Shute Shield 2016

[Jeremy Brennan]

Westharbour trials. Parra at Parra. Manly at Concord

 

[Hugh Jarse]

No 2016 draw on the NSWRU Web site.

Club Previews for 2015 still up.

Unpaid Interns still on hoiidays?

 

[greg woods]

No 2016 draw on the NSWRU Web site.

Club Previews for 2015 still up.

Unpaid Interns still on hoiidays?

I emailed the nswru about this exact point. I was told by Lisa Kane they are changing the page they are using and there is a delay. I have the full draw if anyone wants to give me there email. Im sure the clubs would have the full draw but most only put up the games involving there own clubs.

 

[No.8]

Anyone know where Rowan Perry from the Canberra Vikings will be playing - he has moved to Sydney so guessing a Shute side has picked him up - was also training with the Tahs this off-season.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Think I saw elsewhere on GAGR that he will be with Easts, but could be wrong about that. Be good if someone could confirm.

 

[No.8]

Think I saw elsewhere on GAGR that he will be with Easts, but could be wrong about that. Be good if someone could confirm.

Will be a very good pick up for Easts - big loss for the Vikings...one of the best club No.7's running around at the moment.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Will be interesting to see how Warringah go looks like they have lost a whole back row(Ward, Cunningham to HK, Killingworth to 7's), one front rower + a bit of second grade depth (Stanley) & potentially Angus?

Harry Jones should be available more throughout this season and Tyson Davis has another year of experience.

A few players who played for NRC teams in 2014 beyond their "usual" club affiliations ended up playing 2015 Shute Shield for a club aligned with that cross-border NRC team.

Will Harry Jones remain with the Rats in 2016 or has he been "Playforded" and we will see him in Blue and Gold this year?

Any players changing clubs for 2016 based on off season NRC recruiting?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Whatever happened to another former Rat 9 who went to Manly in expectation of greatness and disappeared? Jack Rowntree. For a while there he was touted as the next Gregan by Manu Sutherland and his band of merry men making rockstars out of 14 year olds

Anyone got a list of the 2004/5/6 NTS (National Talent Squad which I think it was called then) members, and where they are now? They will be in their mid-late 20's now and should have reached their rugby "peak".

Historically less than 1/2 the Australian Schoolboys go on to pro Rugby.

Does the Koala Club have a better conversion rate?

I found a programme from 2004 State Champs buried in the Jarse Archives during a recent cleanup. Not many of the rockstars that were being developed by the Districts in 2004 have kicked on to pro rugby a decade later, let along Shute Shield First Grade.

It would seem that the cream will rise to the surface, despite the efforts of those charged with managing the process to help said cream to rise.

These were the supposed elite U18's chosen for ASRU duties in 2006. 10 seasons later, where are they now, and what have they achieved rugbywise in the intervening period*?
http://www.schoolsrugby.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ASRU-Teams-2000-2009-web.pdf

Australian Schools v Tonga Under 18s
Saturday 19th August, 2006 at St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, Sydney
1 Patrick Ryan St. Joseph’s College NSW
2 Kane Hollingsworth Ipswich Grammar School QLD
3 Barry Fa’amausili Chisholm TAFE VIC
4 Rob Simmons The Southport School QLD
5 James Waterman Brisbane Boys College QLD
6 Seilala Lam St. Edmund’s College ACT
7 Rodney Ma’a Westfields Sports HS NSW
8 Ben McCalman Kinross Wolaroi NSW
9 Luke Evans The Southport School QLD
10 Kurtley Beale (capt) St. Joseph’s College NSW
11 Peter Betham St. Joseph’s College NSW
12 Quade Cooper Anglican Church Grammar School QLD
13 Rowan Kellam Cumberland HS NSW
14 Andrew Barrett Illawarra Sports HS NSW
15 Rod Davies Ipswich Grammar School QLD
16 Albert Anae Ipswich Grammar School QLD
17 Nathan Charles Knox Grammar NSW
18 Pat Ritchie St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace QLD
19 Adam Campbell St. Ignatius’ College NSW
20 Michael Uoka Holmsglen TAFE VIC
21 Jeremy Sua Westfields Sports HS NSW
22 Robert Horne Georges River College, Oatley Senior High Campus NSW
23 Alfred Mafi Granville Boys High School NSW

Australian Schools Rugby Tour Squad
Fiji and New Zealand 25th September to 10th October 2006
Jumper First Surname School State
11 Andrew Barrett Illawarra Sports HS NSW
10 Kurtley Beale (c) St. Joseph’s College NSW
14 Peter Betham St. Joseph’s College NSW
4 Adam Campbell St. Ignatius’ College NSW
2 Nathan Charles Knox Grammar NSW
10 Quade Cooper Anglican Church Grammar School QLD
6 Ben Coridas Westfields Sports HS NSW
15 Rod Davies Ipswich Grammar School QLD
9 Luke Evans The Southport School QLD
3 Barry Fa’amausili Chisholm TAFE VIC
3 Tetera Faulkner Marist College Canberra ACT
7 Chris Harkins Marist College ACT
2 Kane Hollingsworth Ipswich Grammar School QLD
13 Robert Horne Georges River College, Oatley Senior High Campus NSW
13 Rowan Kellam Cumberland HS NSW
6 Seilala Lam St. Edmund’s College ACT
7 Rodney Ma’a Westfields Sports HS NSW
15 Alfred Mafi Granville Boys High School NSW
8 Ben McCalman Kinross Wolaroi NSW
1 Daniel Palmer Warilla High School NSW
3 Chris Pearce Barker College NSW
1 Patrick Ryan St Joseph’s College NSW
5 Rob Simmons The Southport School QLD
9 Jeremy Sua Westfields Sports HS NSW
12 Ben Tapuai The Southport School QLD
6 Michael Uoka Holmsglen TAFE VIC
5 James Waterman Brisbane Boys College QLD

Australian Schools v Fiji Schools
Saturday 30th September, 2006 at Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji
Jumper First Surname School State
1 Patrick Ryan St. Joseph’s College NSW
2 Kane Hollingsworth Ipswich Grammar School QLD
3 Daniel Palmer Warilla High School NSW
4 Rob Simmons The Southport School QLD
5 James Waterman Brisbane Boys College QLD
6 Seilala Lam St. Edmund’s College ACT
7 Rodney Ma’a Westfields Sports HS NSW
8 Ben McCalman Kinross Wolaroi NSW
9 Jeremy Sua Westfields Sports HS NSW
10 Kurtley Beale (capt) St. Joseph’s College NSW
11 Andrew Barrett Illawarra Sports HS NSW
12 Quade Cooper Anglican Church Grammar School QLD
13 Rowan Kellam Cumberland HS NSW
14 Peter Betham St. Joseph’s College NSW
15 Rod Davies Ipswich Grammar School QLD
16 Chris Pearce Barker College NSW
17 Nathan Charles Knox Grammar NSW
18 Barry Fa’amausili Chisholm TAFE VIC
19 Adam Campbell St. Ignatius’ College NSW
20 Michael Uoka Holmsglen TAFE VIC
21 Luke Evans The Southport School QLD
22 Ben Tapuai The Southport School QLD
23 Alfred Mafi Granville Boys High School NSW

Australian Schools v New Zealand Schools
Tuesday 10th October, 2006 at
Auckland Grammar School, Auckland, New Zealand
Jumper First Surname School State
1 Patrick Ryan St. Joseph’s College NSW
2 Kane Hollingsworth Ipswich Grammar School QLD
3 Daniel Palmer Warilla High School NSW
4 Rob Simmons The Southport School QLD
5 James Waterman Brisbane Boys College QLD
6 Seilala Lam St. Edmund’s College ACT
7 Rodney Ma’a Westfields Sports HS NSW
8 Ben McCalman Kinross Wolaroi NSW
9 Jeremy Sua Westfields Sports HS NSW
10 Kurtley Beale (capt) St. Joseph’s College NSW
11 Andrew Barrett Illawarra Sports HS NSW
12 Quade Cooper Anglican Church Grammar School QLD
13 Rowan Kellam Cumberland HS NSW
14 Peter Betham St. Joseph’s College NSW
15 Rod Davies Ipswich Grammar School QLD
16 Tetera Faulkner Marist College Canberra ACT
17 Nathan Charles Knox Grammar NSW
18 Barry Fa’amausili Chisholm TAFE VIC
19 Adam Campbell St. Ignatius’ College NSW
20 Michael Uoka Holmsglen TAFE VIC
21 Luke Evans The Southport School QLD
22 Ben Tapuai The Southport School QLD
23 Alfred Mafi Granville Boys High School NSW

* Not every player selected for ASRU teams desires to make rugby their career, or even their main sporting priority post school.

Edit: It appears that the NTS concept only started in 2004. For a number of years there was also an AIS Development Squad of even more elite folk running in parallel with the NTS. The National Gold Squad (and Junior Gold Squad) package seems to have arrived on the scene around 2010 or so, replacing the NTS.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Will Miller has been announced as the 2016 Captain for the Shoremen.
http://northsrugby.com.au/will-miller-to-captain-shoremen/

And in news that will please many players, the cricket pitch at North Sydney Oval is being replaced with a drop in job, and the lighting is being upgraded.
http://northsrugby.com.au/north-sydney-oval-upgrade/

Any other Club Captains announced?

 

[greg woods]

has anyone heard anything out of penrith?

 

[Inside Shoulder]

I would say 2006 had a higher conversion rate than average

 

[blindsider]

Here's the students/corporations draw.

http://www.sydneyunirugby.com.au/grade-draw.html


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[blindsider]

And Randwicks
http://www.randwickrugby.com.au/images/stories/files/2016-News/2016-Game-Calendar-v3-PDF.pdf

Can't find the full draw yet


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[Hugh Jarse]

^^^That's only the draw for The Corporation and Randi-Wix.

Most Club Websites have a copy of the draw, as it pertains to them. So best to visit your aligned club web site to see how your winter is shaping up, travel wise.

Colts followers will have to assume that their draw is opposite to that of Grade, in terms of home and away teams for each round. Be aware that it has become popular of late for some clubs with two fields in close proximity to have The "Club Days" or "Super Saturdays" where both Grade and Colts play at the same venue. These don't seem to be highlighted as yet on the various club websites.

 

[observer]

I've heard West Harbour have bolstered their backline with former Uni player Stefano Hunt and Canterbury Bulldogs forward David Minute.

Minute had his $90K contract terminated in 2015 by the Dogs for making harassing phone calls to a female coach. It's understood they are preparing him to play 12.

 

[Seymour Butz]

According to Twitter, Shannon is currently on holidays with his family in Tassie so maybe no announcement until he returns -- assuming it's true.

Wow, with social media these days, you can run, but you can't hide. Great sleuthing from The Coach!!

 

[the coach]

Wow, with social media these days, you can run, but you can't hide. Great sleuthing from The Coach!!

And now in USA!

 

[the coach]

BTW, Wicks have announced Morgan Turinui will be Club Attack Coach and Jock Giacheri will be Club Set Piece Coach. Nick Ryan has signed on for another 2 years as Director of Rugby and Travis Partridge as Director of Colts. But no mention of the 1st grade coach

 

[blindsider]

BTW, Wicks have announced Morgan Turinui will be Club Attack Coach and Jock Giacheri will be Club Set Piece Coach. Nick Ryan has signed on for another 2 years as Director of Rugby and Travis Partidge as Director of Colts. But no mention of the 1st grade coach

Pretty sure it's Jayson Brewer


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[MACCA]

The silence about the first grade coach is deafening - whilst rolling out cliches one can say that where there is smoke there is fire


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