Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Indeed
DaSchmooze
Jim Clark (26)
Graham Richard
Bob McCowan (2)
Are the oaks struggling this year? whats the cause?
DaSchmooze
Jim Clark (26)
A good news story in yesterday's Herald from an ISA boy:
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-...-to-the-junior-wallabies-20190526-p51rcb.html
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-...-to-the-junior-wallabies-20190526-p51rcb.html
Tram Tracks
Peter Burge (5)
Who plays who in round 1 ISA. (Who is home and who away)
Kinross host Stannies in Orange at 1.15pm to allow fans to attend shute shield in Orange later that day.
Kinross host Stannies in Orange at 1.15pm to allow fans to attend shute shield in Orange later that day.
Chip kick
Allen Oxlade (6)
Oakhill struggled early to significant injuries and a constantly changing team using 35 different players. Two season ending injuries to some of the better forwards, ACL to the hooker, and a shoulder reconstruction to flanker has significantly weakened the team. How ever in recent weeks due to some consistency in selection the team has been playing better footy. However don’t expect Oakhill to finish in the upper side of the ladder with a weaker team compared to teams in the past.
Cuz
Herbert Moran (7)
Yeah, Greg's went down to Cranbrook, 40-24, with Cranbrook scoring a converted try on the bell. Only saw the 2nd half, fairly evenly matched, although Greg's bombed a couple of tries with the last pass missing its target. Cranbrook had a half time lead, scoring off Greg's errors was how I understood the first half went
St Pats played Riverview 2nds on the weekend with the boys in black losing the fixture 7-17. A bigger performance against Auggies 1's will be needed if they want to start their ISA season with a bang. This season has proved to exacerbate the difference between the ISA competition in comparison to the GPS, however, with Gregs only going down to red-hot Cranbrook from CAS by 16 and Oakhill only losing in the last 2 minutes of their fixture against Trinity (again from CAS), one must believe that in fact ISA is catching up CAS but are still miles behind GPS. More posts to come
Central Best
Chris McKivat (8)
Stannies 12 Kinross 8
Cracking game of rugby scoreless at halftime, 2 players sent off one from each side.
Scored changed 3 times in the last 5 minutes.
Both teams played their hearts out.
Got to love schoolboy rugby
Any other ISA scores??
Cracking game of rugby scoreless at halftime, 2 players sent off one from each side.
Scored changed 3 times in the last 5 minutes.
Both teams played their hearts out.
Got to love schoolboy rugby
Any other ISA scores??
Pats went down against Auggies over at Rat Park by only about 12. Not St Pat's best game today which various injuries and positional changes causing some issues for the boys in black. For anyone planning on travelling out to Augustines, get ready for a barrage of immaturity from their spectators (especially students) along with high levels of corruption and unsportsman like behaviour from their players. As a spectator of the game, there is nothing worse than driving more than an hour to watch your son play rugby in the least accomodating environment known to the ISA. Whilst rivalry and passion are all essential parts of schoolboy rugby, Pats parents and boys being continuously mocked and taunted by Augustines students was a joke.
Great to hear how close that other game was, may be too early to tell but what is your predicted ISA ladder Chris ??
Jack Gallagher
Allen Oxlade (6)
Augs 25 - Pats 14
Gregs 27 - Pius 17
Stannies 12 - Kinross 8
Oakhill? (assuming bye)
Close comp this year, looking forward to the season.
Gregs 27 - Pius 17
Stannies 12 - Kinross 8
Oakhill? (assuming bye)
Close comp this year, looking forward to the season.
Tah123
Herbert Moran (7)
Well, it looks like the tide is turning. Not so long ago the boys from St Patrick’s would travel to Pittwater Park and get absolutely flogged in every age/game. A different story today- Auggies won 1st XV (as reported above), but St Pats won the 2nds and the 3rds was a draw. Furthermore the 16As was a win to Auggies 17-7. Looks to me that the ISA is starting to level out with all games today apparent contests and the aura of Auggies quickly disappearing. This is going to be a fantastic season - best in years IMHO. On a side note, the Auggies side today was the smallest Auggies team I have ever seen - and I have been watching them for 15 years. The forward who wears the red headgear (sorry, don’t know his name) wasn’t there - injured?
Tah123
Herbert Moran (7)
Sounds like a great game @CB. Crowd behaviour ok?
Runner
Nev Cottrell (35)
Langi Gleeson (red headgear) didn't play, some injuries to return and some on League rep duties
I play wing
Chris McKivat (8)
Oakhill College 1st XV vs Shore 1st XV
17 - 32
By Oscar Nowak Allcorn, Oakhill Y8 Student & NSW Waratahs Junior Reporter
A dream for many Oakhill College students is to be selected to play in the 1st XV on the school’s annual Gala Day.
As the players ran out onto the field and into the tunnel, it looked like Oakhill’s tunnel would never end. When the players finally got through the tunnel they were greeted by their opponents.
Both teams played very well in the opening five minutes, in which Oakhill’s inside center Zachary Fitzhenry made a great break deep into Shore’s half. However, Shore were too strong in the breakdowns in getting a lot of ball through turnovers.
Shore managed to make a lot of metres through a number of phases. They managed to get to within five metres of the try line. Shore knew that they needed to spread the ball out wide to counter Oakhill’s strong defensive line. Shore passed the ball to their backs and executed a backline play to get the over the line.
Oakhill, desperate to get their first win in the lead up to the the ISA competition, were determined to get some points on the board. Following some great plays from Oakhill, their backs found an opportunity out wide to score. Half back Lachlan James looked for Flynn Angles-Corke. Angles-Corke passed it out wide to center Zachary Fitzhenry. Fitzhenry passed it to Brock Wells who saw a gap for Fitzhenry. Wells passed the ball inside to Fitzhenry who dived over the try line to score the first points for Oakhill.
The forwards from both teams had to work very hard in the opening first ten minutes of the game due to the large number of scrums - there were a total of 9 scrums in the first ten minutes. This resulted in the backs executing some great plays and defending. Both teams performed very well.
Once again Oakhill were pushed to defend their try line and needed to get the ball out of their half. Flynn Angles-Corke has shown throughout the start of this season he has an incredible boot to push the ball out of the danger zone - in this encouter, consistently smashing the ball 60 or so metres to get the ball well out of their half.
With only 7 minutes until the half time siren, both teams were tied on 5 points. Both teams were desperate to get in front.
Shore found an opportunity to score. Half back Tom Nicholl hearing his backs calling for the ball, passed the to his number 10, Bobby Miller. Miller in turn passed the ball out wide, getting Shore to cross the line and score a try, giving Shore the lead going into half time.
When the referee blew his whistle for the second half , both teams came back fired up to win the game.
In the 6th minute of the 2nd half, Oakhill’s lock Bailey Liddicoat made a break from the 22. Outside center Tom Watson called for the ball. Bailey passed the ball outside to Tom Watson who scored early in the second half.
Twenty minutes of the 2nd half consisted of try after try from both teams.
With only 5 minutes of game time left, the impressive Oakhill scoreboard had the score 17-25 Shoes way. Oakhill desperately needed to score an converted try to have any chance of winning.
Shore were very lucky to have a penalty go their way. Shore kicked for touch and won their lineout and after a number of attacking phases they crossed the line for a try. The try was converted by Shore’s debutant Charley Murry. This was their only converted try. Great kick Charley!
Oakhill’s dream of winning their 2019 Gala Day slipped away with Shore taking a 17-32 victory.
Oakhill played an outstanding game and were unlucky not to get their first win of the season. The look of disappointment on Captain Flynn Angles-Corke’s face and his team said it all. Regardless of the result, both teams put on a great game of rugby for those watching the game.
A win for Oakhill’s 1st XV is very close.
17 - 32
By Oscar Nowak Allcorn, Oakhill Y8 Student & NSW Waratahs Junior Reporter
A dream for many Oakhill College students is to be selected to play in the 1st XV on the school’s annual Gala Day.
As the players ran out onto the field and into the tunnel, it looked like Oakhill’s tunnel would never end. When the players finally got through the tunnel they were greeted by their opponents.
Both teams played very well in the opening five minutes, in which Oakhill’s inside center Zachary Fitzhenry made a great break deep into Shore’s half. However, Shore were too strong in the breakdowns in getting a lot of ball through turnovers.
Shore managed to make a lot of metres through a number of phases. They managed to get to within five metres of the try line. Shore knew that they needed to spread the ball out wide to counter Oakhill’s strong defensive line. Shore passed the ball to their backs and executed a backline play to get the over the line.
Oakhill, desperate to get their first win in the lead up to the the ISA competition, were determined to get some points on the board. Following some great plays from Oakhill, their backs found an opportunity out wide to score. Half back Lachlan James looked for Flynn Angles-Corke. Angles-Corke passed it out wide to center Zachary Fitzhenry. Fitzhenry passed it to Brock Wells who saw a gap for Fitzhenry. Wells passed the ball inside to Fitzhenry who dived over the try line to score the first points for Oakhill.
The forwards from both teams had to work very hard in the opening first ten minutes of the game due to the large number of scrums - there were a total of 9 scrums in the first ten minutes. This resulted in the backs executing some great plays and defending. Both teams performed very well.
Once again Oakhill were pushed to defend their try line and needed to get the ball out of their half. Flynn Angles-Corke has shown throughout the start of this season he has an incredible boot to push the ball out of the danger zone - in this encouter, consistently smashing the ball 60 or so metres to get the ball well out of their half.
With only 7 minutes until the half time siren, both teams were tied on 5 points. Both teams were desperate to get in front.
Shore found an opportunity to score. Half back Tom Nicholl hearing his backs calling for the ball, passed the to his number 10, Bobby Miller. Miller in turn passed the ball out wide, getting Shore to cross the line and score a try, giving Shore the lead going into half time.
When the referee blew his whistle for the second half , both teams came back fired up to win the game.
In the 6th minute of the 2nd half, Oakhill’s lock Bailey Liddicoat made a break from the 22. Outside center Tom Watson called for the ball. Bailey passed the ball outside to Tom Watson who scored early in the second half.
Twenty minutes of the 2nd half consisted of try after try from both teams.
With only 5 minutes of game time left, the impressive Oakhill scoreboard had the score 17-25 Shoes way. Oakhill desperately needed to score an converted try to have any chance of winning.
Shore were very lucky to have a penalty go their way. Shore kicked for touch and won their lineout and after a number of attacking phases they crossed the line for a try. The try was converted by Shore’s debutant Charley Murry. This was their only converted try. Great kick Charley!
Oakhill’s dream of winning their 2019 Gala Day slipped away with Shore taking a 17-32 victory.
Oakhill played an outstanding game and were unlucky not to get their first win of the season. The look of disappointment on Captain Flynn Angles-Corke’s face and his team said it all. Regardless of the result, both teams put on a great game of rugby for those watching the game.
A win for Oakhill’s 1st XV is very close.