Shute Shield 2016

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^Ferry & 4 Pines. There is no other desirable alternative. You know it makes sense.

 

[Oz talent]

I'm going to be necking schooners all weekend at Hotel Steyne if anyone is keen for a yarn.

 

[The Galah]

^^^Ferry & 4 Pines. There is no other desirable alternative. You know it makes sense.

And the swell has definitely dropped for the non risk takers ....

 

[The Galah]

Manly Easts dates up now


Manly and Easts will meet across Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th:

TUESDAY 14TH - Manly Oval
2ND Grade 6.15pm Manly Oval
1ST Grade 7.45pm Manly Oval

WEDNESDAY 15th - Manly Oval
4TH Grade 6.30pm Manly Oval
3RD Grade 7.40pm Manly Oval
COLTS 3rd Manly Forfeit
COLTS 2nd Manly Forfeit


Now I just need to decide if drive to Forshaw or Ferry to Manly.. might be two trips to Manly Oval in a few days - Parma and pint night at 4 Pines or stuck in traffic?

 

[The Galah]

The 2's and 3's colts forfeits are if accurate are a disgrace and a reflection of a sad decline in the Marlins' colts fortunes . Much of Manly's success over the past decade has been down to its strong colts (locals) program and players graduating to grade . Discuss.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^^ It is usually the Eastern Suburbs Folk that head to Thredders for the June Long Weekend. The exodus to the Chalets usually makes it difficult for the Beasties to find the numbers for games on the Long Weekend.

Not a good sign for the MMM. The Colts 3 team has also forfeited a couple of games in the early rounds. Pretty sure in 2014 MMM nearly won the Colts 3 and Colts 2 GF's. Where have all the numbers gone?

 

[forwards4ever]

One of the strongest behind the scenes guys at MMM colts has a son well & truly graduated to Main grades, actually to Super rugby & beyond. They would be missing him!

 

[Quick Hands]

^^^^ It is usually the Eastern Suburbs Folk that head to Thredders for the June Long Weekend. The exodus to the Chalets usually makes it difficult for the Beasties to find the numbers for games on the Long Weekend.

Not a good sign for the MMM. The Colts 3 team has also forfeited a couple of games in the early rounds. Pretty sure in 2014 MMM nearly won the Colts 3 and Colts 2 GF's. Where have all the numbers gone?

There's a time lag in colts between cause and effect. If there's a lack of players now, it reflects a lack of recruiting in the season before and probably to an extent the one before as well. i.e what happened at the end of 2014 and possibly also the end of 2013? Either there wasn't enough done to get numbers in or the boys that the did get in where underwhelmed by what they found. From my knowledge of how colts run, the former is more likely than the latter.

Really poor form to forfeit matches unless there has been a run or serious injuries or something like a gastro bug going through a club. I can never recall us forfeiting two grades of colts - ever. In fact until this year, we'd probably never forfeited one grade.

 

[AussieDominance]

I haven't looked through team sheets but were Manly using the same players in 2nd and 3rd grade colts like Penrith were and perhaps have started to get injuries and drop outs as per most clubs at this time of the season and beyond.

 

[Oz talent]

DB pretty quiet on this one?
I think it's a disgrace.

 

[AussieDominance]

I don't think disgrace is an appropriate word poorly managed might be a better way to describe the issue that is apparent.

Manly are lucky they have a functioning grade system as well as a balance sheet that allows appropriate expenditure on fixing the problem otherwise they could well be facing the years like Gordon is currently experiencing i.e a significant re build.

Warringah had issues last season on the beaches with a 3rd grade colts side and Norths used the lowest number of players in the competition last season. Three seasons ago Gordon had one team.

Warringah clearly got the better players this season from both clubs area (St Augustines).

Not only those clubs but obviously Parramatta and Penrith have had recent troubles in fielding three grades as well.

Clubs do go through these issues from time to time if some poor decision making is made and it can be hard to reverse the reputation.

 

[wamberal]

DB pretty quiet on this one?
I think it's a disgrace.

Fair go. Club rugby is not a business, it is pretty much run by volunteers on the smell of an oily rag or two.

 

[Dave Beat]

DB pretty quiet on this one?
I think it's a disgrace.

Been busy with work, and just logged in.

One of the strongest behind the scenes guys at MMM colts has a son well & truly graduated to Main grades, actually to Super rugby & beyond. They would be missing him!

Well I think I know of the person you are talking about - shoot me a PM.
This would be an accurate comment that allot of clubs can relate to, strong teams often align themselves with passionate parents who contribute allot of hours.

Fair go. Club rugby is not a business, it is pretty much run by volunteers on the smell of an oily rag or two.

Thanks man, yep volunteers, and a whole lot more the small 1%er's that make things work. Stressed / Worried no because I believe systems are in place - frustrated yes but not at anyone involved because they are all working on it.

 

[the coach]

Looks to me like they've just decided to avoid having to play 2 games in a few days as both teams are out of the running for the playoffs. Not good if that's the case, but I guess it's understandable if they're struggling for players anyway.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Round 13 Team Lists​

Eastern Suburbs vs Randwick​

First Grade (Shute Shield) (Televised Live on Channel 7Two)
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Steve Findlay, 2. Clarrie Moore, 3. Jack Payne, 4. Fergus Lee-Warner, 5. BJ Edwards, 6. Tim Buchanan, 7. Rowan Perry, 8, Sam Stitcher ©, 9. Angus Pulver, 10. Archie King, 11. Tom Merrit, 12. Charlie Clifton, 13. Alex Newsome, 14. Ratu Tagive, 15. Joel Brooks
Randwick: 1. Sonny Satuala, 2. Peter Nau, 3. Tristan Goodbody, 4. Will Munro, 5. Jock Armstrong, 6. Nick Kellaway, 7. Mark Baldwin, 8, Sam Croke, 9. Mitch Short, 10. Andrew Deegan, 11. Seamus Frost, 12. David Horwitz, 13. Brogan Roods, 14. Reece Robinson, 15. Andrew Kellaway

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Sione Kolo, 2. Lindsey Stevens, 3. Thomassi Kolo, 4. Michael Ross, 5. Luke Cullinane, 6. Angus Brotherton, 7. Dan Elsom (c), 8, Liam Moylan, 9. Jack Grant, 10. Ed Keohane, 11. Scott Ferris, 12. Will Raynor, 13. Nick Hedley, 14. Rhys Corbishley, 15. Will Maddocks
Randwick: 1. James Purcell, 2. David Vea, 3. Michael Celona, 4. Ed Kennedy, 5. Lewis Taie, 6. Dave Parsons, 7. Jack Johnson, 8, Will Lalalofa, 9. Harrison Goddard, 10. Regan Carr, 11. Tom Hiddleston, 12. Sam Gerry-Burgess, 13. Toby Johnson, 14. Jack Pennington, 15. Tom Coupland

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Matt Hooper, 2. Henry Holden, 3. Damien Johnston, 4. Callum McKenzie, 5. Lachie Pigot, 6. Alex Boronkay, 7. Nick Lumley, 8, Will Bigelow, 9. Andrew Ferris, 10. Henry Hudson ©, 11. Sam Devlin, 12. Liam Corbishley, 13. Harry Tooth, 14. Suaesi Iosua, 15. Sam Norris
Randwick: 1. Drew Fergurson, 2. Nick Koutsoukis, 3. Henry Leslie, 4. Ryan Powter, 5. Valerio Rucci, 6. Anthony Vasilis, 7. Sam Connor, 8, Declan O'Donahue, 9. Luke Rowntree, 10. Connor Davis, 11. Charlie McKay, 12. Andy Ball, 13. Max Tackett, 14. Tom Wong, 15. Kieran Knight

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Luke Wilson ©, 2. Imran Joseph, 3. Rhys Ward, 4. Guy Beever, 5. Beau Jones, 6. Tom Clifton, 7. Tom McIvor, 8, Ben Madgwick, 9. Josh Holman, 10. Luke Jones, 11. Rory Thomson, 12. George Kokoulis, 13. Matt Eaton, 14. Henry Hart, 15. John Julian
Randwick: 1. Arturas Rachimouas, 2. Tom Weber, 3. Al Kahua, 4. Jason Kurangi, 5. Jeremiah Morkos, 6. Tim Murray, 7. Luke Roughton, 8, Paris Cockinos, 9. Tony Luxford, 10. Tom Booth, 11. Alex Peterson, 12. Charlie Versci, 13. Matt Considine, 14. Andy Early, 15. Lachlan Kennealy

Gordon vs West Harbour​

First Grade (Shute Shield)
Gordon: 1. Nic Fraser, 2. Andrew Wilkinson, 3. Tobias Guikabau, 4. Ronnie Scarano, 5. Rui Wilson, 6. James Lough, 7. Alex Gregory, 8, Andrew Seton, 9. Matt Hayter, 10. Terry Preston ©, 11. Brandan Quinn, 12. Erik Moss, 13. Matt MacDougal, 14. Pauia Balenkana, 15. Andrew Bligh
West Harbour: 1. Cam Orr, 2. Dan Midgehall, 3. Vaughan Lomax, 4. Jack Corry, 5. Tom Games, 6. Tom Patterson, 7. Jordan Tuapou, 8, Michael Fedo, 9. John Stapleton, 10. Tayler Adams, 11. Justin Marsters, 12. David Minute, 13. William Wardlaw, 14. Tim Hansen, 15. Kodie Hawkins

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Gordon: 1. Ben Sala, 2. Nick Olive, 3. Reece Conlon, 4. Andrew Chapman, 5. Alecx Knight, 6. Cameron Del Moro, 7. Cameron Thorburn, 8, Nick Meagher, 9. Alex Barker, 10. Lachlan Mitchell, 11. Michael Manners, 12. Alec Palmer, 13. Lachlan Brock, 14. Josh Mitchell, 15. Sam Mete
West Harbour: 1. Vili Tino, 2. James Horrocks, 3. Junior Satiu, 4. Tom Lonsdale, 5. Frazer Shaw, 6. Brad Kapa, 7. Adrian Anaouzou , 8, Lepi Leao, 9. Cleo Gomez, 10. Ben Abood, 11. Joey Leatigaga, 12. Jack Dunn, 13. Andrew Suamili, 14. David Moore, 15. James Blackwood

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Gordon: 1. Tom Parish, 2. Michael Balk, 3. Sean Fagan, 4. Grant Hutt, 5. Justin Rodgie, 6. Will Pasi, 7. Castellan Valentin, 8, Luke Gardner, 9. Oscar Woods, 10. Ross Aitken, 11. W. Pienaar, 12. DJ Seruake, 13. James Fletcher, 14. James Byrne, 15. Scott Purcell
West Harbour: 1. Chris Vea, 2. Daniel Gooding, 3. ???, 4. Adam Barrington, 5. Sean Little, 6. Malaki Afele, 7. Anthony Charge, 8, Jono Midgehall, 9. ????, 10. Carlin Simon, 11. John Korosigana, 12. Henrik Anthony, 13. Elia Morisio, 14. Shane Faaui, 15. Josh Raviti

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Gordon: 1. Ace Naati, 2. Drew Young, 3. Billy Naati, 4. Tom Buchanan, 5. Seton Humphreys, 6. Pat Sutton, 7. Jordon Williams, 8, Rueban MacKellar, 9. Lachie Burke, 10. Ben Tracey, 11. Murilo Hunrold, 12. Dom Woodward, 13. Henry Broad, 14. Lachie Burke, 15. Paul Katia
West Harbour: 1. Jack Ulu, 2. Jason Khoury, 3. Ed Kelly, 4. Sam Williams, 5. Jonny Smith, 6. Ranvir Singh, 7. Junior, 8, Rhys Sawford, 9. Tom Andrews, 10. Wilson Faasalafa, 11. Lawrence Leauma, 12. Dan Gave, 13. Wes Talanoa, 14. Setariki, 15. Campbell Hislop

Northern Suburbs vs Warringah​

First Grade (Shute Shield)
Northern Suburbs: 1. Ezra Luxton, 2. Sam Kitchen, 3. Angus Ta'avao, 4. Nick Palmer, 5. Ben Matwijow, 6. Michael Smith, 7. Will Miller ©, 8, Hugh Sinclair (VC), 9. Harry Emery, 10. Angus Sinclair (VC), 11. Lochie Creagh, 12. Irae Simone, 13. Jordan Heyer, 14. Richard Woolf, 15. Kepu Lokotui
Warringah: 1. Rory O'Connor, 2. Luke Holmes, 3. Manessah Alaga, 4. Jack Tompkins, 5. Ben Adams, 6. Sam Ward, 7. Sam Crompton, 8, Paula Kaho, 9. Josh Holmes, 10. Hamish Angus c, 11. Tyson Davis, 12. Rod Iona, 13. Seb Wileman, 14. Brad Dixon, 15. Harry Jones

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Northern Suburbs: 1. Kevin McNamara, 2. Jake Kay, 3. Daniel Murray (c), 4. Jack Davies, 5. Lewis Dwyer, 6. Connor Vest, 7. Kyle Shewan, 8, Taylor Francis, 9. Mitch Magrath, 10. Josh Kay, 11. Blake Murray, 12. Jackson Selby, 13. Lachlan Porteous(vc), 14. Kurt Penney, 15. Jordon Larsden
Warringah: 1. Jack Slack-Smith, 2. Robert Kelly, 3. Jason Lautolo, 4. Jordan Reid, 5. Finlay Hillicks, 6. John Mokofisi, 7. Tim Crowyn, 8, Adam Bate, 9. Pat Curtin, 10. Josh Gillard, 11. Jack Sullivan, 12. Chris Arnold, 13. Michael Adams, 14. John Loseli, 15. Jamie Forbes

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Northern Suburbs: 1. Mike Dowsett, 2. John Wunder, 3. Will Hunting, 4. Michael O'Hea, 5. Scott Stevens, 6. Jack Harris, 7. Wilden Olley, 8, Ben Malloy, 9. James Stokes, 10. Josh Smith, 11. Hugh Adams, 12. TBC, 13. Dan Heip, 14. Daffyd Jones, 15. Mitch Kay
Warringah: 1. Tasi Tuituiohu, 2. Matt Wedlake, 3. Pete Barrett, 4. Alex Fowles, 5. Michael Ritchie, 6. Jordan Fowles, 7. Tom Connor, 8, Sam Reid, 9. Calum Reid, 10. Mike Edwards, 11. Mac Entwistle, 12. Jordan Meredith, 13. Harry Suters, 14. Luke Vescio, 15. Daniel Saggus

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Northern Suburbs: 1. James Knight, 2. Andrew Dovgan, 3. Willie Ahosivi, 4. Will Callanan, 5. Al Hall, 6. Ben Martin, 7. Tommy Evans, 8, Ciaran MacWhite ©, 9. Andrew Woods, 10. Joe Jenkins, 11. Nick Bracci, 12. Nick Marshall, 13. Alex Mcspadden, 14. Lincoln Sparkes, 15. Max Elmes
Warringah: 1. Cam Miling, 2. Luke Preston, 3. Roy Vucago, 4. Andy Scogliomou, 5. Nick Condon, 6. Jake Reneman, 7. Caleb O'Neill, 8, Tim Poynting, 9. Doug Angus, 10. Josh Gerrard, 11. Billy Simpson, 12. James Tooth, 13. Jermay Evans, 14. Thibaut Irissou, 15. Will Sheenan

Manly vs Parramatta​

First Grade (Shute Shield)
Manly: 1. Mitch Lewis, 2. Vance Elliot, 3. Alex Westgarth, 4. Hayden Stringer, 5. Ryan Melrose, 6. Daniel Alley, 7. Kotoni Ale (c), 8, Junior Palau, 9. Matt Lucas, 10. Sam Lane, 11. Tom Chesters, 12. Nick Holton, 13. Dennis Pili-Gaitau, 14. Richard Hooper, 15. Josh Turner
Parramatta: 1. David Lolohea, 2. Aaron Blacklock, 3. Nigel Vaifale, 4. Ngaruhe Jones, 5. Senio Toleafoa, 6. Sione Fifita, 7. Pat Searson, 8, Tyrone Viiga, 9. Kaleb Rech, 10. Robbie Mate, 11. Robert Duff, 12. Moa Maliepo, 13. Henry Teofilo, 14. Josh Minhinnick, 15. Tom Woods

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Manly: 1. Sio Tatola, 2. Dane Le Rougetel, 3. Jerome Vaai, 4. Will Cocker, 5. Kava Utoikamanu, 6. Brad Meaney, 7. Ethan Uili, 8, Mitch Daniel (c), 9. Scott Bradley, 10. Marshall Milroy, 11. Chris Yarrington, 12. Jarrad Roberts, 13. Oli Samuela, 14. Harley Attwater, 15. Kiwi Kapene-Belcher
Parramatta: 1. Inia Qereqeretabua, 2. Mike Saofia, 3. Sione Fonua, 4. Peter Brush, 5. James Benton, 6. Adrian Musico, 7. Dan Tamone, 8, Fili Taufa, 9. Simon Tevita, 10. Jason Roache, 11. Niko Uele, 12. Perofeta Silva, 13. Sam Hayward, 14. Hayden Cole, 15. Johnny Yandall

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Manly: 1. Alex Watson, 2. Rohan Hedge, 3. Villi Vaka, 4. Manuel Castagnet, 5. Josh Littlewood, 6. Will Foden, 7. James Graham, 8, Mark Watson, 9. Max Wood, 10. Jack Brisby, 11. Jack Reid, 12. Anthony Bergelin (c), 13. Jack Eades, 14. Gabe Hills, 15. Mike Howard
Parramatta: 1. Josh Whale, 2. Tapu Ongoongo, 3. Brendan Crosilla, 4. Ratu Senibau, 5. Nick O'Gorman, 6. Jacob Delailoa, 7. Chris Tolson, 8, Riley Jacobson, 9. Liam Tully, 10. Cale Angeloni, 11. Dylan Mario, 12. George Taufa, 13. Lucas Baxter, 14. Luke Casey, 15. Gabby Kolinisau

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Manly: 1. James Young, 2. Liam Routledge, 3. Tom Mooney (c), 4. Jimmy Vail, 5. Saula Serukeibau, 6. Kerry Simpson, 7. Ray Grewal, 8, Jackson Cooper, 9. Nic Smart, 10. Brad Clarke, 11. Tom Crisp, 12. Jack Wilson, 13. Scott Clemmett, 14. Sullivan Jones, 15. Oppy Takonok
Parramatta: 1. Vila Fangufangu, 2. Gerald Dzirutwe, 3. Glenn Mullany, 4. Sam Domoni, 5. Anthony Lolohea, 6. Ross Lumsden, 7. Jake Richardson, 8, Jimmy Orake, 9. Jonathan Lagos, 10. Mario Savona, 11. Bryce Steele, 12. Ray Samoa, 13. Phil Pale, 14. Junior Buka, 15. Paul Iosefa

Southern Districts vs Eastwood​

First Grade (Shute Shield) (Sir Roden Cutler VC Shield Match) *
Southern Districts: 1. Matt Gibbon, 2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 3. Duncan Chubb, 4. Angus Ryan, 5. Jake Douglas, 6. Alex Perez, 7. Sean Doyle, 8, Rahboni Vosayaco, 9. DeWet Roos, 10. Mitch Walton, 11. Ben Connolly, 12. Rohan Saifoloi, 13. Denny Godinet, 14. Luke Smart, 15. Chris Nay
Eastwood: 1. Sam Needs, 2. Ed Craig, 3. Rob Lagudi, 4. James Neale, 5. Tom Alexander, 6. Michael Kovacic, 7. Cohen Masson, 8, George Kent, 9. Matt Gonzalez, 10. Jai Ayoub, 11. Jarome MacKenzie, 12. Blake Sutton, 13. Mike McDougall, 14. Ben Shorter, 15. Johnathan Malo

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Southern Districts: 1. Damian Byrne, 2. Max Holland, 3. Conor Young, 4. Grant Staples, 5. Max Prieto, 6. John Palmer, 7. Michael Osmond, 8, Daniel Johnston, 9. Waldo Wessels, 10. Bryant Hall, 11. Matt Teki, 12. Apolosi Latunipulu, 13. Feleula Finau, 14. Sam Tabuatamata, 15. Jason Hofmeyr
Eastwood: 1. Daniel Minto, 2. James Holden, 3. Martin Plokstys, 4. Jackson Larkin, 5. Josh Anderson, 6. Lachie Cannell, 7. Tom Murphy, 8, Joey Afualo, 9. Gerard McTaggart, 10. Wes Sefuiva, 11. Tim Williams, 12. Ben James, 13. Tom Hill, 14. Mick Tamone, 15. Jack Brooks

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Southern Districts: 1. Sam Lindsay, 2. Daniel Simpson, 3. Salesi Maumalanga, 4. Richard Friedman, 5. Andrew Wilson, 6. Puli Moimoi, 7. Ed Leaney, 8, Keto Neiufi, 9. AJ Morris, 10. Rob James, 11. Will Tokaduadua, 12. Peter Camilleri, 13. Salva Palamores, 14. Callum Quinn, 15. Tomas Merlo
Eastwood: 1. Joel Whitlock, 2. Luke Ferris, 3. Dave Fangaloka, 4. Jack Warfield, 5. Adam De Santis, 6. Paul Ng Shiu, 7. David Rose, 8, Josh Harris, 9. Patrick O'Connor, 10. Jackson Bird, 11. Sam McCaffrey, 12. Brodie Monroe, 13. Tai Luani, 14. Josh Nohra, 15. Jack Tourish

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Southern Districts: 1. Khaled Alfas, 2. Andrew Jurksartis, 3. Tom Dawes, 4. Aaron Gutteridge, 5. Sam Strachan, 6. David Riley, 7. Brendan Tynan Davey, 8, Sergio Montenegro, 9. Ryan Jennings, 10. Angus McGrath, 11. Nick Turner, 12. Michael McLeod, 13. Brendan Druce, 14. Tim Smart, 15. Jared Elasi
Eastwood: 1. Pat Ferris, 2. Myles Hunkin, 3. Alex Pappalardo, 4. Henry Walkerden, 5. Sam Frogley, 6. Zac Herron, 7. Nathan Watson, 8, Adrian Wyper, 9. Dave Rimmer, 10. Nick Tregoning, 11. James Sarks, 12. Sione Fangia, 13. Cameron Mitchell, 14. Mark Frost, 15. Dave Sutton

Sydney University vs Penrith​

First Grade (Shute Shield)
Sydney University: 1. Alex Batho, 2. Folau Fainga'a, 3. Alexander Masima, 4. Tipiloma Kaveinga, 5. Rohan O'Regan, 6. Hugh Frazer, 7. Jackson McCalman, 8, Calum Buckling, 9. Jake Gordon, 10. Benjamin Hughes, 11. Saia Tanginoa, 12. Jim Stewart, 13. Thomas Carter, 14. Christian Kagiassis, 15. Angus Roberts
Penrith: 1. Ikuna Manufetoa, 2. Fergus Mitra, 3. Emanuele Fuamata, 4. Tuitakau Kioa, 5. Tupea Mata'u, 6. Taunaola Kei, 7. Sam Saiki, 8, Jason Haeva, 9. Joseph Faoagali, 10. Laione Iosefa, 11. James Sopoaga, 12. Junior Leo, 13. Paueli Halafihi, 14. Hokulani Taupeamuhu, 15. Joseph Tafili

Second Grade (Colin Caird Shield)
Sydney University: 1. Jordan Sukkar, 2. Elliot Messara, 3. Matthew Sandell, 4. Jordan Chapman, 5. Byron Hodge, 6. Max Girdler, 7. Hamish Dunbar, 8, Mitchell Whiteley, 9. Thomas Koerstz, 10. Stuart Dunbar, 11. Matthew Hood, 12. Fred Burdon, 13. Chris Ingate, 14. Christian Yassmin, 15. Harrison Blake
Penrith: 1. Jack Vandersteen, 2. Ridge Maxwell M Nelson, 3. Tevita Veikoso, 4. Jake Banner, 5. Doug Want, 6. Ben Vaii, 7. Peter Taatoe, 8, Mathew Faoagalia, 9. Craig Edmondson, 10. Harris Moelasi, 11. Andrew Masinalupe, 12. David Isopo, 13. Leti Sotega, 14. Viliame Namoamou, 15. Sami Sopoaga

Third Grade (Henderson Shield)
Sydney University: 1. Alasdair King, 2. Benjamin Carolan, 3. William Ridley, 4. Oliver Gresham, 5. Jack Blair, 6. Rhys Dombkins, 7. Sam Quinn, 8, Byron Wicken, 9. Alexander Jackman, 10. Edward L'Estrange, 11. Joshua King, 12. Sam Barclay, 13. Samuel Harris, 14. Dylan Oldfield, 15. Richard Williams
Penrith: 1. Chris Tiatia, 2. Jeff Puikala, 3. laurnece Soula, 4. Grant Edmondson, 5. Clayton Khan, 6. Sharma Masinalupe, 7. Harrison Potifala, 8, Jay Purcell, 9. Norman Ofia, 10. Zinzan Culshaw, 11. Mikee Taateo, 12. Andrew Aiono, 13. Etuale Salu, 14. Ratu Marika Camaisala, 15. Richie Siafolau

Fourth Grade (Henderson Cup)
Sydney University: 1. Jack Bliss, 2. Stewart Nutt, 3. Alastair Ryan, 4. Nateni Qicatabua, 5. Tinashe Washaya, 6. James Goldie, 7. Maxwell Hughes, 8, Jack Stanford, 9. Thomas Wilson, 10. Cameron Mason, 11. Eamonn Kearney, 12. Tyne Holmes, 13. Nicholas Burden, 14. TBC, 15. Patrick Muller
Penrith: 1. Niel Nansen, 2. Paul Cummings, 3. Iosefa Lalanga, 4. Ben Rabaud, 5. Jeremy Tafau, 6. Colin Cheong, 7. Rhys Tucker, 8, Timothy Bottomly, 9. Fai Leatua, 10. Jacob Burrell, 11. Luke Wright, 12. Cambell Sione, 13. Sam Latu, 14. Luke Fowler, 15. Siaa Taveuveu



* Assume that the Sir Roden Cutler VC Shield Challenge Rules relate to chronological sequence of home ground games played by the holder, and not the sequence published in the Draw. The deferred match from Round 12 for the current holder of the Shield will be played after the Round 13 fixture. If the Woodies beat the Hobbits on Saturday and then the Pirates also defeat the Hobbits on Tuesday night, things could get tricky as to who was the current Shield holder going into round 14.

 

[The Galah]

Having lit the fuse I thought I'd again note how profoundly disappointed I am at the precipitous decline of MMM's fortunes, having previously spruiked its success in past years.
There is no doubt on field grade successes over several seasons was reflected in strong colts performances and transition to grade level . Coaching quality is good and the reasons are complex and I accept injuries have played their part but forfeiting 2 out of 3 games in a club with the pedigree and resources of MMM's is unacceptable regardless of whether finals football is possible or not.

I believe the strong behind the scenes parent referred to above is still (thankfully) very much involved and remains passionate in his commitment to Manly rugby like a few others who have made contact with me today.

 

[The Galah]

i should add by way of clarification the precipitous decline I refer to in para 1 above is confined to colts . I fully expect all grades to feature in finals .

 

[Dave Beat]

I believe the strong behind the scenes parent referred to above is still (thankfully) very much involved and remains passionate in his commitment to Manly rugby like a few others who have made contact with me today.

He is Galah, with grand new plans, and yes he presides over these pages regularly but is a very shy quite character and doesn't post.

 

[2bluesfan]

Well, I am sure it's just a matter of time 'til the MMM bounce back - I just hope it's not today.

MTB to sneak home on top of a ferocious forward effort. I'd expect the physical collisions to be heard and felt as far away as the Manly Wharf.

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

Reckon it will be a cracker today, hence I will be there cheering the MTBs on
Think Lucas might be the difference though and MMMs will have too big a lead with 20 left but will be less than a score by FT