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Frank Row (1)
Agreed. Although, I believe Trinity may be able to put a few more on Pius then expected.
CAS Rugby 2024
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FastNFurious
Alfred Walker (16)
scrumhead99
Fred Wood (13)
Waverley to beat Riverview by 5+
Shore to beat Knox by 12+
Barker to beat Kinross by 12+
Cranbrook to beat St Pats by 5+
Riverview 3rds to beat Aloys by 2+
St Pius to beat Trinity by 5+
Soupnasty
Allen Oxlade (6)
Waverly by 7
Knox by 5
Kinross by 3 (could go either way)
Pats by 12
Aloys by 5
Trinity by 5
It's so hard to tell after the last round, but I think we will all have much more clarity after this weekend's round.
Up and In
Herbert Moran (7)
Only 2 Knox teams are playing U14s this weekend v Shore. Their 14As opted out of the match-up and Trinity stepped in. Someone said (I think on the GPS thread) that Knox was the best placed school to compete in the GPS comp, but with numbers like this, I think only Waverley would be able to match up team number-wise against schools like Joeys, Riverview, Shore, Scots and Kings.
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Forwardpack101
Frank Nicholson (4)
Friday night at Wollahra should be a very good game this week. Pats V Cranbrook, anybody got team lists from this or last week for either team. Or predicted line ups? Anyone going to be there
FastNFurious
Alfred Walker (16)
Knox have 350 + boys in year 7 and field 2 under 13 teams. There is no way they could be included in the GPS.
JohnnyOhns
Peter Burge (5)
Waverley 15+
Knox by 5
Pats by 40, Woods and Conti should rip through them
View by a few
Trinity should walk over pius
JO
They would win the ping pong and chess though.
Up and In
Herbert Moran (7)
Happy to be corrected if wrong, but my understanding is that E-Games is a co-curricular option also. 2 junior Year groups (U13, 14) of +350 boys with only 10% playing rugby. Add Demographic shifts and a new age dawns at Knox.
The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
Place is a business first and foremost now.
Very disappointing and a huge range of outside influences: rugby lack of success and visibility leading to low numbers in minis and beyond (so kids arriving in Yr 7 aren’t engaged in any way), less actual numbers of traditional rugby leaning cultural background kids (demographic change), but the big one IMHO is too many choices with parents heavily leaning to non contact sports (of which they believe [incorrectly] that soccer is safer)…. Sad
Not sure about that. Friends with kids there are happy, it does well academically and at most other sports and the kids seem to love it. Just sad that rugby is dying. Agree too many choices. If that’s true about E sports being an option that’s ridiculous.
Definitely a sharp fall off at Knox.
How many AFL teams?
Presumably also the case at the Jnr/Prep school with no numbers coming through.
But not a surprise and suspect this will gradually impact all schools.
Wallabies just don't get the interest they once did, and putting Super Rugby behind an obscure paywall certainly hasn't helped.
Rugby really needs the Lions tour (next year) and World cup (2027) to generate some public interest.
How many AFL teams?
Presumably also the case at the Jnr/Prep school with no numbers coming through.
But not a surprise and suspect this will gradually impact all schools.
Wallabies just don't get the interest they once did, and putting Super Rugby behind an obscure paywall certainly hasn't helped.
Rugby really needs the Lions tour (next year) and World cup (2027) to generate some public interest.
JohnnyOhns
Peter Burge (5)
Not sure if it will be a good game. I think it will be pretty embarrassing given Cranbrook can't even beat pius.
footyfooty123
Banned
Agreed, Cranbrook were very disappointing. However, they'll be looking to prove a point this weekend.
JohnnyOhns
Peter Burge (5)
I've heard that there are a few lingering injuries from some of Cranbrook's key players. Resulting in a backline reshuffle, which should be interesting. Potentially game deciding.
JoeMarshall67
Frank Row (1)
I'd like to toss my hat in the ring,
Waverley by 7
Shore by 2
Barker by 12
Pats by 21 (likely more)
Aloys by 10
Pius by 5+
Cheers,
JM67