Enough bagging Laurie's. The players should stand tall and proud for making the team as should the coaches for there efforts . Every school has years that don't go well and luck disappears . The only disgrace are those who write vitriol on this site and the boys ( not 1st XV ) who let the college and their mates down by not giving there all. onwards and upwards Laurie's AIC need you to be strong. NM
Interesting discussions about Lauries decline in recent years has brought to my attention the fact that people are forgetting that they were dominant for many years in the past (TAS and early days of the AIC). This wasn't the case for schools like SEC, Padua, SPC, SPLC and Villa. These schools mentioned have only had a few years of dominance here and there compared to the long history that Lauries has had since the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. That's an impressive record if you ask me. I hope that I am proved wrong, but I can't see the likes of SPC or Villa produce the consistency that Lauries has done in the past.
You can say that every school has years that don't go well and luck dissapears but for a proud school like Lauries, you would think that they would easily be able to maintain their dominance and proud culture just like Ashgrove has. Ashgrove may have dropped off a little bit in terms of their First XV results, but as a whole school performance they are still the best by a fair margin. Even when Lauries was 2nd in the overall performances, they were a mile ahead of the other schools. I do agree that a strong Lauries is crucial for the AIC as they are traditionally one of Brisbane's best rugby nurseries producing 8 wallabies which is more than some GPS schools (Ippy Grammar etc).
Only time will tell, as for now let us focus on the positives.
