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NSW AAGPS 2024

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wisemaan

Sydney Middleton (9)
Does anyone take the spagetti cup seriously and if so what would the GPS 1XV Spagetti cup members be like. :)
Chers,
Not to sure but guessing the ladder would be something like this, will be looking into this

1. Joeys
2. Kings 'Smirnoff 7ths'
3. View ' Nicotine 9ths'
4. Scots
5. Newington Silverbacks
6. Shore ' Dawg Squad' ( all year 11 )

Would anyone like pre game reviews for this.. I am going to be working on this now..

- wisemaan
 

Tiaan Biscuits

Bob McCowan (2)
An Original GPS 1 prediction:

1. Hayden Lavercombe (K)
2. James Warner (E)
3. Daniel Osbourne (I)
4. Toby Brial (S)
5. Phoenix Graham (I)
6. Johannes Logan (J)
7. Marshall Le Maitre (E)
8. Justice Taumoepeau (J)

9. Angus Grover (I)
10. Jonty Fowler (J)
11. Heamasi Makasini (N)
12. Matt Gough (J)
13. Tom Hartman (I)
14. J McKenzie (S)
15. Jai Callaghan (E)
The lineout question is an interesting one. Of the most often chosen back 5 (Greer, Brial, Logan, Le Maître, Taumoepeau/Fonua) none of them are a first choice jumper. Logan / Le Maître / Taumoepeau do not jump at all. Greer very rarely, since Green and Arnautovic jump mostly for Joeys and Ulcoq for Scots, which means Brial also is at best an occasional jumper.
The need for at least one strong jumper could bring Arnautovic (J), Green (J), Ulcoq (S) or Thiel (K) into the equation.
 

The Cleaner

Ted Fahey (11)
Wow. This new generation ChatGPT business seems to have taken the forum by storm. If i'm not mistaken it seems it was the @wisemaan who first used it. Must say it is interesting and i'm all for it but lets try balance that with some original (possibly controversial) thoughts and opinions. I'm sure wismaan will agree.

Time will tell. Cheers. Grubblin
@Grubblin Not sure which part of Source: Poly names you missed friend. Clearly I DID NOT WRITE IT MYSELF NOR CLAIM TO. In the word of Bernard Shaw “Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
 
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Tiaan Biscuits

Bob McCowan (2)
Strong point you have raised, I could see Green as a dark horse, he jumped very well early in the season and a strong return from injury, I believe, could see him catapulted into the side.
Of those 4 I would say Ulcoq actually runs the Scots lineout but his impact is not as strong as Arnautovic and Green around the park. Thiel easily the tallest, and Arnautovic is the form of the 4, but it is more likely that they will pick a second row than a back row given the logjam that already exists in the backrow.
So if they want to pick a specialist jumper it is out of Green and Thiel and I would say that Green gives fractionally more as a ruck presence and in defence. Thiel has had a great comeback though no doubt.
 

Tiaan Biscuits

Bob McCowan (2)
Of those 4 I would say Ulcoq actually runs the Scots lineout but his impact is not as strong as Arnautovic and Green around the park. Thiel easily the tallest, and Arnautovic is the form of the 4, but it is more likely that they will pick a second row than a back row given the logjam that already exists in the backrow.
So if they want to pick a specialist jumper it is out of Green and Thiel and I would say that Green gives fractionally more as a ruck presence and in defence. Thiel has had a great comeback though no doubt.
There’s actually a reasonable argument to pick the Joeys backrow just for lineout presence and balance.
 

CutOutBallFanatic

Herbert Moran (7)
Last years initial GPS pack was

1. Nick Ashdown
2. Lapina Ata
3. Edwin Langi
4. Jacob Veiru
5. Toby Brial
6. Luca Cleverley
7. Austin Durbidge
8. Liam Sullivan

Safe to say they don't (at least in this case) place so much stress on line out jumping
Agreed, Jumping is always a secondary consideration in the selection of these teams.
 
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The Cleaner

Ted Fahey (11)
Greetings All,

Yes I can confirm this may be the case, I will be on the sideline making sure my son does not switch jersys in an act of confusion. My son in law Dom bleeds blue and white so I'd be worried for shore 3rds if he runs it off the back fence because any defender will be left with a broken jaw.
Please do not call my son names again.

Kind regards,

- Max Jorgasm
Just can't take your comments seriously with that last name.
 

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Ballscollector

Herbert Moran (7)
Does anyone take the spagetti cup seriously and if so what would the GPS 1XV Spagetti cup members be like. :)
Chers,
Couldn't tell you about any other schools, but in terms of Shore some of their standouts include hooker Xavier Alosio, second rower Miles Kingdom (Brother of Lewis in the 1st XV), and the 2 boys from the 1st XI soccer in year 10, Alex Wilde, Outside centre, and my MVP of the team, Fred King, Fullback, Fred looks like a genuine contender for a high team next year if he chooses to do so, I could see him on the wing of the 3rd XV next year with some defensive improvement.
 

MaulMasterMind

Bob McCowan (2)
Not to sure but guessing the ladder would be something like this, will be looking into this

1. Joeys
2. Kings 'Smirnoff 7ths'
3. View ' Nicotine 9ths'
4. Scots
5. Newington Silverbacks
6. Shore ' Dawg Squad' ( all year 11 )

Would anyone like pre game reviews for this.. I am going to be working on this now..

- wisemaan
Could we please get some results to see how these teams are progressing, how many wins do they each have? Maybe @The Chairman could create a table?
 

PROPaganda

Chris McKivat (8)
Not to sure but guessing the ladder would be something like this, will be looking into this

1. Joeys
2. Kings 'Smirnoff 7ths'
3. View ' Nicotine 9ths'
4. Scots
5. Newington Silverbacks
6. Shore ' Dawg Squad' ( all year 11 )

Would anyone like pre game reviews for this.. I am going to be working on this now..

- wisemaan
Unfortunate to see the 'Dawg Squad' struggling so much in their foundation year. Potentially due to the lack of experience and size difference as they are all year 11. If you continue to play into next season then I'm sure the wins will follow.
 

FastNFurious

Alfred Walker (16)
French system is built of Top 14 Club academies getting that time into players from 18-20 and not through Schools. Our pro sides don't have the capacity to run full time U20s.

I'm not seeing this part of it though? They are playing.

The original comment was merely saying that if GPS selectors didn't pick them for our specific rep side it would be very likely that NSW selectors would still pick them.
French system is built on T14 plus D2. Underage teams (including U20) compete in a national comp, hence why they play so much. We can’t replicate that but we shouldn’t cloister U20s players away either.
 

uncle ruckus

Frank Row (1)
He also played for Manly and Sydney and other rep sides outside of GPS. There is more to youth rugby than a single school program. Plenty of Colts players who never played 1st…. Plenty of posts to the selection challenges for all teams.
He was also a starter in the NSW Juniors side that won the Australian Schools competition.
Agreed, there is more to Rep footy then GPS.
 
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