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Yep GPS Navy 19-10 over Gold. Didn't see much of the game but what I did see was very competitive and the pace picked up when mass replacements were made late in the second half. AIC and CSS was nil all at half time and 10-7 to AIC at FT. The winning try coming with 5 minutes left. Best for...

Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) 1 John Downes Marist College Ashgrove 2 Sam Finocchiaro Iona College 3 Brad Kuhn St Patrick’s College 4 Ben Geraghty Marist College Ashgrove 5 Harry Fox Padua College 6 KoTahi Hetaraka Iona College 7 Ethan Reese St Patrick’s College 8...

Congrats to the co-premiers in First XV - Ashgrove, St Patrick's and Iona Congrats to MCA for undefeated premierships in 2nd XV, 3rd XV, 10A and 10B Iona 9A, 9B and 8A and Ashgrove 8B also won their respective grades 7A was a 3 way going into yesterday's games with Ash, Villa and Iona...

Fourthly , CAS and ISA Schools have had a long proud Rugby history and there has been wax and wane over time over what competition is the stronger , or at least , which competition's best 2 or 3 teams are better than the other competition's best 2 or 3 teams . It's no big thing for a CAS or ISA...

Well said Ali. What is happening in Sydney school rugby with their inter-association trials has seen CAS and ISA schools regularly beating their GPS peers. It's exciting and will be interesting to see if it translates into better performances for their state teams at the National Champsionships...

I don't like being fed baloney. "For this review, the AIC engaged a highly qualified team led by Professor Cliff Mallett and his colleagues at the University of Queensland. This team undertook a research phase that included survey contributions from more than 4700 students, parents and staff...

Galloper, I just see this as possibly the beginning of the end. Maybe I am jumping at shadows but there is a good rationale to enhance the rugby season not complement it with RL! I do see your point on Confraternity but that is one week in the holidays, not 7 weeks in the term. Why trial for 2...

I couldn't say definitively Reg, but yes I think they do. That's why schools invest in their programmes because they know they are going to attract good athletes into those respective sports. If Brisbane Grammar played League instead of Union and there was no rowing, I know plenty of dads who...

A near sighted move by the AIC. Yes, the "demand" has been there for years but rather than trying to enhance the Union competition, they have now squeezed it into term 2 with barely a trial game before a 7 week competition. And this is a pathway? How much $ has the AFL and the NRL given to...

Never before did a 7 all draw become such a bore!

10As = circa 15As. Ashgrove 16As won well last year. But 10As was 7 all in a cliff hanger. Anyone know how Villa fared on Saturday against SPC baked beans and spaghetti?

Rugby League improves tackling? That is a myth Imagine if RL players were yellow carded for any hit above the breast line (as it pretty much is in RU these days)? What about the grapple tackles and neck rolls and egg rolls and chinese burns that League players execute? None of that rubbish is...

https://rugbynews.net.au/nsw-juniors-announce-changes-increase-opportunity-players-outside-private-school-system/ There were a few GPS and CAS reps in that Sydney Rays team but maybe not flooding it with private school boys was a deliberate strategy. Or maybe the identification and recruiting...

Pinetree, you don't need to rely on your memory and second guess yourself. All the facts are in this JGC thread mate. p106 - Game 1 was QLD Red v QLD Blue Post #2107 BAG notes that LR (aka #15) was missing from the game Post #2110 watch the video - #15 does not run out, #23 starts at fullback...

Fact was one of the boys was given #13 for the week, lost it after the last Ballymore game and had to wear #17 in the final. But that's beside the point. He wasn't given a starting spot in the first game and neither was #15 - he didn't even play. Mr 13/17 was used sparingly across the week...

The score in the first 20 minutes after half time of the final was something like 7-5 so it was not all one way traffic for Red v Rays. Well done Rays for showing some character. Red when they clicked were unstoppable. They put over 60 on Blue on Day 1 (without two of their prominent backline...

And the 15 is a 10. And the 10 doesn't play rugby at his school.

In the 1995 test v NZ Schools, Joeys also had 7 reps. Surely, a record.

Joeys had 6 reps in a couple of teams in the early 1990s and 7 went on an Australian Schoolboys tour. Through the 80s and 90s, they regularly had 3/4 reps each year.

Gordon is a bloody good player and will have his day. He tried his guts out on Saturday and the kick thing is irrelevant now. Who really knows why the team decided to go for the try instead? Maybe that was a gutsier call than taking the kick. Maybe they did man up? Yep, play the ball not the kid.