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Allen Oxlade (6)
Interesting to see where all the people saying Waverley were going to finish 4th and 3rd have gone.
"Hate it or Love it the underdgogs on top" ~50 cent
"Hate it or Love it the underdgogs on top" ~50 cent
Thanks. A disappointing season for Cranbrook, after showing some pretty good trial form.41 - 0
Well Snort, not sure if the predicted order was actually even close. The comp was supposed to be between Knox and Barker, but as I mentioned at the beginning of the CAS comp, this Waves age group had never lost a CAS throughout the years, they had suffered in the trials with many injuries and so it looked like they weren't going to be competitive this year. What actually happened was that the 7-8 missing players returned a few games before the CAS comp started, got cohesion going, and just managed to beat a very good Cranbrook side at QP.Well done Waverley, an emphatic win today and a deserved unbeaten premiership. I think the order this year was exactly right - Waverley, Knox, Trinity, Barker, Cranbrook, Aloysius (although a few people up near Hornsby may think otherwise).
Waverley's muscle in the forwards made all the difference today. They were 30% bigger than their opponents, and we all know what a good big player does to a good small player. If Trinity had 10% of the possession I'd be surprised. Waverley might have won by more had they let the backs do their thing instead of cluttering up the back line with props, because the finishing in the backs was clinical and they had plenty of speed. I thought Waverley's best were the 8, 15 and the wingers - though the tight five as a whole set things up well by monopolising the ball, and the 9 (although he was given an armchair ride by his forwards) has a very nice pass that gets the ball wide, quickly.
For Trinity the best was 15 Mitchell, whose defence was tremendous and who ran well when given the rare chance. 8 Niulala was good, while 9 Hatton-Ward worked hard but had almost no ball to do anything with.
Tried to find you WLF, but no luck! Spent much of my afternoon next to a Waverley supporter who doesn't know that under current CAS rules a scrum can't "push em back over the dead ball line!!!"
Cranbrook won by 40-odd points to go undefeated for the second year in a rowwhat were the results of the seconds yesterday?
I cannot agree with this team.Having now seen each team, my team of the season is:
1. Ah-Colt (Cranbrook)
2. Dowling (Waverley)
3. Goddard (Knox)
4. Ericsson (Knox)
5. Niulala (Trinity)
6. Ryan (Knox)
7. Aboud (Waverley)
8. Tofaeono (Waverley)
9. Hatten-Ward (Trinity)
10. Turinui (Waverley)
11. Mitchell (Trinity)
12. McDonald (Barker)
13. Enasio (Knox)
14. Harper (Waverley)
15. Morshead-Fidel (Waverley)
Knox didn't even look like they were close to winning that game. You could tell they just weren't ready to play against the best CAS teamI cannot agree with this team.
Knox were the better team in the comp by a long shot (every statistic shows this too) and just had an off day against Waverley. Knox only lost 1 game all year and trounced every other team.
Waverley were lucky and had the run of the green that day. It would have been much more fair for it to be Joint premiers.
Someone sounds a little bit salty that Waves are the kingsI cannot agree with this team.
Knox were the better team in the comp by a long shot (every statistic shows this too) and just had an off day against Waverley. Knox only lost 1 game all year and trounced every other team.
Waverley were lucky and had the run of the green that day. It would have been much more fair for it to be Joint premiers.
Dominant victory for no cause, dead rubberOn another note.
What a dominant victory by Knox over Barker yesterday. It was great to see such a strong team really hit out at an import filled Barker team.
Just shows culture can’t be bought and while they might be trying to buy another premiership like 2022, it’s hard to get that many right pick ups all at once again.
Salty... How many times did this generation of Knox players beat Waverley?I cannot agree with this team.
Knox were the better team in the comp by a long shot (every statistic shows this too) and just had an off day against Waverley. Knox only lost 1 game all year and trounced every other team.
Waverley were lucky and had the run of the green that day. It would have been much more fair for it to be Joint premiers.
Knox v Barker is never a dead rubber, as seen in the celebrations afterwards.
Knox must see this season as one that got away. A great team all year that had an off day against Waves. In a one round comp, that's all that it takes.
I guess some consolation that half the team marches on with Gen Blue and Aus Schoolboy duties. Waves players free to focus on studies.
On this note, i was at the knox game on saturday (dissapointing result for barker) however i did get to try the barbeque. So here is my review. First of all i ordered the classic sausage sizzle. It was a classic sausage sizzle with the choice of onion and tomato sauce. The combo including a drink of which i chose gold rush powerade cost me 7$. I price i dont mind paying but is not the best price nor the worst. I rate the bun a solid 6, a bit dry however quite palletable and chewy but not too chewy. i rate the sausage a 6/10 as well. The onion was a 7/10. Overall 6.2/10 decent but slightly over priced for what your paying for but understandable as they need to pay for all the knox scholarships.I love a good bacon and egg roll or steak roll at school rugby.
Oakhill has been the best so far although I didn't try the coffee as I am not a risk taker when it comes to coffee
So far my rating on schools this year (only 3 away games so far)...
Riverview was average and expensive.
Barker was good value for money but that was up at Cliff Oval so don't know about in the school itself.
Will report back next week on what Trinity has to offer this weekend
Get this man a beer!!!Leave the "Scholarship" discussion alone please.
It adds nothing, and will only lead to posters getting a rest and / or the thread being closed.
Might need a rest there mateshush virg.
Bros doing flips and tricks on itMight need a rest there mate