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How's Tom Piroddi looking these days? He's not quite as tall as McCauley (but then again, who is, apart from Tui?), but had a much bigger build when they were at school, and I can only assume that a couple of seasons of Colts/Gen Blue preparation would've added some bulk. He's also got a massive...

Just received this from a club contact.......no changes except for the addition of Hutchison & Kennewell.......... NSW Waratahs General Manager of Rugby Tim Rapp has released his under 20 and under 19 elite development squads for 2017 ahead of the second Super 20s tournament to be held later...

Any news yet regarding the Gen Blue squad?

I don't know about the rest of this group, but Nathan Lawson's finished school and will be playing Colts in 2017

I've stayed out of this discussion so far, but I'm not sure why Southern Districts got a mention here - we field 4 Grade teams and 3 Colts teams, and while our results haven't necessarily been what we'd hoped for in recent years, we've been consistently competitive in every grade. Last year 1st...

Apparently there's a Gen Blue U19s vs U20s trial at Moore Park this afternoon but have not been able to locate any details so far

Reasoning said in his earlier post that McTaggart is going to Easts

They'll have to be playing in a lower grade because if they're 'bench sitting' their points still contribute to the team's total

Great news that he's staying with rugby, but not so great that he's going to one of the main offenders when it comes to stacking teams with high points rep players.......

Yeah, I get that part of it - I imagine a lot of Randwick boys are already (or will be) part of the NSW U20s set-up, as well as those moving inter-state, so they won't have all of their recruits available for the start of the season, but they'll have major issues when the players all become...

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Fair enough - so they'll have to fit him in with Gittoes and Piroddi

You're quite right, HJ, it was Easts that drew peoples' ire last season, and hopefully they'll have learnt their lesson for next season. But I think it was the oversight & management of the player points system by the competition that failed us, and not necessarily the points system itself. To...

Hasn't Haangana been picked up by the Rebels? Shouldn't be an issue though, considering they still have Tom Piroddi. Seems like Randwick will be struggling with the points cap in both 1sts and 2nds next year! Let's hope the competition manager's computer software doesn't experience the same...

Newington is in the inner west rather than the inner city, and isn't exactly next door to Souths!?! And not sure how relevant the comment was in the first place, given that the discussion was referring to McTaggart, a Joeys (Hunters Hill) player who apparently hails from Wagga.....

I don't know about him never making it in rugby, although that may be moot given the obvious push to get him into an NRL team. I thought his form in the 2015 AAGPS season was outstanding, and very few teams were able to contain him. His support play was spot-on, and his ability to bust tackles...

You make a very good point, but my initial suggestion about him playing No. 8 was related to the fact that he only became a front-rower last season, after reportedly playing in the centres prior to that. So, with only two years experience as a front-rower, the conversion to back-row wouldn't be...

Never suggested he's a bad player at all - who can deny that he adds serious go-forward to any attack, and some scary hits in defence? Just suggesting that his conversion to THP wasn't particularly good, because size doesn't make up for either technique or skill in that crucial position. This...

RA - agree with all your points, but the last is probably the most important.

It wasn't meant to be harsh - just realistic. I'd suggest he was picked more for his ability to bend the line in attack, and to put the occasional big hit on in defence, rather than for his scrummaging ability. And while he may have been the unanimous choice for G&GR GPS THP, the Aus schools...