Confucius Say
Colin Windon (37)
1 . BBC. 2. Nudgee 3. TSS. 4. IGS 5. BSHS/TGS 6. GT
“Blue & white” said:And the other top forward pack is ? And why ?
IGS First XV played GT last weekend and from all reports IGS back line ripped them apart. Very much the Sam Walker show and a flashy number 9 from IGS whose name i cant remember but has played alot of rep apparently. Apparently IGS dropped back a few gears after running in some simple tries. I had also heard IGS forwards didn't run into any competition at all up against a weak GT forward pack in all respects. Was anyone at the game or does anyone have any information from that game that can shine some light on whats happening?
No returning Aussie Schoolboy for GT this year , one returning Qld 1 starting player in GV from last year. Think Gt is suffering from a hangover from the ex sports director who made some very poor investments in both scholarships and coaching staff. Will be a while before they get back on their feet.
There is a fair bit of cross over in the six or so who made Qld U16’s last year and the five who made Qld Schoolboys this year.
More than half the likely starting team this year saw some First XV last year, they will improve by round 1 and as a few have pointed out , will need to .
sorry nomad. My words. Not yours. My reference was just a bit of naughty finger pointing, maybe even blame game. I was certainly not suggesting accountability, nor even an investigation. Probably best to sweep it under the mat gents.I would like to make an observation that I didn’t comment on the ex Director of Sport at GT in my post you quoted.
Seems as though forward dominance was the name of the game in the trial between TSS v IGS at Ipswich last night as TSS towelled up the Ipswegians
Y'know the conventional wisdom is that you need the best 10 in the comp to win blah blah blah ..but without diminishing the importance of that factor ( and it is a factor....just not the only factor ) I would suggest that if you don't have the best or at the very least the 2nd best forward pack in the competition and don't control the game upfront ....you can have as great a backline as you like , but ultimately , it won't really matter if you are not up to scratch in the engine room