Shute Shield 2013

[Eyes and Ears]

Saifolio

 

[Knuckles]

They are indeed planning to put a carpark under Manly Oval to accomodate demolition of the high rise car park in Whistler St behind the Corso - hopefully it will only be 2 seasons at an appropriately resourced Keirle Park- upgraded changeroom and hospitality facilities , temp grandstands etc. Mind you parking on adjacent ovals would be a plus for the time it takes.

Call me old fashioned too but I'm with coach on WH spectator noise and that's an opinion in prospect not from experience !

Here's hoping they'll address the issue of fixing that dog track of a playing surface on Kierle too. Only playing surface that is worse in the comp is Woollahra.

 

[The Galah]

Saifolio

I'd agree with that E&E from what I've seen so far this year although from other posts I may have to recast my vote after MMM's v Randwick this week.

 

[Gibbo]

I'm exited to see Brandon Quinn step up from Colts into 1st Grade agaisnt the Rats this week. This bloke has speed to burn and incredibly fast feet. Vesi Tokalaulevu is out

 

[Spieber]

Warringah v Gordon @ Pittwater Rugby Park (3pm)
Warringah: 1 Ben Ryan, 2 Luke Holmes (C), 3 Luke Preston, 4 Ben Adams, 5 Vincent Wright, 6 Mark Porpiglia, 7 James Casey, 8 Pierce Howell 9 Joshua Holmes, 10 David Harvey, 11 Brad Dixon, 12 Edward Doyle, 13 Michael Adams, 14 Conrad Gillingham, 15 David Feltscheer.
Gordon: 1 Tobias Gukibau (C), 2 Ronald Hobden, 3 Salesi Maumalanga, 4 Roni Scarano, 5 Mark Johnson, 6 Mark Williams, 7 Gordon Broome, 8 Luke Rissman, 9 Terry Preston, 10 Erik Moss, 11 Vesi Tokalaulevu, 12 Tom Matthews, 13 Lucas Simkin, 14 Matthew McDougal, 15 Mark Preston.
Referee: Ian Smith
Penrith v Eastern Suburbs @ Nepean Rugby Park (3pm)
Penrith: 1 Peter Niumata, 2 Kerren Straker, 3 Nigel Vaifale, 4 David Reopoama, 5 Iosua Tonga, 6 Leo Burgess 7 Pita Tupou, 8 Willie Tooala, 9 Solomona Silipa, 10 Siaa Taveuveu (C), 11 Paula Katoa, 12 Henry Lilomaiava 13 Kampo Sione, 14 Fokolulu, 15. Campbell Hislop
Eastern Suburbs: 1 Sione Kolo, 2 Alex Walker, 3 Rob McMickan, 4 Richard Stanford 5 Phil Mathers, 6 Pauli Taumoepeau (C), 7 Ryan Hodson, 8 Andrew Shaw, 9 Luke Irwin, 10 Henry Hudson, 11 Elijah Niko, 12 Angus Sinclair, 13 Apakuki Ma’afu, 14 Anton Lavin, 15 Damon Anderson.
Referee: Richard Goswell
Northern Suburbs v Eastwood @ North Sydney Oval (3pm)
Northern Suburbs: 1 Nick Curtis, 2 Will Weeks, 3 Nick Lah (C), 4 Michael O’Hea, 5 Chris Thompson, 6 Ben Matwijow, 7 Sam Figg, 8 AJ Gilbert, 9 Michael Dowsett, 10 Scott Daruda, 11 Corey Brown, 12 Bill Meakes, 13 Peter Schuster, 14 Liam Windon, 15 Cam Crawford.
Eastwood: 1 Jed Gillespie, 2 Hugh Roach, 3 Dylan Brass, 4 Jared Barry, 5 Mitch Lees, 6 Sione Tau, 7 Hugh Perrett (C), 8 Locky McCaffrey, 9 Shanin Proctor, 10 Jimmy Hilgendorf, 11 Nick Batger, 12 Michael McDougall, 13 Cam Mitchell, 14 Nick Reilly, 15 Ben Batger.
Referee: William Houston
Southern Districts v Parramatta @ Forshaw Rugby Oval (3pm)
Southern Districts: 1 Duncan Chubb, 2 Steve Fualau, 3 Tim Metcher, 4 Andrew Leota, 5 Luke Smart, 6 Lopeti Timani, 7 Jono Hayes (C), 8 Jed Holloway, 9 Grayson Hart, 10 Rohan Saifoloi, 11 Alex Gibbon, 12 Rayhan Laulala, 13 Faleula Finau, 14 Ollie Ngungutau, 15. Ben Volavola.
Parramatta: 1 Nick Blacklock, 2 Mathew Borg, 3 Luke Troy, 4 Charlie Leaeno, 5 Adam Coleman, 6 Josh Kaifa, 7 Rodney Ma’a, 8 Andrew Cox, 9 Chris Nay, 10 Sam Yakopo, 11 Sosene Anesi (C), 12 Dan Rawaqa, 13 Damien Fakafanua, 14 Moses Tavola, 15 Tom Woods
Referee: Edward Martin.
Sydney University v West Harbour @ Sydney Uni. Oval 1. (3pm)
Sydney University: 1 Jeremy Tilse, 2 James Willan, 3 Paddy Ryan, 4 Will Skelton, 5 Ollie Atkins, 6 Liam Windon, 7 David Hickey, 8 Tom Boidin (C), 9 Jake Gordon, 10 Daniel Kelly, 11 Greg Jeloudev, 12 Tom Carter, 13 Jim Stuart, 14 James Dargaville, 15 Tom Kingston.
West Harbour: 1 David Lolohea, 2 Reg De Jager (C), 3 Vaughan Lomax, 4 Alfred Pinomi, 5 Chris Simons, 6 Vaka Manu, 7 Cohen Masson, 8 Matt Coles 9 David Osofua, 10 Jack Debreczeni, 11 Tito Mua, 12 Winston Wilson, 13 Henry Seavula, 14 Alofa Alofa, 15 Shaun Treweek.
Referee: Matt O’Brien
Randwick v Manly @ Coogee Oval (3pm) (ABC TV GAME)
Randwick: 1 Faitotoa Asa, 2 Nio Halangahu, 3 Richard Aho, 4 Geoff Ingram, 5 William Munro, 6 Seilala Lam (C), 7 Nathan Paila, 8 Junior Taavili, 9 Harrison Boileau, 10 David Horwitz, 11 Ethan Ford, 12 Tom Connor, 13 Terence Hepetema, 14 Callum Fryer, 15 Rennie Lautolo
Manly: 1 Jim Gentle, 2 Dave Porecki, 3 Tim Fairbrother (C), 4 Ryan Melrose, 5 Dylan Sigg, 6 Harry Bergelin, 7 Kotoni Ale, 8 Daniel Alley, 9 Max Wood, 10 Marshall Milroy, 11 Jacob Woodhouse, 12 Peter Gilmore, 13 Brian Sefanaia 14 Richard Hooper, 15 Tom Chesters.
Referee: Steve Walsh

 

[Spieber]

Uni tight five looks pretty big. Steve Walsh with match of the day. Jim Stewart playing both colts and 1's.

 

[Zander]

That Uni team is nearly the Tahs side from Saturday.

 

[the coach]

Uni tight five looks pretty big. Steve Walsh with match of the day. Jim Stewart playing both colts and 1's.

Interesting to see the battle of the front rows with the two monsters Wests have up front v Tilse and Ryan.

 

[MACCA]

Interesting to see the battle of the front rows with the two monsters Wests have up front v Tilse and Ryan.

I'd love to see them in a pie eating contest after the game

 

[the coach]

I'd love to see them in a pie eating contest after the game

To quote that great orator Chris Handy:
"they were raised when meat was cheap!"

 

[2bluesfan]

Interesting to see the battle of the front rows with the two monsters Wests have up front v Tilse and Ryan.

I wouldn't call Lomax a monster. Handy player though. Lolohea is an interesting prospect - the next season and the following one, will be very interesting in terms of his long term prospects.

 

[the coach]

I wouldn't call Lomax a monster. Handy player though. Lolohea is an interesting prospect - the next season and the following one, will be very interesting in terms of his long term prospects.

I agree, according to the ABC commentary last weekend he scored 20 tries in colts last year.

 

[2bluesfan]

I agree, according to the ABC commentary last weekend he scored 20 tries in colts last year.

That sounds about right. During his junior and Colts years he was very potent close to the line. I quite like the kid but I think he himself would acknowledge he has to work on some things. The good thing is - he seems prepared to do just that.

 

[Eyes and Ears]

I heard a rumour that Adam Darcy is on the bench for Manly this weekend. Can anyone confirm?

 

[Intruder]

Also any truth to the rumour that Waratah recruit Tala Gray will be doning the Beasties jumper in the near future ?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Would make some sense as he was with the Beasties before he left.

I would have liked to have see him being directed to a club in a non-heartland area, as he was originally from Victoria with no "real" junior links to Shute Shield clubs.

 

[Zander]

I heard a rumour that Adam Darcy is on the bench for Manly this weekend. Can anyone confirm?

Would Sean Doyle be turning out for Southern as well then?

 

[No.8]

Keen as to watch Randwick v Manly

 

[MACCA]

Keen as to watch Randwick v Manly

The game should be a beauty. Randwick will be rank outsiders based on Manlys form against Uni IMO. Am thinking Randwick may struggle against the big Manly pack.

 

[the coach]

The game should be a beauty. Randwick will be rank outsiders based on Manlys form against Uni IMO. Am thinking Randwick may struggle against the big Manly pack.

I suspect this is why Junior Tavalii has been brought into the pack and Connor moved to the centres ie to add some bulk. Apart from the fact that Junior had a big game last weekend in 2nds.