Finally.....Rob has discovered banter!
NSW AAGPS 2022
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.....and being 30m away from the field behind the fence.
Joeys once had a method of handling the Kings fence.
2010
Re comments on sporting fields and lack of Scots grounds…..This is what I was told during a tour of Kings…didn’t end up sending my boys there…..King’s large property used to be owned by George Burns (Burns Philp). George was a Presbyterian and when he died he gave the property to the Pres. church. King’s at the time was just a very small school in the centre of Parramatta on very small land. The Pres. church offered the land to Scots in the late 1940s for almost nothing (I think 30-40k pounds) and they turned it down. King’s couldn’t afford it either until they found a family willing to give them the money to buy the land and relocate the school. King’s, as we know it today, almost didn’t exist, has been going only since the late 1940s (although started in Parra a long way back), and Scot’s missed out on a property deal of a lifetime.
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Bob McCowan (2)
Kings, joeys, Knox have the best main ground. Shore have the best overall facilities
I didn’t go to a gps school so I don’t care but I played on many fields. The surface at joeys is great but the surrounds are not. Unless you are in the small, old and uncomfortable grandstand, which is impossible because it’s full of joeys boys, it’s a bad viewing ground.
It’s a bit disturbing and weird that you like fences being broken….and you took a photo of it.
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
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Why is View last? I’ve only run there (from memory all my View games were home games at New) but recall they have beautiful grounds and plenty of ovals
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Herbert Moran (7)
Whilst Joeys has no doubt the best playing surface, the seating is all a bit Tom Brown's School Days - hard wooden benches with no back support (apart from the back row). Visiting schools sit in temporary stands facing into the western sun.
Knox has the best viewing facilities of any school - comfortable, tiered seating close to the action. A few punters at either end, however, get a limited view of the try line. The playing surface would probably rate second after Joeys, plus night games can be facilitated.
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John Eales (66)
Would have effectively been City v Country back in those days.
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Allen Oxlade (6)
View by 10
Scots by 3
Newington by 10
Scots by 3
Newington by 10
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Morning All, ahhh yes the best day of the year on the school boy rugby calendar. The Catholics will pretend that when the Marist play the Jesuits that it is the jewel in the GPS crown but we all know it is today, when the scrappy underfunded Press-buttons take on the boys in pink funded by the Vatican. A true underdog story. It was been confirmed by Dr Saint Lambert that the ghost of William Wallace was seen tracing from Fairfax all the way to Scots Main looking at vantage points to ambush the high flyers from the affluent Hunters Hill. Ahhh I can sense it in the air, Scots To The Fore!
You had to be there to understand the full context of the event. Another time I shall expand.
A great solo try was scored that game.
The Dark Lord Lambert, war hero and sporting scholar will be looking down from his castle upon the great unwashed Catholic boys,.
Footylover123
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It’s going to be good watching Patrick Broe at fullback for joeys today. Big shoes to fill, but at any other school he’s 1xv for sure.
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Vay Wilson (31)
Hello Dusk
Couldn't agree with you any further.Its fanatic atmosphere overlooking the Johnstone oval. I Think View and Kings, come close. Shore have the Hawker stand The others have great ovals. But are members of the Flat Earth Society.
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Vay Wilson (31)
Hello love2Scrum
I was under the impression, Nick Farr Jones was sending/or had sent his boys to Shore.
Ok. Found it. I was working at the time and missed it.
Working on the document now
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Vay Wilson (31)
I would wouldn't be making any predictions, based on the performances of the A teams in the age divisions. I made that mistake with this age group, now playing 1stXV. Although it gives me great comfort to know our 16As are a strong team and Our 15As have had some good past seasons. I also forgot to mention the Tongan Intake and its possible impact.Additionally, there is our little know Western Sydney intake. I heard this intake might grow in numbers. Could see an intake of a few boys with league backgrounds.
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