Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
You're hypothesising a degree of rationality, Ryan? It's possible I suppose.Who knows what goes on in the minds of SRU
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You're hypothesising a degree of rationality, Ryan? It's possible I suppose.Who knows what goes on in the minds of SRU
Bruce, if you ever write a book I'll be buying a copy!You're hypothesising a degree of rationality, Ryan? It's possible I suppose.
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Agree with you Cattledog, Grade and Colts together makes for a great atmosphere for the spectators and players and builds club spirit. It also gives game day volunteers a break on the return fixtures.Yesterday was perhaps as good a day as Penrith could have hoped for to start 2014 against the SUFC juggernaut. Given that in round 2 last year vs SUFC we lost Colt 2 by a 100 and forfeited colts 1 clearly the only way was up.
We negotiated with SUFC to play both Colts & grade at Penrith and the visitors were met with good hospitality from the Penrith locals. The colts at Penrith are now overseen by the Penrith district juniors so we saw investment in new sideline tables, new benches, sideline ropes, marquees, a new ground set up, and new field dressings for 2014.
As SUFC said after the game "when they turned up it was clear that Penrith colts were well organised and ready to play". Also in 2014 Visiting colts teams also receive free cartons of bottled water and soft drinks on match day from the PDJRU.
On the field the matches went to script and in both Colts 1 @ 2 the score at 1/2 time was 26 -0 & 24 -0 respectively before the superior fitness & skills of SUFC ran way with the games in the second half.
In summary we are not the first & certainly will not be the last team to be soundly defeated by SUFC. However, yesterday the Penrith lads probably acquitted themselves as well as could be expected with some players definitely rising to the challenge.
Having been around Colts now for 6 months two observations I would make is that the atmosphere on gala days (when colts & grade play at the same venue) is immensely superior to normal colts rounds and should be played more (where possible) and that the timings of colts games on gala days should be adjusted (where possible) so that all teams should be able to watch 1st grade play.
IMHO a better atmosphere and a stronger link to the grade competition is something that would benefit the colts in SRU.
Bring on round 2....
Something is terribly wrong in Sydney Rugby, and I can't work out what it is. How are teams supposed to build up their Colts????? .
I pity the coaches and managers who have to deal with this mess. I think it would be useful if an explanatory document (perhaps even some sort of spreadsheet or webpage with an appropriate calculator) could be issued from the powers that be. But I'm not holding my breath, I suspect the one remaining office coffee boy already has his hands full.
...you have to square the cosine of the hypotenuse and take the tangent of the universal gravitational constant g....
FIBONACCI NUMBERS!!!!! I knew it!!!!And therein, Your Honour, lies the reason I was no great shakes as a coach. Mind you, we did have some fancy, yet simple, line out calls that no one seemed to crack.
Just to ensure that all are covered equally when I fling excreta about, the Randwick v Easts sheets are now on the NSW Site, and confusion over the points calculations continue:
Colts 1
Wicks.
One 6 point player has played for Wicks for at least 2 years, possibly more. Katsoukis was in SJRU U16 and U17 rep teams. He should be at 4 or morelikely 3 points.
The team played with no second rower or fullback, yet had players on the bench. Yeah right. Another former scots player (Scots College Old Boys anyone?) played at "-" points, as did Crafts .
Vasilis was a NSW II rep last year and should be minimum 2 points, as he has played previously with Coogee before moving to Newington. He has been listed as 1 point. They declared 30 points but Hughs Calculator has them at 36 (30 declared - 3 for loyalty + 1 for NSW Rep + 4 @2 for "-" points), unless they played Schoolboy Hanigan at the unnamed lock position, then they will be very close to the wind.
Colts 2:
Randwick - no flyhalf - yeah right. Declared points - 19, Hughs assessment = 21.
Easts. Declared 20 points. In doing so, they have ignored the points of two fresh reserves who were not listed in the 3rd grade colts scoresheet. In a surprising move, a Scots Aust A Schoolboy and Roosters SG Ball player Crichton has not followed the rest to Randwick. More surprising to see a Aust Schoolboy rep starting off the bench in Colts 2's. Apparently they also played with one less in the forward pack at "-" points. Hughs Adjusted points score is 27 (20 declared + 5 fresh players on the bench, and one "-" at 2 points.
OK thanks for the advice. Taken.Best to give the ammunition to your Club president, or team coach/manager, and unleash them on the guilty bastards.
By all means rant on here, but the unpaid interns generally listen to rants officially endorsed by Club officials "submitted through the right channels". The amount of support you will get from your club will be directly proportional to how closely they have been "doing the right thing".