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Well, this is the forum for that. I'm sure debating scholarships have been rife at these schools for years.

Mail just in. Richard Turnbull is the candidate for Aggies 2012. Anyone from Orange Emus know much about this? I know he helped out the Waratahs early this year with some skill sessions, so this is a bit of a coup for the Aggies if they can pull it off.

You mean Grammar and High would debate that...

Anything is possible LD, Wagga is the centre of the universe mate!!

Ag College Chasing International Coach... Who could this be? My mail said that they were looking for a local bloke, but given Stu Hodgson's contacts in NZ, this could be anybody. It's exciting times for the club. Anyone from Sydney (or Aggies) have any mail on this one? My initial thoughts...

Mate, if you're keen, just do it. I had the opportunity to play rugby in Canada and the UK and it is one of my (many) regrets that I didn't take those chances when they came up. You can always come back to your life at home... I bet you'd find that there are a lot of blokes at your club who...

This comment belongs in your favourite schools thread IS... But private school is where a lot of current senior grade players earn their stripes? As much as it sucks, this is the rugby landscape in Australia (and generally, the rest of the world) and as much as the Super Rugby franchises and...

What did Vinny Munro do to get shafted from the panel? Or what didn't he do? I liked the way he reffed and thought that he was an up and comer?

Righto, now for the silly season... Following the post season celebrations, there has already been some considerable movement at the station as far as coaching goes. There are also player movements out of the zone that will make the competition much closer next season (particularly bring...

Good to see Empire!! I'm excited about the Super Rugby season and am looking forward to the Brumbies showing some ticker. The thing that has been really disappointing over the past few seasons has been the lack of heart show by these guys. I think that's why Git's "Captain" call to Moore was...

That's it mate, we get the Brumbies Country visits on the bye week which generally happens midweek. It would be great to tie something like that in with a club training session or something similar. We had the trial match v Chiefs in about 2005 (i think) which was great, but Wagga doesn't have a...

I agree, sensational idea and one that shows that Jake White has some sense about him. I think the franchises in general tend to focus too much on themselves when the reality of professional sport is that without the general public, they don't have a job. Good work Jake. It'd be great to see...

I think the College likes to keep things in house. I'd be surprised if you found many boys that were allowed to participate in extra-curricular rugby activities that clashed with College commitments.

This post belongs in the there they're their topic.

Grammar have been poor for decades. That's life, try coaching a junior rugby team in regional NSW mate. You can guarantee that there are players playing rugby until around the under 16's age group. They go to boarding school for the final 2-3 years of school and leave their local comp...

It's been done in the past...

Is this a suggestion that the ARU should tell the GPS, CAS, ISA schools where they should be playing their rugby? In terms of playing numbers? Rugby is the number one winter sport in NZ, Australia has more competition for numbers with winter sports (AFL, League, Union, Soccer) and will...

Thanks fellas. Chances are, there won't be anyone to take over the role when he leaves. This was one of the most heart breaking things about being a DO, without that contact inside the school driving things for you, you're buggered. What that comes back to though is the local clubs driving...

Not bad. There is a video of Matt Burke in his schoolboy days where he kicks the ball at the posts from the same point - he hits the goal post and gets the ball to bounce back to him.

NT is a tough gig Ruggo. Not a traditionally rugby oriented state, AFL would easily be the number one sport in the Territory, tyranny of distance etc etc. It seems strange though that given a good local contact, the DO hasn't followed up on it. Rugby will always play third fiddle to AFL and...