Hi All
Got all but tips. Trinity went down to St Pats close. Brave Oakhill lost to Barker in a close one. Spoke to New 1sts coach briefly after the Scots game and he was fairly happy with his New boys. Need to tidy up some areas but mainly happy.
Don't bother asking Rippa for his backline/team for Newington ? Brave is not his strong suit.
Wyvernboy
Good evening Wyvern boy
Brave I am, but stupid I am not. What you see at Newington is what you get. There is no one else to pick. A large number of the current Y12 boys have withdrawn from the program, despite being from an incredible year group, so the 2nds are full of Y11 boys, and the firsts have a large number of Y11 boys also. So people should be asking what on earth is going on for so many boys to be opting out.
The bigggest mistake they made was breaking up that 16As side from 2020 to prop up the senior squad that year. It destroyed the camaraderie and in 2021 a large majority of those same boys played in the 3rds because the school gave preferential treatment to the Y12 boys. They’re now reaping what they sowed in the previous couple of years.
Watching their performance against Scot’s yesterday simply confirmed my opinion That there is no depth in Newington rugby, which is sad.
If there are mounting injuries in the 1sts the season is all but over for them. Looks to me like they may have already lost 2 players in the backline, and there’s really no one to replace them.