Galloping Greens

[MACCA]

He'll be 21 in July.

Hi to the Faithful Myrtle Green - understand that there may be a few out next Saturday - any further info out there?
Great win saturday - hardly a fluke me thinks. They have been close to he mark mostly this year (forget Easts).
Up the Wicks!

 

[Pete King]

The fitness of Peter Samu will be telling v Uni

 

[sidelinesid]

Just heard that k Beale will be playing for wicks on Saturday
Hope he starts in seconds as no one deserves dropping in firsts.
He could then come on in firsts off the bench.
Last year Mitchell played for Wicks and was worst on field that day but went on to be very good before another injury for the wallabies.
Just a thought

 

[MACCA]

Just heard that k Beale will be playing for wicks on Saturday
Hope he starts in seconds as no one deserves dropping in firsts.
He could then come on in firsts off the bench.
Last year Mitchell played for Wicks and was worst on field that day but went on to be very good before another injury for the wallabies.
Just a thought

Go Beale!
Any idea where the Wetherall Brothers are playing this week. Thought Tom did well in both games he played.

 

[sidelinesid]

Apparently Beale to number 10.
Weatherall brothers not listed last week but played. Team list on Wed/Thur may have them.
I imagine it will be 'All Hands' on Saturday against Uni.

 

[the coach]

The Wicks had 3 fresh reserves for 1st grade v Souths: Speechley, Goodbody, Paila.
Goodbody (front rower) ended up at blind side flanker when he came on but none of them got very much game time.
It will be interesting to see the approach against Uni ie pick the strongest teams across the grades and colts or priority to 1st grade with possible fresh reserves again.

 

[Pete King]

Any word on Samu. Like to see Beale at the back as this would cause least distribution to the team. Kotezky made a few errors v souths and I prefer Ford on the wing

 

[the coach]

Any word on Samu. Like to see Beale at the back as this would cause least distribution to the team. Kotezky made a few errors v souths and I prefer Ford on the wing

I agree about Ford, my heart's in my mouth everytime he fields a kick.
He takes too many poor options; better on the wing.
Yep, Kurtley at FB works for me.
That also gives him the latitude to come up to 10 in attack.

Samu didn't look good as he limped off on Saturday and Parsons is also injured so I'd assume Paila will come up if Samu's not fit.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Is this game at Coogee Oval or #1 at Uni?

Be interesting to see if there will be any extra punters through the gate on account of Kurtley playing.

The clubs probably keep a very close eye on gate takings so it shouldn't be too hard to compare takings from previous games vs Uni when rockstars have played as opposed when the clubmen have played without any rockstar assistance.

 

[the coach]

Is this game at Coogee Oval or #1 at Uni?

Be interesting to see if there will be any extra punters through the gate on account of Kurtley playing.

The clubs probably keep a very close eye on gate takings so it shouldn't be too hard to compare takings from previous games vs Uni when rockstars have played as opposed when the clubmen have played without any rockstar assistance.

Uni Oval # 1

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

Is this game at Coogee Oval or #1 at Uni?

Be interesting to see if there will be any extra punters through the gate on account of Kurtley playing.

The clubs probably keep a very close eye on gate takings so it shouldn't be too hard to compare takings from previous games vs Uni when rockstars have played as opposed when the clubmen have played without any rockstar assistance.

#1 at Uni, I will be going mainly because KB (Kurtley Beale) is playing - well that and wanting to be near a decent pub for the Lions Baa Baas game.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Probably won't get as much of a surge of "local interest" as one would expect if the match is at Coogee Oval.

 

[Pete King]

Probably won't get as much of a surge of "local interest" as one would expect if the match is at Coogee Oval.

Yeah Uni no 1 is rubbish for spectators as well. Extremely biased but I reckon coogee oval is the best ground to watch. Think the undefeated colts 1 game there is going to get the nod from me this weekend.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I have a soft spot for Rat Park (although it is a long way from anywhere decent) and North Sydney Oval (although parking can be a bit troublesome).

One think I like about Coogee Oval is that the bigwigs in the corporate tent are looking directly into the sun, and it is only a hop, step and jump to go across the road for a clensing ale or two after the game is over. Take public transport to the game.

That is actually two things I like about Coogee oval and one I don't.

 

[the coach]

Courtesy of G&GR newsletter today:

"It is being reported that Kurtley Beale’s tumultuous stint with the Melbourne Rebels is coming to a close. After it was reported earlier this week that Beale would be returning to the game via club rugby with Randwick, it now appears that Beale will not be returning to Melbourne at all. Instead, Beale will continue his off-field rehabilitation process closer to his network of family and friends. On the field, he will be a handy addition for Randwick as he attempts to make a last ditch claim to a Wallabies jersey to face the Lions.

In a good early sign of his commitment, Beale was sighted training with Randwick second-grade last night, whilst the first-grade squad undertook a recovery session."

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[the coach]

I have a soft spot for Rat Park (although it is a long way from anywhere decent) and North Sydney Oval (although parking can be a bit troublesome).

One think I like about Coogee Oval is that the bigwigs in the corporate tent are looking directly into the sun, and it is only a hop, step and jump to go across the road for a clensing ale or two after the game is over. Take public transport to the game.

That is actually two things I like about Coogee oval and one I dont.

Make the most of it Hugh, the club will be closing in a couple of months

 

[Pete King]

Make the most of it Hugh, the club will be closing in a couple of months

Before the season is out Coach?

 

[wamberal]

Make the most of it Hugh, the club will be closing in a couple of months

Jeff Sayle has finally finished all the beer, has he?

 

[the coach]

Before the season is out Coach?

The settlement of the sale was to be 12/4 and the lease back was for 6 months from then so should be still open until mid October.

 

[the coach]

Jeff Sayle has finally finished all the beer, has he?

You may be right, looks like he's moved on to another beverage