Shute Shield 2020

[The Honey Badger]

Round 3 – Saturday August 1

Eastwood vs West Harbour 3pm
Manly vs Northern Suburbs 3pm
Newcastle vs Sydney University 3pm
Penrith vs Southern Districts 3pm
Warringah vs Eastern Suburbs 3pm
Western Sydney vs Randwick 3pm


Manly/Norths the tricky one this round

Gordon with the Bye

 

[the coach]

Anyone got the teams yet?

 

[Quick Hands]

Round 3 – Saturday August 1

Eastwood vs West Harbour 3pm
Manly vs Northern Suburbs 3pm
Newcastle vs Sydney University 3pm
Penrith vs Southern Districts 3pm
Warringah vs Eastern Suburbs 3pm
Western Sydney vs Randwick 3pm


Manly/Norths the tricky one this round

Gordon with the Bye

tips (and hoping for a better week )
Eastwood
Manly
Uni
Souths
Warringah
Randwick

 

[The Honey Badger]

Posted in Tahs thread as well - from Rugby News

 

[qwerty51]

Woods
Manly
Uni
Souths
Rats
Wicks

 

[The Honey Badger]

Link to teams on SS Facebook

Click on the first one and you can click through all the teams

https://www.facebook.com/shuteshield/photos/pcb.3558168007549264/3558146227551442/?type=3&theater

 

[Up the Guts]

Woods
Norths
Uni
Southern
Rats
Wicks

Couldn’t bring myself not to tip Norths. Norths vs Manly the televised match?

 

[Quick Hands]

Woods
Norths
Uni
Southern
Rats
Wicks

Couldn’t bring myself not to tip Norths. Norths vs Manly the televised match?

Yes Norths v Manly is the TV game

 

[molman]

I've got to go with my Shoremen. So;

Woods
Norths
Uni
Souths
Warringah
Wicks

 

[Quick Hands]

Great afternoon for rugby. Pity we have COVID restrictions because I think there would have been 5-7 thousand at Manly Oval today otherwise.

 

[Up the Guts]

Great afternoon for rugby. Pity we have COVID restrictions because I think there would have been 5-7 thousand at Manly Oval today otherwise.

Are you out there or Stanmore duties this afternoon?

Few camera issues on the telecast but enjoying the game. Kepu Lokotui a real handful for Norths.

 

[molman]

What a *** joke (re: the no try swing) in the norths v manly game

 

[Up the Guts]

What a *** joke (re: the no try swing) in the norths v manly game

Absolute stitch up

 

[molman]

High tackle... ? Hmm

 

[Up the Guts]

High tackle. ? Hmm

We're not getting anything from this ref

 

[molman]

*groan* (kicking for corner v taking the 3)

 

[molman]

Love it! Nice

 

[Up the Guts]

Great win for Norths, looks like we could go deep in the competition.

 

[Quick Hands]

Are you out there or Stanmore duties this afternoon?

Few camera issues on the telecast but enjoying the game. Kepu Lokotui a real handful for Norths.

Spent the morning peering through the fence at Weigall at New v Grammar trials this morning, which left the afternoon free.

The game was a COVID sellout, so not at the ground but watched on TV.

Norths deserved the win. They executed the core skills much better and made far fewer mistakes. Manly had our chances, but really if we are unable to reliably win our own lineouts we will struggle against the better teams. Missing easy shots at goal didn't help either. Both of these issues meant that passes were pushed under pressure and this increased the mistake rate.

 

[Quick Hands]

We're not getting anything from this ref

Frequent mistakes and inconsistent both ways. At least two penalties against us for not releasing when the Norths tackler hadn't rolled away.

Fortunately the numerous refereeing errors didn't change the result.