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Comfortable win for Easts 1s Colts vs Uni 46-21. Easts #6 and #7 and #13 oustanding - Uni #8 MoM on a losing team - took the lions share of the backrow work on his considerable shoulders. Easts Colts 1s and 3s take their respective minor Premierships.

Agreed - easy with 20/20 hindsight; take the points, take the points, take the points.

Gordon def in with a shout, but have lacked consistency - recent Easts vs Gordon game was low scoring (15 -5) but wasn't really in doubt - their first match-up was a very tight affair.

Colts 1s minor premiership up for grabs with Easts vs Uni, Thursday evening - Easts currently leading the 1s comp by 5 points. The (Easts/Uni) 1s game will be won up front (as always) - Uni have a solid front five but a weak #7 and #6. Easts have a very strong and mobile back row, but their...

Dominated by England as expected, some already play in the Gallagher premiership - not one of our boys make the replacements bench either.

Both England and France rotated their squads really well to rest/test players - with over 30 different starting players for each during the tournament - excellent management. Europe also has the advantage of an U20s Six Nations, plus other games throughout the year, to allow them to evaluate...

Good news is Nathan Grey's tenure is over - one to forget - he'll find himself at home in Japan. I refuse to believe we don't have at least two players who can compete for every position and not bring the standard down when used, and keep the incumbents honest. England and France used over 30...

Agreed - IMO Gamble is more of a #6.25 than a #7. Leota at #6 is an upgrade IMO, FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) and Sinclair can backup there also.

I don't think they care imho - they have made over 25 changes to their starting XV over 3 games - each position has a genuine alternative who can slot in without a huge drop in quality - and they have won every game with those changes.

Club Rugby in NSW for certain positions is higher than Waratahs Super Rugby - NSW Waratahs Back Row is desperate for a proper #7 - but they stick with the substandard incumbent.

If we had beaten Italy (I think) this would be moot - as it is, I think we are lucky that Georgia beat Italy or we would be playing to avoid relegation to the Trophy. As mentioned by someone earlier - you have to win your games against weaker sides, or risk the consequences; Ireland beat Italy...

Agreed - a development squad that play for their Clubs in Shute Shield and train with Waratahs full squad. Certainly it can be overweight U23s, but not simply full of Gen Blue who play limited games, and some can't even get into their Club's 2nd grade. Could even create a brand new team in...

If it is wet, I reckon we'll be in trouble - dry and an outside chance.

Agreed - any of the top 4 SS would smash Gen Blue - nothing of note in the Waratahs Academy front 5, and a horribly weak back row. Reckon even a 'best of' SS Colts would beat them - they could trial that as an idea.

True - the Waratahs Academy is low performance rather than high performance. NSW Waratahs Academy need to watch way more Colts Shute Shield - they could upgrade their entire back row.

The knock-on effect from this (for NSW) is those ignored/unseen players never had the chance to impress selectors for JWBs as N Grey only chose NSW players from Waratahs Academy (where his assistant coach is the HP Director). Were/are they better than the Waratahs Academy incumbents? Some...

This is exactly what we should be seeing in Shute Shield (in my opinion) after Super Rugby finishes for players out of WBs contention. It strengthens Shute Shield and raises the bar for the competition - it also allows the current SS players to show their abilities against Super Rugby contracted players.

That's the issue in a nutshell (for NSW) - players selected into Gen Blue were then auto-rolled into Waratahs Academy without checks and balances, without looking at the Shute Shield Colts later developers. To add insult to proverbial injury, last year's NSW U19s coach chose many of his own...

Watched the game - 1st thing I noted (and yes I know it was raining) - how much ball did we kick away? Even in good attacking positions we kicked ball away. Our back row (bar #7) is weak (with little or no firepower on the bench either - in this or the last game) - #6 is a liability and...

Pietsch is a #7 playing #11 - if we have gas on the other wing it could work. He has a problem finishing, but his work rate is high.