Sydney Subbies 2025

[sterlingmortlocksgloves]

Hence my push to max out clubs at 3 Grades + Colts. And Premier Clubs at 3 Grades + U20 + U19.

the sorry we’re full method, that’ll work for the 35 old whose played 10 years with a club and wants to phase out into the lower grades.

 

[Pfitzy]

the sorry we’re full method, that’ll work for the 35 old whose played 10 years with a club and wants to phase out into the lower grades.

Have another comp for O35 (4th Grade) and O45 (5th Grade) if that's what clubs can suppot - like Hexagon. If they want to phase out, they're probably a social player anyway.

Or keep the bar where it is. That has worked swimmingly.

 

[sterlingmortlocksgloves]

Have another comp for O35 (4th Grade) and O45 (5th Grade) if that's what clubs can suppot - like Hexagon. If they want to phase out, they're probably a social player anyway.

Or keep the bar where it is. That has worked swimmingly.

So the suggestion would be Div 1 3 grades (most clubs field a 5s bar Drummoyne and Newport). Majority of those blokes are either social first year out of colts blokes and the weekend warriors getting away from corporate life and shipping them off where? Can’t image many blokes would be keen on the idea of being told you need to go for a 60 minute drive to the next club who can’t field 2 grades to fill in numbers.

 

[Pfitzy]

Not forcing anyone to go anywhere. Read what I wrote.

 

[pnut]

Have another comp for O35 (4th Grade) and O45 (5th Grade) if that's what clubs can suppot - like Hexagon. If they want to phase out, they're probably a social player anyway.

Or keep the bar where it is. That has worked swimmingly.

Subbies is social isn’t that the point?

 

[Odyssey_Park the 2nd]

So the suggestion would be Div 1 3 grades (most clubs field a 5s bar Drummoyne and Newport). Majority of those blokes are either social first year out of colts blokes and the weekend warriors getting away from corporate life and shipping them off where? Can’t image many blokes would be keen on the idea of being told you need to go for a 60 minute drive to the next club who can’t field 2 grades to fill in numbers.

The discussion was around what is sustainable and also allow movement between divisions. A number of clubs can field 5 grades and colts and good in them and ideally 1st Division would reflect this . But that number is getting smaller and smaller by the year. Most clubs can only field 2-3 grades regularly. How then do you allow clubs at the bottom of Division 1 transfer out with the clubs at the top of Division 2.

What happens like we are seeing in the lower Divisions when Div 1 only has 5-6 teams capable of competing? Is that competition viable long term?

Running a rugby club is cyclical, what clubs at the top forget is that it doesn’t last forever. The belief that all the clubs in Div 1 will always have 5 grades and players to compete at that level is laughable.