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I think the obvious significance is that, presumably, any Year 11 boys in First XV's this year will be backing up again next year. Although the age of the Year 11's is not irrelevant, you'd rather them be turning 18 next year than 17. To the extent it matters, I now think MCA will have 5 x...

I can understand why SLC might field 6 Year 11 boys in their First XV, but would be surprised to see Iona do the same given that historically they haven’t been too competitive in that year/age group. A few others here would know better than me, but at this stage I think MCA will probably have 4...

St Andrew’s College, Christchurch St Bede’s College, Christchurch I think the second game v St Bede’s was a draw.

Not just you, remember when 90kg (or 14 stone) was fairly big and 100kg was massive?

Half blood outcast!

No worries, but I’ll think you’ll find that GO is a BBC parent with a general interest in AIC rugby, not one of ours!

Was that an imaginary game? I had to look it up, Iona have probably beaten MCA 3-4 times over the 20 years of AIC competition but I'm pretty sure you'll find that the biggest ever scoreline in Iona's favour over MCA was 43-16 in 2013. Of course, the next time Iona beat MCA was in 2018...

That's an interesting way to put it, does this means that SPC only beat Iona last year because of luck? Losing a home game 32-19 with the premiership on the line doesn't sound like bad luck to me, but maybe I'm wrong.

Not sure that SPC has been flying under the radar in recent years, since about 2014 they've had some strong teams and some great individual players which has definitely improved the standard and competitiveness of the AIC First XV comp. So, for this year, who are likely to be SPC's guns, apart...

Thanks mate, some interesting stuff there. I definitely wouldn't say that athletics is struggling in the AIC. Even allowing for the fact that (unlike say BBC as a prime example) there are no imported footballers or pure athletes competing at the AIC championships, the winning times and...

Jets, I can assure you that SPLC's unpopularity is not just attributable to the fact that they only choose to be competitive when it suits them, e.g. swimming and tennis, and even then they have to bring in the team from elsewhere. There also seems to be a misplaced arrogance among a lot of...

Hey Reg As I'm assuming you have a son at AT and are therefore in the loop, does AT aspire towards inclusion in the AIC now that they finally have boys in Years 5 - 12? If not, who will their rugby (and other sporting) teams play against in the future? I'm not sure (as in I have no idea...

Hey TP, I'm pretty sure you're aligned to SLC, are they allowing their First/Second XV squad members to play AFL for the school? I know that at Marist the rugby boys have been actively discouraged from playing AFL, which has significantly diluted the talent pool on top of the swimmers...

Well, GT had already lost to BBC and NC before playing Churchie, so they were due.....

I think we're going in circles a bit so I won't reply in detail particularly as, theories aside, we will all know the real answer within the next 6 months or so. In reality, my point boils down to the overwhelming probability that, all other things being equal, an 18yo player will have a...

Some interesting logic there. How do you reckon a good First XV side would go against a good Colts 1 side? Presumably, according to your argument, the schoolboys would probably win because most of the Colts boys would have "already reached their peak" and/or been "unable to maintain...

Izaia Perese moved from Eddies to Churchie with Fox, Churchie got a good return from that investment. Tristan Stanghon from Iona to Churchie a couple of years later, Australian Schools rep, so another good AIC recruit there. Having said that, I think it's pretty clear that if a boy is going to...

Yep, it’s handy for both the Second XV and Year 10A’s to be run by guys who have coached First XV premierships, and all are current staff members.

MCA has Anthony Mathison as one of Dave Miles’ assistant coaches next year, pretty impressive coaching group for what should be a good side.

I guess restricting sponsorship to povvo brands like Aldi or Kia wouldn't work either, given the audience demographics.