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Those figures look a bit rubbery. There are FAR more rugby clubs in Oz than league clubs. A quick search shows there were 117,178 rugby players in Australia in 2019 and 180,600 league players in 2023.

Forecast is 9 to 17 degrees with a 40%chance of rain. Take yer brollies, and Drizabones.

A national club competition would be the worst thing for rugby in this country. Why would a player turn up for Two Blues, West Harbour, Southern Districts, or any club in Brisbane other than Brothers or University? The pyramid would become so steep it'd be more like a column. A comprehensive...

....and I (sensibly) didn't have anything on that prediction!

Mungo, don't forget the college chaplain. He's the 1. There are still some Marist Sisters at Woolwich, although retired.

Many years ago, when Joeys was an all boarding school, boys trained for rugby three days a week (on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays), played internal colour comp (on Wednesdays and Sundays, often the toughest games most boys played), then another school (on Saturdays) and finished off with a...

King's, Grammar and Newington all have two prep schools while Joeys and High don't have one. Correct me if I'm wrong but Riverview's junior school starts in year 5. E, G, K, N and S start their rugby programs well before the other three, they should be much better in the 13s and 14s. WTF did...

Hope the zimmer frame batteries are fully charged.

I'm with you on that, GoR, only two that year? Most years Joeys would have three or four scrummies deserving of higher honours. :rolleyes:

Isn't that a bastard act? Fancy Joeys stacking the Firsts. Please bring this to the attention of the relevant headmasters and/or the GPS executive officer. As an Old Boy of such an institution, former parent and uncle and cousin of a handful of OBs, in addition to a friend of many parents of...

I must be going old and deaf. Maybe it was my position on the western side up near the scoreboard but all I heard when the 2s fella was attempting to win the game with that final kick was silence. As for the Scots 1s going over to their supporters before accepting the Joeys sportsmanship...

It's nice to see Holloway get a run at 8 the last two weeks. I've always thought the Wallabies go best with a big, bruising 8 in the mould of David Lyons or Toutai Kefu; for those of a certain age I could add Mark Loane. Holloway started in the back row for the Tahs and his NRC side all those...

Someone must've entered some incorrect data as to the home side here, Joeys and View are playing at home. Changes predictions somewhat.

Has any discussion/arrangement been made this year between King's, Joeys, View, Shore, whomever to run a Spaghetti Cup competition? If so, it'd be nice to know who's in and running scores.

Done.

Don't the lower opens (7ths to the highest) at Joeys, King's, View, whomever play for the Spaghetti Cup these days? Great competition when it ran.

What's the story about Penrith being admitted to Sydney Subbies?

Well, wasn't that a brutal reality check. After our hopes were raised by a dominant Tahs team cleaning up all their opponents by at least 15 points, the Tahs-heavy Wallaroos were comprehensively outplayed by a well-prepared and skilful Canadian team. The Canadians did the simple rugby things...

Riverview started a grand building in the 1880s to view the river and welcome those arriving by boat. Then, motor cars were invented and arrivees came down the road at the 'rear' of the main site. Running out of money didn't help, either. A shame the Jesuits didn't have the courage to...

Looking at travel over the last five weeks, the Canes, Brumbies and Saders have the least inconvenience of all. The Canes play in Canberra and then all matches on the North Island; the Brumbies play in Perth (sorta same as crossing the Tasman for us) and all other games in eastern Australia...