en_force_er
Geoff Shaw (53)
Nathan Palia at 7 for Easts is interesting. I thought he'd end up in the front row to be honest.
Shute Shield 2012
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Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
It's interesting that Will Miller from the Oz Schools team last year is starting at 7 for North Sydney without playing in Colts. He had a blinder against NZ Schools but it seems to be a bit early to be playing in the Ones.
And he weighed in at just 86kgs last year.
PS: North Sydney are playing in the TV game on Saturday; so have a look at him.
And he weighed in at just 86kgs last year.
PS: North Sydney are playing in the TV game on Saturday; so have a look at him.
en_force_er
Geoff Shaw (53)
He could be serviceable if he was floating around 95kgs, and he might be there presuming he didn't have a massive weights background prior to finishing school.
When you do weights seriously for the first time you stack on a ton of good weight in months 3 and 4.
Intruder
Dave Cowper (27)
Eastern Suburbs backrow are going to struggle with no ball fetcher and all players relatively lazy around the field.
Knuckles
Ted Thorn (20)
My prediction.....
Eastwood
Easts
Manly
Uni
Norths
Parramatta
Randwick
Gordon
Souths
Wests
Penrith
Rats
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Rd1 EW d Nths 20-17, Gord d War 12-11, Easts d Pen 27-17, Sthn d Parra 42-3, Uni d WH 49-19, Manly d Rand 20-6 #shuteshield
blindsider
Billy Sheehan (19)
thanks qwerty
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
Gordon 12 Rats 11
It's going to be a dance of the desperates with these two teams this year. The players were willing enough but the skill level was low.
The Gordon forwards as a group were quicker to the breakdown and were more street wise. The Rats would have liked to have had some big bopper props like Ralulu and Gukibau as the Highlanders had, but they could have been more urgent in the contact area. In that parallel universe they wouldn't have minded having Gerrard, Pyle, Sheehan, McCabe and Fardy back for the afternoon either.
Warringah had the winning of the game in the second half after Gordon went ahead 12-3 just after oranges with a try from a charge down kick. The Rats held Gordon scoreless for the rest of the game but they weren't good enough to take their opportunities and besides: the Highlanders defended in their half with some starch and a lot of street smart nous.
It was interesting to watch Ex Oz Sevens player Hamish Angus playing flyhalf for the Rats. He will be a fine 1st Grade 10 if he learns to run more to stop the drift; however he missed a couple of easy penalties in the 4th quarter which could have had the winning of the game. Mind you, Burnett of Gordon missed a couple earlier.
19 y.o. scrummie Tim Donlan was the Rats best player and it won't be long before his name is getting on a few clipboards. He'll be in Canberra with the Oz U/20 training squad next week. Other guys are favoured for the 9 jersey in the final Oz squad and if they are better than Donlan, the Oz U/20 team will be well served. Old head, young shoulders.
The Rats won 2nd Grade 40-8 and 3rd Grade also, but it would have been of cold comfort to the Rats club.
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It's going to be a dance of the desperates with these two teams this year. The players were willing enough but the skill level was low.
The Gordon forwards as a group were quicker to the breakdown and were more street wise. The Rats would have liked to have had some big bopper props like Ralulu and Gukibau as the Highlanders had, but they could have been more urgent in the contact area. In that parallel universe they wouldn't have minded having Gerrard, Pyle, Sheehan, McCabe and Fardy back for the afternoon either.
Warringah had the winning of the game in the second half after Gordon went ahead 12-3 just after oranges with a try from a charge down kick. The Rats held Gordon scoreless for the rest of the game but they weren't good enough to take their opportunities and besides: the Highlanders defended in their half with some starch and a lot of street smart nous.
It was interesting to watch Ex Oz Sevens player Hamish Angus playing flyhalf for the Rats. He will be a fine 1st Grade 10 if he learns to run more to stop the drift; however he missed a couple of easy penalties in the 4th quarter which could have had the winning of the game. Mind you, Burnett of Gordon missed a couple earlier.
19 y.o. scrummie Tim Donlan was the Rats best player and it won't be long before his name is getting on a few clipboards. He'll be in Canberra with the Oz U/20 training squad next week. Other guys are favoured for the 9 jersey in the final Oz squad and if they are better than Donlan, the Oz U/20 team will be well served. Old head, young shoulders.
The Rats won 2nd Grade 40-8 and 3rd Grade also, but it would have been of cold comfort to the Rats club.
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CTPE
Nev Cottrell (35)
An excellent debut for a kid going straight from schoolboy rugby into first grade against the reigning premiers. He was not out of place at all and did some "special" things. Look forward to him bulking up... he looks a similar height to Pocock..maybe a touch taller...will be outstanding if he can hit the 100kg mark and maintain his speed and agility.
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rugbyfan
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Is there anyway to watch the replay of the Norths v Eastwood game?
2bluesfan
Nev Cottrell (35)
Bit of a wake-up call for the Two Blues yesterday. Souths looked sharp, well drilled and they punished the Parra boys in the last quarter of the match.
Match report on the Two Blues website htp://twobluesrugby.com.au
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Bucko
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It should be on ABC Iview, but it doesn't appear to be there yet. It will be replayed at 4am Tuesday morning on ABC1.
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