As a Terrace old boy who now lives in Bardon I heard that the Padua vs. Ashgrove game was a big one and decided to ditch the GPS home game as it was only against Bond. I will start by saying; Credit to Ashgrove on their win yesterday outmuscling against a substantially larger and heavily favoured Padua team. However I will say that the performance by the young males dressed in GPS gear (whom I'm assuming are old boys) on the far side of the field was less than exemplary. Their slandering of the Padua team such as telling their tighthead prop (no. 3) "to go eat some more party pies you fat c**t", yelling to the winger Atwood (no. 11) "why dont you fix your fringe again number 11 you f******g queer and giving a hard time to the fullback (no. 15) about someone named Mary who I believe is his sister was simply un-acceptable. As well as having a go at the referee inciting violence and not to mention the fact they were all DRINKING and SMOKING in an un-licensed venue which saw Police called to the game was un-believable, a true blight on a great spectacle.
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Stan Wickham (3)
To clarify ... Not Ashgroves last home game yesterday that is in 2 weeks v SPLC. Ashgrove took the points yesterday due to a very dominant pack . Line outs were taken at will . Very mobile 2 nd row and props
Padua can work towards a strong '15 '16 with several year 11s an 10s ! in this years firsts. Keep them away from league and they could take a premiership. Eddies can thank Setu for saving them a couple of times this year.
16a's would've been very dominate, from watching there previous performances against other schools, They have defiantly got the premiership this year
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Chris McKivat (8)
To be honest a lot of that is completely irrelevant, take a trip up to Shorncliffe on Old Boys Day, Villa Park next weekend etc and the same behaviour goes on. Not saying that the behaviour is right but you've got to be equipped to handle that if you want to be an undeafeated 1st XV side. Padua is the only school left that Ashgrove has never lost to and the players and old boys are hardly going to hand that milestone over on a platter. I always thought next year will be Padua's time and still do think so but they couldn't handle the pressure and expectation yesterday by the look of things. Pains me to say this but congrats to Ashgrove so far this year.
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Herbert Moran (7)
Yesterday was the first game the 1sts and 15As have lost this season. The 1sts currently have two year 10s (O'Toole and Ah San)
and a few year 11s (Creighton, Honour, O'Donnell, Schwenke). They'll be hard to beat in the next couple of years.
pundit
Herbert Moran (7)
Ordinary form. Shame behaviour like this tarnishes a good game of rugby.
Mike_Union
Bob McCowan (2)
I disagree. I believe they still have Villa and Pats to play (Is this correct?). If both teams play at the high standard which was seen on the weekend they will be hard to beat. Particularly Villa at home (I believe they beat peters 38-24?)
Mike_Union
Bob McCowan (2)
Final scores for the weekend?
Yeah I think it rattled Padua to be honest, they were definitely hearing it as I saw them looking over when they were being directly sledged. You're right though they shouldn't have let it get to them
Hey mate, went over to see a family friends son play in the Villanova first XV game last weekend, can also confirm that the old boys were being extremely irrational in their language. What happened when the police cam out of interest?
Bad luck to Villa for yesterday
Royalderry
Peter Burge (5)
The only thing more shameful than the Ashgrove supporters was the fact the Ashgrove administration did nothing to eject them - Ashgrove seems to promote a win and at all costs culture which is IMO very ugly. The fact that the Shorncliffe boys are worse does not excuse the behaviour - a grub is a grub is a grub is a grub.... First rule of sport - respect your opponent.
The Ashgrove players of course should be proud of their efforts. Why are Padua dying in the second half? Too much strength training not enough conditioning? I question the necessity of a six nations rugby tour too - the boys are looking tired. If Saturdays game was approached in a business as usual manner they would have win - the weight of expectation - and intimidation by a hostile environment - got the better of them.
The Ashgrove players of course should be proud of their efforts. Why are Padua dying in the second half? Too much strength training not enough conditioning? I question the necessity of a six nations rugby tour too - the boys are looking tired. If Saturdays game was approached in a business as usual manner they would have win - the weight of expectation - and intimidation by a hostile environment - got the better of them.
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Frank Row (1)
Scores from the weekend:
Ashgrove 38 d Padua 22
SPLC 40 d SLC 17
SEC 25 d Iona 14
Villanova 26 d SPC 14
Ashgrove 38 d Padua 22
SPLC 40 d SLC 17
SEC 25 d Iona 14
Villanova 26 d SPC 14
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Herbert Moran (7)
As previously stated, there is Lawson Creighton, John Honour, Zac O'Donnell, Louis Schwenke. They also have two year 10's in Tom O'Toole and Sonny Ah San. Padua's 15a's in 2013 also won an undefeated premiership under the guidance of recently promoted co-coach, Sean Graham who happens to be an Ashgrove old boy I believe. This years 15a's have only just lost one game and the 15b's remain undefeated with a win over ashgrove yesterday. So there is doubt that Padua's future is bright. This year will be a massive lesson for them. However, it's not over yet and they can still share premiership success.
AICrugby101
Herbert Moran (7)
Apart from Ashgrove and Padua's futures, what are the other schools looking like? Pats looking better from what I've seen, are they in for a few years of stability and consistency? How about Lauries? Is it their 14a's or 15a's that are strong? Villa might be struggling to find another team comparable to their 2010 dominant pack for a while. It's interesting how Ashgrove has always been consistent even when they are relatively weak. Lauries used to have this consistency 2000-2011, but now it really seems like they are struggling. It's fascinating because Lauries I believe is the 2nd largest or 3rd largest school.
They tricked the kids pretty well. Marked vehicle parked out the front and plain clothes came down the back when they had their attention on the marked car, I don't know what they said to them but it didn't have much effect because they kept on going!
Galloper
Darby Loudon (17)
You're nothing if not predictable, Royalderry, your anti-Ashgrove bias is showing again.
Aren't you a teacher at Padua, formerly of SLC? Regardless, you don't cope well with losing to Ashgrove, as your posts after the 2011 decider and today show. You'd think that after all of the practice you've had......
Royalderry
Peter Burge (5)
Not at all G - the Ashgrove players were exceptional and should be proud of their efforts - a spirited performance and deserving winners - the behaviour by the Ashgrove Old Boys was an unsavoury blight on the game in my opinion. I stand by that.
Galloper
Darby Loudon (17)
OK, fair response.
I wasn't at the game so I can't comment on the Old Boys behavior.
However, the boys are going to cop much worse than that at club level, union or league, so whilst not condoning that type of barracking it's a learning experience for them.
Royalderry
Peter Burge (5)
I agree - the players were turning towards the hecklers and entertaining them which made it worse. Didn't handle the pressure and paid the price.
If your copping that sort of abuse and you go up 22-5 can hardly blame them for firing back, happens on every level of sport so expect nothing less from 16/17 year olds. Was at the game and thought Padua were going to blow them out but Ashgrove put on a forwards clinc in the 2nd half. twenty metre driving mauls, pick and drives and starved Padua of any ball or territory. Thought Padua were shook up by a bit of blue before halftime, either that or just thought they had it won at the half and werent expecting that much of a response from Ash.
Ashgrove #1 who I heard was an Australian schoolboy (can anyone clarify) did more talking than playing, was outplayed by his opposite. Tried to start a fight almost every 5 minutes. Will get what's coming to him
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