This year the GPS comp seems reasonably ok, with the exception that Scots are belting teams and Shore are battling. In the middle View are travelling about as expected, Newington have come back to the pack, Kings had a good win over Newington this weekend, and Joeys are 1 from 3, but have played the two top rated sides. The arguments arise from how Scots are getting their results. The bottom line is that schools offer many sports and are very diverse in doing so which allows everyone to participate in a sport that suits them. Rugby is our passion and we probably see the world differently to many. It is already a logistical nightmare for schools these days matching with each other for games for their boys, and I must congratulate them for getting it done as well as they do. As much as many of us would like to see the whole focus on rugby it will never happen. That is for after school....the key will be to get everyone back playing within the same guidleines, and that means schools actually allocating resources to the code. If you talk to Shore rugby parents they are extremely frustrated with their schools lack of support in a code that probably has the highest participation rate of all their sports, they can start there, and at the other end of the tree, well thats best for another thread. The talk of what a wonderful brand of rugby scots is playing is dubious. To me it looks very much like their physical dominance over sides is what is creating most of the blow out scores. Yes they have a structure that is pretty easy to read, just hard to stop if you can't man up. They are certainly the front runners, but they have also played Kings and Shore, who have had injuries and been expected to struggle. I have no real opinion on who will prevail between Scots and View, but it should be a cracker with 2 very different styles of rugby being played, beyween 2 fairly physical sides. Shore will improve, as will and has Kings. Round 2 could provide some interesting outcomes for the sides.