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Stickybeak
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This is a very naive view of the NSW GPS system. TAS does not compete in rugby, cricket or rowing and yet remains a GPS school. St Pats at Goulburn was once a GPS school as was All Saints at Bathurst. It is interesting to have a look at the Australian Schools team for this year - I haven't done the figures but my strong impression is that Queensland is eclipsing NSW in providing numbers to this team, which may not be surprising or noteworthy given that I understand they won the national tournament. If you really believe that the NSW GPS schools are buying premierships consider this: Joeys who have the most recent strong tradition in rugby are average this year; Scots pride themselves on their rugby but they win few premierships; same with Riverview - they have won some recently but historically they are very weak. Newington do not look like winning the premiership this year and most of the bleating in this thread concerns them. If these schools are recruiting on rugby scholarships then the talent spotters should be sacked....either that or wake up to the fact that the 12, 14 or 15 year old super star is unlikely to be in the mix when he's 18+.
The real point made elsewhere in this thread is: every boy who plays rugby should be playing for enjoyment and playing to win - if he has no chance of winning then he's probably not going to enjoy it much. Thus, for the good of the game, all schools should be roughly equal in standard. If all the schools worried about their HSC results then (a) the rugby and rowing comps would be much more even (b) the ARU would be stuffed because THEY DO DO ABSOLUTELY ZERO DEVELOPMENT!!!!!
The real point made elsewhere in this thread is: every boy who plays rugby should be playing for enjoyment and playing to win - if he has no chance of winning then he's probably not going to enjoy it much. Thus, for the good of the game, all schools should be roughly equal in standard. If all the schools worried about their HSC results then (a) the rugby and rowing comps would be much more even (b) the ARU would be stuffed because THEY DO DO ABSOLUTELY ZERO DEVELOPMENT!!!!!