NSW AAGPS 2019
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David Wilson (68)
Lachlan Fear is the new Director of Rugby at Newington.
What legacy did he leave at Grammar?
He should get more $$$ from Newington. He did a good job at Gordon with zero cattle I recall.
Wish him all the best.
Black & White
Vay Wilson (31)
Lachlan comes with a great deal of Black & White in his system. An Old Boy of the College and a former 1st XV Coach he knows his way around the school.Unlike Grammar he will find a great more talent to work with, over the coming years.
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David Wilson (68)
From what IS said before he left us, Fear pretty much held the rugby program together at Grammar with not much support from some parents.
The job doesn't pay that well unless he is a teacher - it's about 50% of a teacher wage with hours to match.
I suspect he'll find a more receptive community at Newington to rugby than he did at Grammar.
EDIT: And he won't be the 1st XV coach - that was specifically noted in the job advert. His job will be to design and implement a coaching programme from Prep through to 1st XV.
And I should add that I thought that Ben Manion did a great job in his 3 years in the role.
Essential that Rob Egerton stays with the 13As as this has reaped rewards in the past 2 seasons.
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David Wilson (68)
Unknown. From my observations when he arrived the focus was pretty much on the 1sts only and in the three years that he has been there there has been both an increase in the number of boys playing rugby and a significant improvement in results going down through the age groups and grades. It's still a work in progress, and perhaps with another 3 years he might have been able to complete the process.
The advertisement did say that they preferred an applicant who was a teacher - which Lachlan Fear is - rather than just a stand-alone director of rugby. Lachlan Fear also is very well qualified for the role and is also and old boy, which wouldn't have hurt. By all accounts he's done a fantastic job at Grammar where rugby is very much a minor sport these days.
I would have been very happy for Ben Manion to have been appointed for another three years, but I'm also more than happy with someone of the calibre of Lachlan Fear. As a school teacher he'll be a full-time staff member and I like that model.
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Bob McCowan (2)
With the GPS sculling regatta on Friday, what school will have the most scullers selected for the GPS 8?
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Frank Row (1)
Do we have any results from any internal sculling regattas
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Bob McCowan (2)
Probably not, the schools will be keeping their cards close to their chest with the times. I see Joeys very early on Saturday morning in the single sculls. I believe Joeys will have at least 3 athletes selected in the GPS 8
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Jim Lenehan (48)
I think there is a rowing thread somewhere
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Do you guys realise that there is a separate thread for rowing?
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/2019-school-rowing.18411/#post-1037771
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
Congratulations to the following boys selected from GPS for the two NSW 7s squads announced for the 2018 National Youth Championships in December (?).
16 GPS boys in total across 5 schools; 5 Joeys, 3 Scots, 3 Riverview, 3 Kings, 2 Newington.
By comparison (as far as I can determine) CAS have 6, CCC 3, ISA 2, AICES 2 and CHS 1
Tom Aveyard
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Dally Bird
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Nicholas Chan
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
George Clark
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Hamish Cressey
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Ben Dalton
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Ben Dowling
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Emery Jolliffe
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Tolu Koula
Newington College, Stanmore
Jack Mossman
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Dan O’Brien
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Viliami Penisini
The King's School, North Parramatta
Jack Ricci
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Joseph Sua'ali'i
The King's School, North Parramatta
Kaeo Weekes
Newington College, Stanmore
Jordan Williams
The King's School, North Parramatta
16 GPS boys in total across 5 schools; 5 Joeys, 3 Scots, 3 Riverview, 3 Kings, 2 Newington.
By comparison (as far as I can determine) CAS have 6, CCC 3, ISA 2, AICES 2 and CHS 1
Tom Aveyard
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Dally Bird
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Nicholas Chan
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
George Clark
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Hamish Cressey
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Ben Dalton
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Ben Dowling
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Emery Jolliffe
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Tolu Koula
Newington College, Stanmore
Jack Mossman
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Dan O’Brien
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Viliami Penisini
The King's School, North Parramatta
Jack Ricci
The Scots College, Bellevue Hill
Joseph Sua'ali'i
The King's School, North Parramatta
Kaeo Weekes
Newington College, Stanmore
Jordan Williams
The King's School, North Parramatta
RogerScots82
Stan Wickham (3)
yeah kings had angus fahey, joey vitanza, william penisini
view had dally bird and hamish cressey
scots had dylan hansen
newington would have had a few boys but they had to go on an overseas tour
joeys had byron sutherland zeb maddison angus websdale ben kearny ben dowling and max dominello
Come on ref
Allen Oxlade (6)
https://www.gofundme.com/alex-noble...9cI6yxaLYbJu6tmgkV5mQYUBNnSKPFIVUNUOkqccsmiLA
Maybe some of us would like to help
Maybe some of us would like to help
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Brad Gill moving to Cranbrook employment-wise and will coach the 1sts there in 2019.
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Vay Wilson (31)
He leaves Newington as one of its most successful 1st XV Coaches. With Premierships in 2010,2012,2013 and 2015. If he can reproduce these results at Cranbrook, they can look forward to some excellent 1st XVs over the coming years. A strong Cranbrook will be an excellent addition, to Schoolboy Rugby in Australia.
He replaces Andrew Cleverley. Cranbrook has a successful Director Sport, CJ Torrance, who I am told was very successful in "attracting" amazing athletes to Scots. I am sure he will provide Gill with some good players to work with as the CAS schools have none of those annoying anti-sports scholarship rules to get round. Wish him all the best.
RogerScots82
Stan Wickham (3)
Andrew Blades was the scrummaging coach for scots and then co-coached the forwards for the 1sts
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