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Bob Loudon (25)
I wish - would have saved me a bomb.
School sporting scholarships/recruitment
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Vay Wilson (31)
Please someone tell me where the secret bursaries are kept.
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Nev Cottrell (35)
In a cookie jar by the Heads desk.
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Trevor Allan (34)
Rumpletweezer ran the dinky-tinky shop in the foot of the magic oak tree by the wobbly dum-dum bush in the shade of the magic glade down in Dingly Dell. Here he sold contraceptives and distributed the mythological secret bursaries.......
Please enlighten us all on the rowing bursaries given out.
Sunny
Ted Fahey (11)
Reading the talk of the ARU doing little to curb player loss,
Isn't the addition of the ARU Junior Gold Cup a step in the right direction?
The addition of this tournament is a direct path through club rugby.
Running through Qld team list I see a mix of GPS and state schools, catching a broader range of kids, give more an opportunity to those who otherwise can't afford to attend a GPS a school.
Thoughts?
Isn't the addition of the ARU Junior Gold Cup a step in the right direction?
The addition of this tournament is a direct path through club rugby.
Running through Qld team list I see a mix of GPS and state schools, catching a broader range of kids, give more an opportunity to those who otherwise can't afford to attend a GPS a school.
Thoughts?
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
In Sydney the kids at GPS schools looking at 1sts do not seem to participate.
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Trevor Allan (34)
IS....TKS does not have a blanket ban on seniors playing JGS...but I'm aware that many of the others don't support the program.
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Trevor Allan (34)
The 7's program also has a sprinkling of GPS first XV's and GPS seniors playing in the current squad.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Only recognised
I think its both
When you add summer sport to the mix - which is generally compulsory there is very little time
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David Wilson (68)
Slightly off topic for this thread, but I think this is the reason. I was speaking to some boys during the holidays who did JGC last year and they aren't doing it again because it basically means they play and/or train for rugby 12 months a year.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
The other thing is that once they get to a certain age it basically prevents them doing a weights program in the off season because there is no off season.
15s should not be doing weights so it works Ok for them
Brian Westlake
Arch Winning (36)
My scholarship was a 15 hp evinrude for my rowing
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RuckMyGrass420
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I blame the system. This "need to win" at any cost attitude has been the bane of the GPS for the last decade. My three boys have all gone through Newington and not a single one has made the 1st XV. Two played 13,14 and 15 A's yet were thwarted when Imported players stole their hard earned spots. My boys should have been out there in the white and black (ready to attack). I pay full school fees yet I am the one left standing on the sideline of some muddy oval, far from the main ground.
My boys earnt their spots. That is the bottom line...
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Vay Wilson (31)
I think in 50 years time this thread will still be going. There will always be schools trying to cheat the system to induce top rugby players just to win a premiership.
Brian Westlake
Arch Winning (36)
Forgetting games for a minute, were you happy with the education that the little ruckers got at NC though?
That is the major reason for schooling. I do empathise with your dilemma though
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RuckMyGrass420
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Apart from the bloody planes flying overhead every five minutes yes I was relatively happy with Newington as a School. As a queensland boy (Churchie) growing up I didn't know much about the NSW GPS but found Newington to be a great place for friends, fun and banter. Oh and don't forget RUCKS
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
No rule against it in the CAS.
Matt Street Scholarship I believe.
Matt Street Scholarship I believe.