Gents. I am sorry for my recent outburst two weeks ago. It was out of character and was said in pure vain due to the recent stories of Drugs in Sport and noticeably schoolboy sport.
let's move onto rugby (God's Game).
From here on in we have 6 rounds left for 1sts and 2nds and 5 rounds for the humble 3s.
My pick for the respective teams and the premiers and champions from 1s to 3s.
1st XV
1. Scots/Newington
3.Riverview
4.Joeys
5.Shore
6.Kings
2nd XV
1. Newington/Joeys
3. Riverview
4.Shore
5.Scots
6. Kings
3rd XV
1.Scots
2. Grammar
3.Kings
4. The Armidale School
5. Joeys
6. Sydney High
7. St.Ignatius
8.Newington
9. Shore
Your thoughts?
I have an odd feeling you're correct about that 1st XV result, though I feel Joeys are a superior outfit to their arch-rivals, and will end up above them. Yes, yes, 'View won the initial encounter, but rugby's a funny game.
In the 2nd XV, I think that Newington are deserved favourites, but I wonder whether we'll see some promotions and demotions following last weekends result. A change in personnel, even if previous 1st XV players, can spell disaster for any team.
And of course, the 3rd XV is where my greatest interest lies. This result will become a bit clearer with the pivotal match up of Grammar and Scots at Weigall this week . For me, it's:
1st XV: Scots
2nd XV: Newington
3rd XV: Scots (though you all know who I'm rooting for!)
Though I think, as in any year, it would be foolish to count out the Joeys boys at any level, particularly in the 2nds and 3rds competitions.
Just a quick question re the AAGPS rugby results for the 3rd XV for round 4. It shows Kings winning over High 31 - 5 and a side note saying that TAS beat High 12 - 0 in an earlier fixture. It would also appear from the table that Grammar had a bye last week as well as Scots. I am fractionally confused as to what has occurred. Anyone able to shed some light?
Well, each team gets one bye due to the 9 team structure. My understanding is that High played TAS earlier in the year so as to reduce the burden on the Year 12 boys leading into their HSC Trial preparation; rather than play last weekend, they chose to play earlier. Every other team will only have one bye this year, but High and TAS will have had two. Howevr, the earlier season result counts as their official game, with TAS winning 12-0, and earning the 2 points.