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Just my opinion, but I think that the 2017 MCA team had a few more top line talents than the 2019 version which explains their dominance that year, including in particular Emosi Tuqiri and Brayden Law in the forwards and guys like Jaz Day, Sean Anderson, Ben Bucknell, Kale Van Dugteren and Lachy...

MCA 29 d Padua 10

I definitely agree that MCA’s greatest strength, and advantage, is in the centres, Radford and Moller will be a big challenge for the smaller, younger Villa boys. But, if Villa can’t get some ascendancy at the breakdowns the likes of Muir and Agnew aren’t going to feature too much. I think you...

Big call there, Echidna. There's a fine line between confidence and being the kiss of death..... ;)

Just on Bryant, I like him too and he would be in my AIC XV. Good runner of the ball, but have yet to see him stand out in top company like Baker did against NSW U15's last year. Livingstone being 18 gives him a bit of a physical edge this year, particularly against 16yo's, but I wasn't that...

GO, just out of interest, if Bryant made no real impact v MCA on the back of an extraordinarily dominant tight 5, when did he become so good, in your eyes?

Yep, my tip would be to let the coaches coach, the boys play and let's see what happens. As there is no AIC team this year it's pointless worrying about someone else's purely subjective opinion. As for GO's team, not too many issues with it except I'd find it hard to see Baker missing out if...

Didn't I say in the post you quoted: "MCA finish with Villa, Padua and Iona, the next two games are away so a tough road home." Was there something unclear about that? Right now I think MCA will start favourites in each of those games but could quite easily lose 2/3, playing good teams...

Serge, that analysis might have some merit but for the following: given that Iona have already lost 3/4 games, including a loss to SPC whom MCA beat 48-0, they're probably not a great team to use as a form guide this year; if my memory serves me correctly MCA scored 5 tries to 4 when losing to...

MCA finish with Villa, Padua and Iona, the next two games are away so a tough road home with the F/A record and keeping a clean sheet unlikely to be on their radar. Even if MCA gets over Villa this week they then have Padua, who will have only one loss if they manage to beat SPC on Saturday...

Unbelievable run by Savage that day, but according to the GPS meet records he had a massive 3.9 tailwind for that race which was probably worth about 0.2 to him.

Good input there Vik, your posts have always contained sensible and balanced comments on Villa rugby, and it's been good for the AIC competition to see the gradual improvement of Villa's First XV's over the past few years. In relation to this year's Villa First XV, are you able to post a team...

Saw Floyd Aubrey doing the MCA walkathon today with a bandage on his chin and a footy in his hand, doesn’t look to me like he’ll miss any games.

Yes, and by 17 points I believe. Incredibly close game though.

MCA team should be something like this: 1. Harry Clements 2. Harry McVeigh 3. Luke Mekea 4. Lachy Laffer 5. William Michelmore 6. Nick Baker 7. Lachy Howse (c) 8. Gus Rosanowski 9. Sam Stephens 10. Lachlan McDonald 11. Hunter Dreghorn 12. Josh Radford 13. Campbell Moller 14. Dwayne Ludwick...

Interesting comment, what "money spent" and "development"are you referring to? All of the MCA coaches are full-time teachers at the school, the team's "development" consists of training hard in the gym and on the field (like every other team, I'd expect) and I'm unaware of any money being...

Past performance means very little in terms of the result of this week's game, but at the same time it's a bit laughable for anyone to rely on individual games in 2017 when attempting to predict the outcome of a schoolboys game in 2019. However, if you did want to look back at previous MCA v...

MCA odds too short, but the line looks about right. From what I can tell SLC's 8 Bryant is their linchpin, he looks to be in great form as a ball runner. It wouldn't surprise me if MCA give their 6 Nick Baker the challenge of dealing with Bryant, a case of the unstoppable force meets the...

4pm @ SPLC I believe

If true, that's a ridiculous, narrow-minded decision. It's not like ATC hasn't been around for a quite a few years now, and I would have thought that ATC's admission to the AIC is not, on its own, likely to affect the enrolment plans of too many parents looking at Eddies or SLC (if any)...