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NSW AAGPS 2024

JackJill

JackJill

Sydney Middleton (9)
Rudderless said:
5 played and 5 to go.

1sts are last yet their 2nds are undefeated.

Time for the Scots coaches to make some big calls regardless of the backlash (from players and parents).
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Most definitely. They should look to take a page out of New's book. Newington has surprised me as their coaches seemingly have found the right formula to utilise all of their star players in a structure that gets the most out of their individual talent. Somethings clicking over there at New and it is something to watch.

Scots seem to lack direction. To be honest, they have had a bit of a fly-half crisis since the start. They get out-kicked by teams and I would suggest they need to bring in an actual 10 who plays it as his first position. Some of their 2s forwards as well ask questions of why they are not in the 1s. Disappointing from such a highly touted side, hopefully, they can make strategic swaps and get on the trot again against Kings next week.
 
Game_Day_Ritual

Game_Day_Ritual

Ward Prentice (10)
JackJill said:
Most definitely. They should look to take a page out of New's book. Newington has surprised me as their coaches seemingly have found the right formula to utilise all of their star players in a structure that gets the most out of their individual talent. Somethings clicking over there at New and it is something to watch.

Scots seem to lack direction. To be honest, they have had a bit of a fly-half crisis since the start. They get out-kicked by teams and I would suggest they need to bring in an actual 10 who plays it as his first position. Some of their 2s forwards as well ask questions of why they are not in the 1s. Disappointing from such a highly touted side, hopefully, they can make strategic swaps and get on the trot again against Kings next week.
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3 of the seconds forwards were in the 1sts I think or could be 4… they were in the 1sts… poor team selections … even worse coaching .. no plan B… very one dimensional rugby.
 
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UpnUnder

Fred Wood (13)
Game_Day_Ritual said:
3 of the seconds forwards were in the 1sts I think or could be 4… they were in the 1sts… poor team selections … even worse coaching .. no plan B… very one dimensional rugby.
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I don’t know if coaching is the issue. They have Ando who coached 1st XV premierships at Joeys and Sivo who coched the winning 2nd XV team at Joeys last year and he also coached the undefeated Gen Blue U16 team. So they have form as good coaches. Perhaps it is the program, or the cattle. Perhaps it’s the internal conflict players might feel when feel time is divided between loyalty to school and a NRL franchise. Perhaps it is a lack of cohesion and a sense of resentment that must be natural when the next greatest player is parachuted in and put on a pedestal. Perhaps it is the coaching and all of the above and perhaps injuries have played a role. Either way Scots has been red hot favourites or at worst second favourite for at least 6 years and haven’t really bothered the record keepers.
 
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Where's the beef

Herbert Moran (7)
I thought view played as well as they could yesterday. Their 4 was epic, the front row was great. They had more than enough ball to win. As for Joeys, I thought the 7 was very important. The steals took alot of heat out of view attack.

I am not yet convinced that this joeys side is as lethal as others may think. I was WOW after Scots, but I think the loss against Kings is still being felt. They had to work very hard yesterday, and got the job done, but it was far from comfortable. Remember they have New at Home but then Scots away, Shore away and View away. So I think Kings and New at home will be so important to them. If they play like they did against scots they win. The question is when will that return. There is only 1 game in this at the turn.
 
Balmain Subbies

Balmain Subbies

Watty Friend (18)
UpnUnder said:
I don’t know if coaching is the issue. They have Ando who coached 1st XV premierships at Joeys and Sivo who coched the winning 2nd XV team at Joeys last year and he also coached the undefeated Gen Blue U16 team. So they have form as good coaches. Perhaps it is the program, or the cattle. Perhaps it’s the internal conflict players might feel when feel time is divided between loyalty to school and a NRL franchise. Perhaps it is a lack of cohesion and a sense of resentment that must be natural when the next greatest player is parachuted in and put on a pedestal. Perhaps it is the coaching and all of the above and perhaps injuries have played a role. Either way Scots has been red hot favourites or at worst second favourite for at least 6 years and haven’t really bothered the record keepers.
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It's clearly coaching. Why have Brial in the second row and filter and 14..........makes no sense at all
 
Joker

Joker

Peter Sullivan (51)
Balmain Subbies said:
It's clearly coaching. Why have Brial in the second row and filter and 14..........makes no sense at all
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The Chairman

The Chairman

Alex Ross (28)
Balmain Subbies said:
It's clearly coaching. Why have Brial in the second row and filter and 14..........makes no sense at all
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Yeah some of those positions are questionable…

I do agree that putting Johnson at 15 was the right move, but Sopeono wasn’t doing that bad at 10, and if they did want an alternative to him, Sinclair has been playing very well in the 2nd XV. Further to that, initially building the backline around Lemoto at 12 then moving him to the back row doesn't make much sense to me. Just seems bizarre.
 
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KingD

Bob McCowan (2)
Thought View were a bit unlucky yesterday - managed to dominate field position for large parts of the game.

Joeys tries all taking opportunities from good field position from: great kick return; dropped kick off; and line out penalty when View had the ball. Think View would look at all of these as being preventable.

Joeys defensive efforts unbelievable - intercept on own line, held up try etc etc.
 
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rockstar

Herbert Moran (7)
rockstar said:
AAGPS Round 4 in 18 words

Scots - No team chemistry
Joeys - Got it done
View - Swampmeisters no more
Shore - Nearly not quite
Kings - Wet track specialists
Newington - On a roll
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AAGPS Rugby Round 5 in 18 words

Joeys - Still the one
Riverview - Lost no admirers
Newington - On a roll
Kings - Missed their tackles
Shore - Performed under pressure
Scots - Bunch of strangers
 
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Where's the beef

Herbert Moran (7)
KingD said:
Thought View were a bit unlucky yesterday - managed to dominate field position for large parts of the game.

Joeys tries all taking opportunities from good field position from: great kick return; dropped kick off; and line out penalty when View had the ball. Think View would look at all of these as being preventable.

Joeys defensive efforts unbelievable - intercept on own line, held up try etc etc.
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Not unlucky, just not good enough. They had plenty of opportunity to get it done. The first try was well worked, the second was a Joeys gift with 4 players looking at the ball, they never looked like scoring after that. A Better side would have had Joeys on the ropes with that much Ball. Both sides defended well, neither side attacked well in my view.
 
rugbyAU

rugbyAU

Colin Windon (37)
Balmain Subbies said:
However, let me add, let's not forget this is a good shore side. Having them back up in the race only benifits the comp.
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Absolutely and every game of the GPS comp is competitive and interesting now, no more blowouts, if only Shore could have held on to win 1-2 of the three games they lost closely they'd still be in premiership contention
 
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