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John Thornett (49)
Boys clubSame experience here. 10 years in Sydney but found it really hard to engage in SS. Better experience with Subbies. And actually with the NRC for that matter.
Boys clubSame experience here. 10 years in Sydney but found it really hard to engage in SS. Better experience with Subbies. And actually with the NRC for that matter.
Him and John Kirwan was another, JK never finished his buthery apprenticeship, and thenk he actually married the daughter of the club owner where he played in Italy. Murray Mexted always laughed, when he went to France to play as an amateur, he had a job as a truck driver , but the better he played the more money he got paid as a driver, and he quickly realaised the truck didn't have to be driven by him , and he still made a very good living.that’s the first person I thought of - couldn’t imagine Campo waking up at 3am to start baking bread or doing a garbage run.
Him and John Kirwan was another, JK never finished his buthery apprenticeship, and thenk he actually married the daughter of the club owner where he played in Italy. Murray Mexted always laughed, when he went to France to play as an amateur, he had a job as a truck driver , but the better he played the more money he got paid as a driver, and he quickly realaised the truck didn't have to be driven by him , and he still made a very good living.
Better experience with Subbies
Which club?
Well they're definitely not in the SS.I enjoyed Balmain. (Along with Stars). You'd call Balmain Subbies wouldn't you?
I enjoyed Balmain. (Along with Stars). You'd call Balmain Subbies wouldn't you?
shute shield is inferior to qpr though.
way more rebels and Drua turning out in qld then the nsw equivalent
2013 | Sydney University | 43–7 | University of Queensland | Sydney Football Stadium | Report[8] |
2014 | Sydney University | 19–14 | Easts (Brisbane) | Bottomley Park | Report[9] |
2015 | Eastwood | 21–20 | University of Queensland | TG Millner Field | Report[10] |
2016 | Eastwood | 34–17 | Souths (Brisbane) | Chipsy Wood Oval | Report[11][12] |
2017 | Northern Suburbs | 27–5 | Brothers | Crosby Park | Report[13] |
2018 | Warringah | 41–28 | University of Queensland | Pittwater Park | Report[14] |
2019 | GPS | 37–31 | Sydney University | Ballymore | Report[15] |
2020 | Sydney University | 28–8 | University of Queensland | Sydney University | Report[16] |
2021 | Easts (Brisbane) | 14–13 | Gordon | Bottomley Park | Report[17] |
2022 | ---Not contested--- | ||||
2023 | Sydney University | 45–19 | Wests (Brisbane) | Toowong Memorial Park | [Report][18] |
Eastwood is a great club to support and watch and play for, if you are young enough to be a player.
It's clear that Waugh's approach is the polar opposite to McLennan's, so I don't see any issue with him serving up bland quotes for the media. He managed Eddie out the door and brought in Schmidt without getting into media slanging matches. Fine by me.Another savage hit piece by Jessica Halloran in The Australian today (all timed perfectly to have bad rugby news at the same time as the over the top coverage of the NRL Las Vegas Game), but this quote from Phil Waugh is concerning.
"When asked by The Australian on Thursday whether a three-team Super Rugby contingent was an option, Waugh said RA’s priority was to ensure the Australian franchises were “commercially viable”.
“We are doing our due diligence to analyse what the most appropriate number of Australian teams is – which covers both commercial viability and RA’s aspiration to have winning teams in gold,” Waugh said.
They're down to 1 grade these days. But still pushing hard
as a passionate rugby fan who lived in Sydney for a decade, I always found the Shute Shield teams difficult to engage with, they have strong loyal supporter bases but they come across as a bit closed off to new fans.
Go to the top 5 news sites for Vegas and there is one article total on all the websites about the nrl which is 5th from the top saying “national rugby league running a free fan day….”
This is going to be a phyric victory - maybe a big crowd but all Aussies in the USA or coming from aus.
Latrell Mitchell said on airport interview before bunnys departure they’d sold 30kThey've been fairly quiet on the ticket sales news. Which may be telling in itself. It's competing with the LA Sevens for the actual Rugby community in the US. Will be interesting to see the comparison in turn outs. Vancouver is apparently nearly sold out.