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CAS Rugby 2023

Crashy

Crashy

John Solomon (38)
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How does barker not have an established rugby culture?
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Yeah I found that comment odd. As a 1994 leaver who played in a good 2ndXV I would beg to differ.

Speaking of, check out this video from 1930. Knox vs Barker. Looks like a rugby culture there. Good to see the physicality there between these 2 old rivals.

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Desmond Connor (43)
Interesting pre season for Barker with the GPS comp going to a 2 round comp. Starting on the 29th April, Barker play, Riverview, Newington, St Pats, Nudgee (Qld), Stannies. CAS comp start on 3rd June. Barker plays Aloys away then is home to Waverly. Final game is Knox at Knox on 5th August. The game against Nudgee at Barker on 20th May will be interesting. Nudgee will be out for revenge after being spanked last year.
 
Halfbackenthusiast

Halfbackenthusiast

Ted Fahey (11)
Does anyone know if Cranbrook has a tour of trial games planned these holidays? They play Kings 1st trial game after holidays who seem to be favourites to win GPS. Looks to be a massive statement from Cranbrook that they've got big aspirations this year.
 
RedOrDead

RedOrDead

Charlie Fox (21)
Crashy said:
which ones?
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I believe they only had 4 in 2020. Chaplain's XV was 4ths that year, instead of being 5ths or 6th as it is usually. Could be wrong. Still, coming from a GPS school to Barker, what I can tell you is that rugby culture is almost non-existent. However, this is the case with all sport at Barker. It just feels like this is bound to happen when going co-ed.
 
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Flavio

Flavio

Ward Prentice (10)
Methinks there is some discontent regarding sport in the CAS and GPS

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The Wyallan eNews - Edition 1 2023

The Wyallan eNews - Edition 1 2023
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As our summer sports season draws to a close and we contend in the CAS Swimming Championships, discussion surfaces again about sporting scholarships in our school competition. It is an aspect of that win-at-all-costs culture that is abroad in these times. And it is put before young men and women in schools as something to accept unquestioningly and to emulate.

Wealthy schools easily buy results. In so doing, they teach students that people are just commodities and that anything can be purchased for the right price. Schools that place winning over the educational values of sport are doing themselves and their students an enormous disservice

Those fellows first came to Aloys to find a community, not to forge a contract. Here we value people. Here, loyalties grow year by year. Flashing a fistful of dollars to change your colours and your commitment is not our way. Allegiances are not for sale. Indeed, we make that point very clearly now in our printed Rugby and Football programmes each week both here and at Saint Ignatius', Riverview. We put the year of a boy’s enrolment at the College next to his name to indicate they are not recent acquisitions.
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At one time, the independent schools of Australia had an agreement that sporting scholarships would not be offered. Not so now. This is ‘open season’ for chequebook team building.
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