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Announcement made at the SIRU AGM that Richard Turnbull will be the 2013 SIRU Head Coach supported by Mick Small and Luke Eldridge. Great news for the zone and having a Level III Coach for SIRU should flush out some interest in the rep team that will play in the Brumbies Provincial Tournament...

Granted that Brett Sheehan has probably played his last game for his country and should probably be looking to settle down into a cushy office job or lucrative overseas contract. My concern is that Sheehan has been head and shoulders over players like Phipps for a fair while now and it's...

Brett Sheehan - You poor bastard. Deserves to be there and had 30mins of run on time before being injured. Absolutely gut wrenching.

jb23 I'm looking forward to the announcement, this guy's got some calibre!

Lindommer - Surely of all the GAGR members you are aware that it is a long way from Deni or Hay to most places in Southern NSW! Bus trips are the order of the day when visiting these towns and they are very liquid trips home! Hay - Deni = 120kms Wagga - Deni = 275kms Wagga - Hay = 270kms...

Post your SIRU 2013 thoughts, gossip and ideas in here, check back weekly for updates as the season gets underway. Any mail on 2013 Coach and Player movements? Reddies lose a few, Tahs and Griffith have new coaches (Hugh Palmer and Lee Kimball respectively), what's happening down on the...

I fucking hope so. Local boy makes good! Honestly, it would be a huge reward for some major sacrifices made by the Abel family and would also highlight the fact that good rugby players can make it from different backgrounds. There are plenty of folks at the Brumbies who have known Robbie, AJ...

en_force_er Brumbies Guy Robbie's old man played for Waikato IIRC. Great family values and deadset driven. I would put my money on him being surrounded by some close friends at Royals and he will dig in to have a solid season. Here's a clip of him running around in the JID. Exciting times and...

Great to see Robbie Abel back in the fold in the 'berra. Robbie played Aus Schools in 2007 or 2008 from memory and has been plying his trade in NZ.

Folks don't seem happy about this elementfreak What about the Vic Country competition?

Bruwheresmycar I agree with your point that the referee can control things to an extent on the field with the players, the real key to this is associations supporting their referees and unions assisting by publicly backing their referees. As a referee you expect 50% of players and supporters are...

Hugh Palmer has been coaching overseas this season and would be a handy acquisition at Waratahs but I doubt he will be back in Australia in time for pre-season. Lee Kimball will be at Griffith in 2013 which will be positive for the club as he has had quite a few successful seasons with the...

It will be interesting to see what happens with recruitment at all the clubs. Aggies have been strong for a number of seasons now - I wonder if they can keep that level of consistency up for an extended period of time? Life on campus for CSU and Aggies seems to have changed in the last 5 or so...

Lindommer has a solid knowledge of all things rural, particularly rural geography (not to mention wine regions). I think he was always going to be pretty quick off the mark on that one LG!

I think a rookie S15 player is on roughly 70k. I can't confirm that though.

Far out jb23, I thought my rugby withdrawals were bad! My mail says there will be a number of retirements this year including coaches and players. Where is the Walsh and Blair Cup?

The Bill Castle Medal for Best & Fairest as voted by the Southern Inland Referees was a tie between Albury #8 Nathan Bright and Wagga City 5/8 Hamish Wrafter. Both these guys have had very handy seasons and fully deserve this accolade for their effort in 2012. It will be interesting to see if...

Premier Division First Grade: Aggies 26 bt Albury 25 - MOM Scott Hocking (Aggies Hooker) Second Grade: Aggies 50 bt CSU 21 - MOM Dan Higgins (Aggies 5/8) First Division First Grade: Young 30 bt Cootamundra 25 - MOM Nic Walker (Young Winger) Second Grade: Hay 43 bt Griffith 7 - MOM Ed...

Well, it’s finally arrived, Grand Final Day. We’ve been training at pre-season since January, playing footy since March, kicked off the competition on April 14 and now here we are after 277 matches over 18 weeks of the competition. The Walsh and Blair Cup is up for grabs on Saturday with Albury...

SIRU Week Two Finals Results: Premier Division First Grade: Albury 28 bt Wagga City 21 Second Grade: CSU 26 bt Waratahs 24 First Division First Grade: Coota 36 bt Tumut 24 Second Grade: Griffith 14 bt Young 12 Third Grade: Ag College 33 bt Wagga City 5 Under 17's: Griffith 22 bt...