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Me when Joeys win by 13+ LOL!
Cheers
TRO
Hello Old High BoyHi INP
I was deeply concerned when I heard there was only one Opens team this season.
I hear what you are saying, and you may be right - I would hate for one of these brave lads (and thats in all grades) getting injured on the rugby field for the wise men to then hook High from all forms of rugby.. Its better it happens sooner than later
The compounded problem will be that once GPS rugby at High is gone (moved?), they will never make it back to the GPS rugby fold - having a close view of recent High rugby team performances from recent seasons, they are ISA Div 1 or 2 at best
When I was at school (which was a looong time ago) we had Opens teams down to the 6ths and 7ths (yes, true), and junior teams were easily into the Es.
I do know that a group of concerned old Boys have tried on many occasions to drive positive rugby change, but to no avail.
Very sad indeed
OHB
Agreed Alan, the trolls are overrunning it all.Very Questionable the credibility of this as sources say otherwise. Sounds rather like bs.
Hi Tarz,predictions for this weekend
Joeys - Riverview; 23-21
Shore - Newington; 10-32
Scots - Kings; 19-12
Cheers,
Tarz.
Hat-trick for Tom SantamariaMy predictions for this weekend
Scot’s 22-13 Kings
Newington 24-19 Shore
Joeys 27-12 View
and a little cheeky one
Joeys 10th XV 67-5 St Pats 4th XV
57-10 cerise and blue all the wayPredictions for Joeys 10th XV v St Pat's 3rd XV??
cheers
TRO
Nice to see you backHi Joker
My tips
Joeys +7
Shore +4
Scots +6
Confirming that you said only 22 players in opens rugby? Sad if true. It feels like the GPS and CAS might be asleep at the wheel or at least more should be done to create a good rugby experience for High. Big winning and losing margins doesn’t help anyone. It kills the sport.As an insider at SBHS I can advise that the intake is solely based on State Government guidelines. There is no way to vary this whatsoever. They have to accept any boy that applies and is successful in the selective exams. Each boy and parent is told upon entry that they must play sport on Saturday however getting them to do this is almost impossible. Excuses are aplenty. There are only 180 boys entering in year 7 and usually there is only one or two boys that have previously played rugby. It is very tough to convince parents to allow their boys to play rugby.
On a brighter note the current crop of 1st XV players are mostly year 11 boys. The captain (no.10 and year 11 boy) did not play last week (injured) and has been in the 1st XV since Year 10. The other main player who is in the forwards is out for the rest of the year. They started with only around 22 players in total and one player is in his first year at rugby. These two boys mentioned would in my opinion make most 1st or 2nd XV teams.
The school has recruited some very capable coaches and expectations are that next year these boys will be much better physically and more competitive.
Brave man tipping View. Good on you! I agree Newington at home will be too strong for the brave Shoremen