I take it the boy has moved from Pius to Riverview. Is he good enough to play 1's for View? how are view looking at 12 &13?I cant follow.
Is he going to be in the Knox 1s or is he at a GPS school?
I take it the boy has moved from Pius to Riverview. Is he good enough to play 1's for View? how are view looking at 12 &13?
Also hearing Keith titmus to join newington as well as Saul Lewis. Adds even more strength to the GPS Side in the 16s
Huly, I agree that Sydney High halfback is very good . always hard to pick a kid that isn't matching up, week in week out, against A teams
possibly not playing junior rugby
but I think the trouble is so many get hung up on reputations, already been picked in Sydney team etc
after all these are 14 and 15 year olds . some are physically 3 years ahead, in terms of body clocks
and selectors need to look beyond the kid who has been shaving since he was 10 years old
as just sometimes you get a pip-squeak, that will catch up, in the growth stakes, and is going to be a cracker
anyway . does anyone know the name of that High kid . the number 9 . believe he was the captain of the 15As . could be a throwback to High glory days .. what was that great period when they had that Hodge bloke . that little nugget . he was like the flying falafel
I was only able to see the SBHS vs SGS game yesterday. Usually at least a couple of grammar kids make the pres xv sides. I'd say their 10 yesterday was their best player.
The 9 from Sydney Boys was probably their best player and I think could give some of these aforementioned halfbacks a run for their money. This is if High go against recent tradition and go the GPS pathway as opposed to the CHS one.
Also new this year Raine Dellow centre excellent player, along with a few more new additions in the A's not sure there names not including titmuss and Lewis. I believe they are all playing 16a's this year ,will be the team to beat.
He is definitely a talent but I reckon he might struggle to break into the 1st's this year - the #12 (Pirina) will be back for his 3rd year of 1sts and the #13 (Terry) for his 2nd year in the top grade. Plus Smeallie played a lot of centres in the 1sts when injuries took last year.
I would have thought the View backline might look something like
9. Clark
10. Lenehan
11. Nona
12. Pirina
13. Terry
14. Smeallie
15. Fahey
I've heard that Dom is in 1sts squad for Scots 7s and for 15s season thereafter, though trials still to be worked through. Anyone able to confirm?
would be good if anyone in the know has team sheets for the Knox V Joeys clash in both 16s and Opens. 1sts, 2nds and U16s are likely to be cracking games. Where are the games being played?
CAS and GPS selections in 16s will be interesting as the talent pool straddles both 16s and Opens for both competitions.
For GPS, Riverview traditionally blood their young talent early and I believe at least 3 boys are in the mix for firsts in year 10.
Likewise there may be a few at Newington. Unaware of any from Scots Kings or Joeys who traditionally have strong depth in Opens and 16s.
@SDW, what happened to Murphy - is his injury serious? Would be a shame for CAS u16s if he wasn't available for the schools trials.think Waverley still without Murphy .otherwise close to full strength with most of the leaguies out of team rehab
should be a good match up
@JT are you tipping re 1sts or U16s?Yep both Knox V Joeys and Waves V Riverview should be great games. Tipping both GPS in tight contests
@JT are you tipping re 1sts or U16s?