Shute Shield 2025

[Heavyd]

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Don’t reckon anyone would have picked the round. Hunter over the Rats is huge and Eastwood over Wicks.

How good. @wamberal99 must be happy.

Rats score 2 tries in last 4 mins to make score misleading. They looked very disjointed with all the new faces but on their day the backline looks to have plenty of points in it. Wildfire has a workman like pack good across the set piece. A very good win for them.

 

[wamberal99]

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Don’t reckon anyone would have picked the round. Hunter over the Rats is huge and Eastwood over Wicks.

How good. @wamberal99 must be happy.

One pretty mediocre decision could have cost us the game, Randwick player dropped the pill cold as he grounded it. Luckily we managed to snatch the game.

 

[Done that]

They do go through some GMs there dont they, the new one lasted 3 months then.

Noted your comments.You may be interested to know he resigned due to serious family illness.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

One pretty mediocre decision could have cost us the game, Randwick player dropped the pill cold as he grounded it. Luckily we managed to snatch the game.

Doesn’t get written on the table mate! Just the W.

 

[HarryElite]

What a cracking first week of rugby. It certainly looks like a lot of teams, with their new faces, are still trying to wrinkle out some combinations and cohesion, as expected.

Gordon and Hunter have a pretty stable 1st team with added power in couple of positions, i think that helps cohesion really well.

parra, west harbour and souths all having 4 grades is really good to see. parra were pretty close/competitive in 1s, 2s and 3s, and souths did well in the 3s and 4s, only fairs well for what i call the normal struggling clubs. (all based on club champ results for last few years)

Its going to be a close season for sure i think!

Uni were very very good!

 

[Knuckles]

They do go through some GMs there dont they, the new one lasted 3 months then.

Hearing the front runner for the Eastwood GM role is a bloke up in Queensland. Anyone know who that may be?

 

[wamberal99]

Hearing the front runner for the Eastwood GM role is a bloke up in Queensland. Anyone know who that may be?

My cousin would know. But I do not know.

 

[the coach]

Wicks only have 2 players in starting lineup from 2023 GF

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Unsurprising. Not really a build from the base up Club.

 

[wamberal99]

Unsurprising. Not really a build from the base up Club.

They used to be. Lots of local juniors, once upon a time.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Still got juniors but the first grade team is from all over the joint.

Not fair to just single them out as it's fairly common in 1st Grade but they are one of the most prolific. Coaches want to elevate themselves so go looking for the best available.

 

[KentwellCup>ShuteShield]

They used to be. Lots of local juniors, once upon a time.

Easts are now picking up a lot of the local talent now.

Also the decline of the sport in the public and catholic system is party to blame. A lot more Randwick BH, Matraville and Marcellein boys played for the Wicks back in the day.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Yeah those good local halves leading Easts to the title last year. Wilson (Manly, Kings) Bowen (Gordon, Riverview)

 

[KentwellCup>ShuteShield]

I suppose I was more suggesting that the first choice club around that area has become Easts. Evident in the amount of Waverley boys picking Easts rather than Randwick, which would be quite a surprise back in the day.

 

[the coach]

Easts are now picking up a lot of the local talent now.

Also the decline of the sport in the public and catholic system is party to blame. A lot more Randwick BH, Matraville and Marcellein boys played for the Wicks back in the day.

I don't believe Matraville even has a boys 15s rugby program these days, just 7s

 

[the coach]

If you're looking for something to do next Tuesday, Wicks are playing Eddie Jones' Japan u23 team at Coogee Oval at 2pm.
Also on STAN.

 

[the coach]

Not sure what this means (if anything!) but here are the round 1 results with player points in brackets:

West Harbour 26 (87) v Uni 59 (80)
Souths 10 (63) v Easts 45 (64)
Manly 38 (59) v Norths 41 (60)
Eastwood 39 (62) v Randwick 36 (48)
Hunter 36 (67) v Rats 27 (80)
Two Blues 30 (64) v Gordon 39 (37)

A few players with 0 points tba

All teams well under the 100 point cap without their Waratahs etc.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Some big scores out there. 80/17 isn’t a good sign for Southern.

 

[Rudderless]

 

[yoursinrugby]

Anyone with a match report