shortballking
Herbert Moran (7)
This weekends fixtures are looking to be a great round of rugby with newington vs joeys, shore vs kings and the two power houses view vs scots!
Ummmm... What are they going to get into Uni with?
Bells and Whistles? Beads?
There is something called an ATAR that the fine young professional Rugby players you wish to manufacture NEED to get in to Tertiary Education.
Oh, Name me some other "Likeminded" schools too please?
Hi Ted.That is so ignorant its ridiculous.
I have a friend whose son is part of this Scots side, his son's education is the primary focus a together with having his son turn out a good person.
This is the same parent that pulled his son out of club rugby one season a few years ago because his grades were not where they should have been.
I also know some of the other boys, who are putting in quite the effort towards their education and HSC.
Sorry (although its not my place to apologise) if they are better than your school at Rugby (hell they beat my affiliated school by 101 points), but thats just it they are better and although you maynot be able to cope with it some are actually pretty smart as well.
Hi Ted.
But to say that "the most advanced rugby program will afford these athletes a place at NSW or Syd" is THE MOST IGNORANT and OBNOXIOUS piece that has been placed on this blog in quite awhile
Jeez I hope you get a taste of your own medicine, COME ON RIVERVIEWAmazing highlights video of scots game .As some wag said .newington were in it until the national anthem finished
dont worry the bonus points are not given in courses where you have to be really clever like medicine but only in relatively non competitive easier courses at UniBW, the piece that seems to have set your pacemaker haywire and given you a terrible attack of CAPS LOCK (get well soon) had some silly things in it. But the bit you almost quote here (he actually said something a little different) can't be classed as ignorant. The truth is that most universities (including that sports powerhouse Macquarie) give elite athletes an ATAR boost which can be as generous as 5 points. Now, whether this is obnoxious is a proper subject for debate. If I got 99 point something and missed the last place in Arts Law because someone on 94 point something played Rugby for NSW Schools 2nds, I might have an attack of CAPS LOCK myself. It does happen, though, so we can't pretend that school sporting performance has no relevance to university entrance.
For some of these fine young charges you discuss, 40 points bonus will serve them nothing ala US system. 5 points is not the free path that has been described before. You have to have raw material to work with (a brain) to at least do well in an Australian Uni. And caps lock has been cured.Now to work on perentheses paralysis (as above)BW, the piece that seems to have set your pacemaker haywire and given you a terrible attack of CAPS LOCK (get well soon) had some silly things in it. But the bit you almost quote here (he actually said something a little different) can't be classed as ignorant. The truth is that most universities (including that sports powerhouse Macquarie) give elite athletes an ATAR boost which can be as generous as 5 points. Now, whether this is obnoxious is a proper subject for debate. If I got 99 point something and missed the last place in Arts Law because someone on 94 point something played Rugby for NSW Schools 2nds, I might have an attack of CAPS LOCK myself. It does happen, though, so we can't pretend that school sporting performance has no relevance to university entrance.
I like this idea. Based on numbers of wins across the day, Scots would have still won the day two weeks ago against Shore, however, it was definitely a much closer contest. Also if would create a feeling amongst all the boys (especially in the lower grades) that they are all contributing to the greater cause. Every game counts even the 13F's. Joeys would absolutely kill everyone in such a competition, which just goes to show the depth and strength of their rugby program.
By the time they hit high school the boys generally are keeping tabs of the score sheet anyway. They are all trying to win their games. As long as the competition is not over hyped up, I feel it could build a real group bond amongst all the players. I know that in rowing, many schools try to build a overall shed mentality. It doesn't matter if you row for the 1st IV or the 7th IV, you are all part of one big team.