Carter. But Carter's stats do demonstrate he is reliable. I...

Forget about constant reshuffling in regards to the 19's. There were numerous complaints about selections. Almost to a man, the contentious selections were shown to be sub standard. If you send a sub standard squad, expect a sub standard result.

How many different players did we use in the backline last year? How many of them could make an AB's side? I know it sounds defeatist, but there is no shame to losing to those guys ATM. I'm not saying they are unbeatable, and we should just concede. Just that man for man very few Oz guys could...

Put Cruden at 10 with the AB's and he looks like a champ. Put Cruden at 10 with the Wob's and he would be average. The difference? In black he get front foot ball all day, and arguably the best players in the world outside him. The defence are worried about every player around him. He is spoiled...

Everybody likes you until they don't give you what you want. If Pulver is going to make a decision about anything, he will be alienating someone within the camp. If he sides with NSW then everyone will hate him, if he sides against them he will be viewed as weak or untrustworthy by the NSW camp...

Put your house on it.