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Larry Dwyer (12)
Will Makasini play given he has signed his deal with League. I hope that he does but just was not sure how that would play out
NSW AAGPS 2025
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Ward Prentice (10)
Rumor is Makasini will in fact not play schoolboy rugby this year as his contract with the tigers is not allowing it. No real details yet but not looking like he will be allowed to play. Set to be on schedule if fit for round 1 of the nrl next year.
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Larry Dwyer (12)
I'd put Sherrington over Reardon for number 7, although Murdoch could be a major contender for number 7. Frape could get the nod over Sidwell for number 4. Hockey would contest Charlie Mott for number 14. What positions are Hamilford and Leahy, believe they were 16A's 2024.
Maul of Duty
Larry Dwyer (12)
Thanks for the update. It will be a shame not to see him play if this is the case. I can understand from the Tigers perspective through but will be a big loss for the NC backline
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Ted Fahey (11)
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Frank Nicholson (4)
Joeys was 7 yr 11 / 8 year 12. The coaches should have picked more yr 12’s, they would have won.
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Ward Prentice (10)
Looks like Grantham will play for now but, it is still up in the air as he will be training with the sharks Top 30 squad this off season. Things not looking good for some of Newington's biggest stars!
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Ward Prentice (10)
After this new News my ladder predictions have changed:
1. Joeys - The Year 12 cohort was undefeated until U16, when many players were moved to opens. They have the strongest forward pack in the competition, great backs and with Joeys always being contenders, this led me to place them here.
2. Scots - They have consistently been a strong team as they progressed through the ranks. The Large brothers, when healthy, can really wreak havoc against most teams. Along with their 2nds team winning the comp in 2024, Scots will be no joke in 2024.
3. Newington - Although Newington is losing Makasini and possibly Grantham, I believe they will still give every team a run for their money. With the strongest front row in the GPS, including Sheck, Davies (NSW School 1's 2024), and Viliamu, they will dominate opposing scrums all year and will definitely remain competitive in the 2025 season.
4. Shore - Although they are the reigning premiers, Shore will experience a significant step down from last season. Losing Le Maitre is a major loss, along with a completely new front row. I think they will suffer a few tight losses throughout the year, landing them in 4th place unfortunately.
5. Kings - Similar to last year, the competition will be even closer, which may leave strong teams like Kings and Riverview in the bottom two. I’ve placed Kings here because I believe they will again experience a few tight losses against teams they could beat, and I feel this will be another building year for Risati to lead a winning Kings team in 2026.
6. Riverview - As I mentioned earlier, this year's competition will be as tight as ever, and it’s always hard to count out a team with such quality in the number 9 jersey. However, I don’t think the rest of the team is at the level needed to be competitive this year.
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1. Joeys - The Year 12 cohort was undefeated until U16, when many players were moved to opens. They have the strongest forward pack in the competition, great backs and with Joeys always being contenders, this led me to place them here.
2. Scots - They have consistently been a strong team as they progressed through the ranks. The Large brothers, when healthy, can really wreak havoc against most teams. Along with their 2nds team winning the comp in 2024, Scots will be no joke in 2024.
3. Newington - Although Newington is losing Makasini and possibly Grantham, I believe they will still give every team a run for their money. With the strongest front row in the GPS, including Sheck, Davies (NSW School 1's 2024), and Viliamu, they will dominate opposing scrums all year and will definitely remain competitive in the 2025 season.
4. Shore - Although they are the reigning premiers, Shore will experience a significant step down from last season. Losing Le Maitre is a major loss, along with a completely new front row. I think they will suffer a few tight losses throughout the year, landing them in 4th place unfortunately.
5. Kings - Similar to last year, the competition will be even closer, which may leave strong teams like Kings and Riverview in the bottom two. I’ve placed Kings here because I believe they will again experience a few tight losses against teams they could beat, and I feel this will be another building year for Risati to lead a winning Kings team in 2026.
6. Riverview - As I mentioned earlier, this year's competition will be as tight as ever, and it’s always hard to count out a team with such quality in the number 9 jersey. However, I don’t think the rest of the team is at the level needed to be competitive this year.
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Peter Burge (5)
Frape, Reardon, Murdoch and Leahy are all high contenders for the flanker position. Maybe Frape being a versitile player as a second row and a flanker option could get him the spot. Murdoch speaks for himself by the way he plays on the field. If anyone got down to the Kings vs Shore u16A game at kings you'd understand what I am talking about. Leahy is a hard ball carying, tackling machine and pilfer demon on the pitch. Its going to be a big pre season for these boys. Hamilford (Wing) was arguably one of the players to watch for the 16A's, whenever he got the ball he looked like scoring. Again going to be a big pre-season for him to prove himself.
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Chris McKivat (8)
Yikes! A few takes that won't age well.
Joeys will no doubt be solid.
To think that you've put Scots at 2nd is laughable, they just went into the 2024 season with one of the most stacked teams we've seen and they couldn't even get a top 3 spot, and most of their top players are leaving this year (Brial, Fittler, Jaques).
Newington might've been up there but with no Makasini, I think they'll be closer to their 2024 finish.
I think people are sleeping on Shore, they have the GPS 1sts 10 and 15 returning, this duo will no doubt dominate and with decent forwards with 1st XV experience (Armati, Galligan, Stock, Clout), I think they'll be right up there, we might even see a Joeys Shore GF again next year.
TKS wont have a strong year with a relatively weak year 12 group. But they will have high hopes for the 2026 season so a solid year will build nicely into a premiership.
Riverview will NOT finish last! The likes of Grover and Dempsey will earn the white and blue stripe some great victories, although not enough to be in title contention.
My Predicted Ladder:
1. Joeys
2. Shore
3. Riverview
4. Newington
5. Kings
6. Scots
Joeys will no doubt be solid.
To think that you've put Scots at 2nd is laughable, they just went into the 2024 season with one of the most stacked teams we've seen and they couldn't even get a top 3 spot, and most of their top players are leaving this year (Brial, Fittler, Jaques).
Newington might've been up there but with no Makasini, I think they'll be closer to their 2024 finish.
I think people are sleeping on Shore, they have the GPS 1sts 10 and 15 returning, this duo will no doubt dominate and with decent forwards with 1st XV experience (Armati, Galligan, Stock, Clout), I think they'll be right up there, we might even see a Joeys Shore GF again next year.
TKS wont have a strong year with a relatively weak year 12 group. But they will have high hopes for the 2026 season so a solid year will build nicely into a premiership.
Riverview will NOT finish last! The likes of Grover and Dempsey will earn the white and blue stripe some great victories, although not enough to be in title contention.
My Predicted Ladder:
1. Joeys
2. Shore
3. Riverview
4. Newington
5. Kings
6. Scots
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Frank Nicholson (4)
Yes, traditionally.
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Ward Prentice (10)
Any team with the Large brothers will be dangerous, but I admit that was a bit of a brain lapse on my part. I’m starting to think that Joeys will be far ahead of everyone else. That said, if Makasini and Grantham are able to play, Newington could be a significant threat.
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Ward Prentice (10)
For Newington:
Keone A-T - 1s - 12
Kden Carter - 1s - 15
Anakin Richardson - 2s - 2 or 3
Ofa Latu - 2s - 13
Jarryd King - 1s - 11
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Keone A-T - 1s - 12
Kden Carter - 1s - 15
Anakin Richardson - 2s - 2 or 3
Ofa Latu - 2s - 13
Jarryd King - 1s - 11
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Arch Winning (36)
Best of luck to all the Rugby boys who have chosen Rowing as their Summer sport.
The 1st Regatta of the season begins at SIRC tomorrow.
The 1st Regatta of the season begins at SIRC tomorrow.
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Ward Prentice (10)
Not many from Newington this year.
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Larry Dwyer (12)
Did anyone see this on the CAS forum. After they play their actual CAS and ISA competition, all those schools are playing an interschools competition that is based by skill grades/divisions. This is something I've wanted all 3 Sydney school competitions to create so that we can see different schools who usually wouldn't play each other match up (e.g. Scots v Barker) as this would every season accurately determine who the best school in NSW is. This also enables the possibility of creating an annual fixture of best NSW school vs best QLD school, which each year could be played to crown 1 school as the best in Australia, and for this grand final fixture to be played as a curtain raiser for the wallabies. Yet even though those two competitions are creating this they still play their annual individual competitions, so this interschool competition is a positive extension that has no negative impacts on each individual competition. The AAGPS schools could very easily join this if the season was cut back from 10 rounds to 5 rounds. This would also very easily work as all 6 GPS schools join that interschools comp would mean that, there are 6 rounds, where for each GPS school plays the 3 ISA schools and the 3 CAS schools, meaning that any school from ISA, CAS or GPS won't repeat a game from their individual season by playing a team within their original competition.
I don't think though that this effects any GPS schools that play CAS or ISA schools during the initial 2 week trial period in May, as this doesn't change when their individual seasons start. I think this competition has been created because of how when the AAGPS starts their competition in the 3rd week of fixtures, for the next 5 weeks ISA and CAS have only each other to play until each of their single round competitions start, so they've just decided to create a competition out of when those schools have to play each other due to the unavailability to play GPS schools.
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