Shute Shield 2019

[The Honey Badger]

Gibson quit, he wasn't sacked.

Are you sure? Sounds like he was pushed.

Surely him leaving just makes things worse.

 

[The Honey Badger]

1st Grade -Intrust Super Shield
3pm, Pitt Water Rugby Park
Sydney Uni
Warringah
1

Matt Sandell
Rory O'Connor
1

2

Ben Carolan
Robert Kelly
2

3

Wayne Borsak
Faavae Sillai
3

4

Jack Sherratt
Sam Thomson
4

5

David McDuling (c)
Max Girdler
5

6

Nick Champion de Crepsigny
Ru MacKenzie
6

7

Josh Kemeny
Maclean Jones
7

8

Rohan O'Regan
Sam Ward
8

9

Banjo Travers
Josh Holmes
9

10

Connor O'Shea
Ben Marr/Harley Attwater
10

11

James Kane
Harry Jones
11

12

William McDonnell
Guy Rees
12

13

James Armstrong
Seb Wileman
13

14

Harry Potter
Ben Woollett
14

15

Tim Clements
Liam Windon
15

Coaches

Robert Taylor / Joe Horn-Smith

Mark Gerrard
Coaches

 

[seven wearing six]

1st Grade -Intrust Super Shield
3pm, Pitt Water Rugby Park
Sydney Uni
Warringah
1

Matt Sandell
Rory O'Connor
1

2

Ben Carolan
Robert Kelly
2

3

Wayne Borsak
Faavae Sillai
3

4

Jack Sherratt
Sam Thomson
4

5

David McDuling (c)
Max Girdler
5

6

Nick Champion de Crepsigny
Ru MacKenzie
6

7

Josh Kemeny
Maclean Jones
7

8

Rohan O'Regan
Sam Ward
8

9

Banjo Travers
Josh Holmes
9

10

Connor O'Shea
Ben Marr/Harley Attwater
10

11

James Kane
Harry Jones
11

12

William McDonnell
Guy Rees
12

13

James Armstrong
Seb Wileman
13

14

Harry Potter
Ben Woollett
14

15

Tim Clements
Liam Windon
15

Coaches

Robert Taylor / Joe Horn-Smith

Mark Gerrard
Coaches

Uni has named Jake Gordon in 9 and Matty Philip on the bench.

 

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Uni has named Jake Gordon in 9 and Matty Philip on the bench.

Handy fresh reserve

Wish this was the TV match, I expect they will get a good crowd to Rat park

 

[The Honey Badger]

Any other team lists?

 

[Eyes and Ears]

TV is Manly v Easts

 

[wamberal]

It sounds as though defence is optional at TG Millner. Eastwood 5 tries, Randwick have a few as well, three I think.

 

[formerflanker]

It sounds as though defence is optional at TG Millner. Eastwood 5 tries, Randwick have a few as well, three I think.

And, sadly from Manly too.

 

[wamberal]

7 now from the Woodies. What is wrong with the Wicks, I wonder???

 

[The Honey Badger]

Results

Manly 19 Easts 34
Eastwood 47 Randwick 31
Norths 31 WSTB 18
Southern 21Gordon 24
Waringah 22 Uni 21

Bye West Harbour

 

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Ladder

 

[Quick Hands]

Results

Manly 19 Easts 34
Eastwood 47 Randwick 31
Norths 31 WSTB 18
Southern 21Gordon 24
Waringah 22 Uni 21

Bye West Harbour

Thought that Manly were quite disappointing in this game - the first half they were quite pedestrian.

I did notice one very strange aspect. The Manly half should have been penalised every scrum as his scrum feeds wouldn't have been out of place in an NRL game. The curious thing was that this actually disadvantaged his own team because the angle of the scrum feed meant that the ball was quite often coming out channel one which put him and his team under pressure on their own ball. If we're going to allow feeds like this in rugby then we might as well do away with scrums altogether and have an AFL ball-up.

For mine, Warringah are clearly the team to beat in this competition. I've been very impressed with their composure and their style of play every time I've seen them play.

 

[The Honey Badger]

Thought that Manly were quite disappointing in this game - the first half they were quite pedestrian.

I did notice one very strange aspect. The Manly half should have been penalised every scrum as his scrum feeds wouldn't have been out of place in an NRL game. The curious thing was that this actually disadvantaged his own team because the angle of the scrum feed meant that the ball was quite often coming out channel one which put him and his team under pressure on their own ball. If we're going to allow feeds like this in rugby then we might as well do away with scrums altogether and have an AFL ball-up.

For mine, Warringah are clearly the team to beat in this competition. I've been very impressed with their composure and their style of play every time I've seen them play.

Emery??

 

[Quick Hands]

Emery??

I believe so.

 

[formerflanker]

Emery??

Yes it was.

 

[wamberal]

And so we travel to the Village this Saturday arvo.

 

[Quick Hands]

And so we travel to the Village this Saturday arvo.

Promises to be something of a sticky wicket, we've had two days of steady rain on the beaches (pelting down as I type), with rain forecast for tomorrow as well. I suspect that 3rds and 4ths might be moved to Keirle Park and possibly 2nds as well. Otherwise there would be a glue pot in the middle before 1sts even ran out. Whatever happens games in these conditions at Manly Oval tend to be a forward dominated slog through the mud.

 

[wamberal]

Are you old enough to remember the ground back in the good old, bad old, days, when it was an absolute quagmire in the wet, particularly when the tide was in (allegedly). I remember playing there for the school against Manly High, and you were in mud over the ankles in parts of the field. Cold showers. Long ferry trip and train ride home, back to bloody Eastwood. Great fun.

 

[The Honey Badger]

TV game?

 

[Quick Hands]

Are you old enough to remember the ground back in the good old, bad old, days, when it was an absolute quagmire in the wet, particularly when the tide was in (allegedly). I remember playing there for the school against Manly High, and you were in mud over the ankles in parts of the field. Cold showers. Long ferry trip and train ride home, back to bloody Eastwood. Great fun.

Yes I remember the days when the oval was a quagmire in the wet. All teams used to train there (including juniors) so by about June there was barely a blade of grass on the field. The drainage is much better now and it's only used for training by the 1sts/2nds once a week maximum so the playing surface is very good. The cricket pitch is the obvious exception. They've had the covers on, but it will still be damp and if it rains during the day it won't take long to turn to mud.