‘It’s either yes or no’: Shute Shield teams consider awards boycott after club escapes penalty for breach
Just how many Test matches a Tongan prop has played became a central issue in a heated Shute Shield rules controversy.www.smh.com.au
He'll get a couple each year and 2026 they could be a problem in 1st grade. Regardless of the stint at a bad Tahs hes shown he can build success in Club land.
Depends which clubs fans you ask. Obviously the intention is to try and address an uneven playing field. Clearly a few clubs have an ongoing financial & access to best players advantage season after season. The cap is an attempt to make the competition more competitive & less predictable, particularly for the usual clubs which fill the bottom half on the ladder every year. At the start of each year, most followers of the Shute Shield would pretty much select the same clubs to be in the end of season playoffs. Boring. There is evidence that some clubs are struggling now, with difficulty filling the required number of teams, which was supposedly a requirement to participate in the competition.Clearly a requirement which is seemingly & conveniently not being applied. The cap has not been successful in addressing the issue of the inequality between clubs, but to remove it would surely ultimately hasten the demise of some of the lowest placed clubs. Maybe that's what some people want?
