NSW AAGPS 2018

[Crackerjack]

Just in case Father Jim missed out on a printed version!
His TAS lads should feel pretty comfy in this Northern Tablelands (Arctic!) weather.
Wouldn’t surprise to see a fur seal blown in over the southern boundary fence!
Scots 3’s doing the job though. At oranges, Scots lead 15-0.

 

[Up the Guts]

Well the Grammar win really throws a cat amongst the pigeons given TAS beat Grammar comfortably and Joeys were the out and out favourites.

 

[Joker]

Joeys A Teams V Know A teams

Joeys 16A 31 Knox 5
Joeys 13A 75 Knox 0
Joeys 14A 28 Knox 14
Joeys 13A 75 Knox 0

 

[Crackerjack]

F/T @ BH
Scots 3’s def. TAS 1’s 34-0

 

[Quick Hands]

14A New 96 def Trinity 0
14B New 70 def Cranbrook 0
14C New 19 def Trinity B 7
14D New lost to Trinity C (score unknown but high scoring and less than 10 points in it)

15A New def Trinity (score unknown but comfortable)

16A New 34 def Trinity 5
16B New def Trinity
16C New 27 def Trinity 17

6th New def Trinity 4ths

New were up by 3 tries early in the 3rds match.

13s were played at Stanmore, so no knowledge of scores. By all accounts Trinity 13As are quite good.

 

[bigmac]

Well the Grammar win really throws a cat amongst the pigeons given TAS beat Grammar comfortably and Joeys were the out and out favourites.

Given grammars pre season form of zero wins this is a major upset. Well done sgs.

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[bigmac]

Wasn’t pretty.
Despite their difficult start to the year - not winnin* a game - the coach said to me before the game “if they can hold them in the first bit, they’ll be a shot”.
As ever the Fear coached team knows what it is trying to do and how it will go about it.
Wind and ref big factors in the result, to be sure.

Fear seems to be doing some good things with sgs. Kudos to him

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[Quick Hands]

Wasn’t pretty.
Despite their difficult start to the year - not winnin* a game - the coach said to me before the game “if they can hold them in the first bit, they’ll be a shot”.
As ever the Fear coached team knows what it is trying to do and how it will go about it.
Wind and ref big factors in the result, to be sure.

Any win against SJC is a good win.

 

[Crackerjack]

 

[Black & White]

14A New 91 def Trinity 0
14B New 70 def Cranbrook 0
14C New 19 def Trinity B 7
14D New lost to Trinity C (score unknown but high scoring and less than 10 points in it)

15A New def Trinity (score unknown but comfortable)

16A New 34 def Trinity 5
16B New def Trinity
16C New 27 def Trinity 17

6th New def Trinity 4ths

New were up by 3 tries early in the 3rds match.

13s were played at Stanmore, so no knowledge of scores. By all accounts Trinity 13As are quite good.

Many thanks Quick Hands,Great results with our A Teams, Hopefully the 13As will continue the success.

Let's hope the 1st XV can put it together against Trinity. I am somewhat amazed that this year's First's is performing so badly. Do you have any insights as to their poor performance. By all accounts they have talented players, experience and a great coaching program.

 

[Joker]

2nd XV update: Joeys 20 Knox 5 with 25 minutes remaining

 

[Joker]

2nd XV update: Joeys 25 Knox 12 with 3 minutes remaining

 

[Joker]

Full time in 2nd XV: Joeys 30 Knox 12

 

[Wristman]

2ndXV Scots 12 Kings 7. Final score

 

[Crackerjack]

F/T in 2’s @ BH
Scots 12 def. Kings 7
Last second and then some, try by Scots openside flanker, Ed Spry to break the deadlock.

 

[Joker]

1st XV update: Joeys 5 Knox 5 after 7 minutes

 

[Joker]

1st XV update: Joeys 12 Knox 12 after 17 minutes

 

[Joker]

Is the Joeys pie broken?

While cold here, there are some warm rumours swirling around Warawee today regarding the head chef of the Joeys 1st XV kitchen. The word is the players are struggling to follow an old, tired and predictable recipe and want change. Can't blame them. My taste buds would grow tired of the same old plain pie that is easily handled by a modern chef.. While it may have served teams in the past well, modern hired chefs have brought fresh thinking and rejuvenation to their kitchens. My gripe is that Joeys continue to die with the ball and get isolated. No one is looking to share the sauce bottle with anyone.

 

[Joker]

1st XV update: Joeys 12 Knox 17 at halftime
Knox is making Joeys look good who are struggling. The old blue healer mongrel has gone.
They are playing as smart as tree.

 

[Jim Belshaw]

Well the Grammar win really throws a cat amongst the pigeons given TAS beat Grammar comfortably and Joeys were the out and out favourites.

It sure does. Well done Grammar! I will comment on the TAS match in a second, but first does anybody have any other thirds results including High v Kings?

Thanks for the ScotsvTAS program CJ. Will be interested to see if your reactions to the match are the same as mine.

As the 34-0 nil score line suggests, Scots 3 were clearly the better team, but it wasn't quite one sided as the score would suggest.

The two teams were pretty equal in the forwards. It was the big and fast Scots backs throwing the ball round who did the damage. The TAS boys tackled well and never gave up, but when a tackle was missed Scots quickly gained an overlap. They also used the kick well on two occasions. On the few occasions when TAS could molest properly, weaknesses showed up.

TAS lacked penetration. They seemed to rely on their pick and drive too often. That could threaten, they were pressing the Scots line at the end of the first half, with oranges delayed for a number of minutes after the end of the half as TAS retained possession and attacked the Scots line, but they were't making the yards even with multiple phases.

To my mind, and i don't pretend expertise now, the TAS backs weren't playing well today. There were too many handling errors, long passes, too much running back into traffic. There weren't the multiple passes and penetration that has made the TAS backs dangerous in recent years. On the positive side, they tackled and tackled, with Scots denying them the opportunity to settle and play a more open game.