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riverview won 26-22 against a team that nobody gave a chance (a lot of the school itself had doubts that today was going to be any different to what happened in the trials) and they almost stole it from you and after speaking to a number of riverview boys, they admit that they had concerns towards the end of that game.... next year will be the best competition the GPS has seen in many years
the teams for 2012:
Riverview - the defending champions are in the exact same position as newington were at the end of 2010, they keep a lot of talent, but lose a lot of key players, most notably the loss of wells and vaux will impact this side heavily, but the return of rorke, redden and whiteley will see riverview go very close to gaining their 11th premiership in 2012. PREDICTION (2nd)
Kings - they were fairly good in the firsts this year, their seconds weren't great, but the 16A's are very highly praised by almost everyone i've spoken to, they will come back to being a real threat for the premiership next season, and have kept some very good players from this years firsts who matched the top teams in the league more than once in 2011. PREDICTION (4th)
Newington - really weren't as impressive this year as they were last year, but then again last year was a hard act to follow with one of the most dominant schoolboy rugby teams i have ever seen, but next year they should have another strong team, but again they are losing key players in key positions (just like last year) and i think they will struggle at times. PREDICTION (3rd)
Shore - seem to be the most unlucky school in the competition, but in the end luck can only account for so much, shore seem to slip off late in games and they lost close finishes to joeys, view, scots and newington, they could provide upsets and wouldn't surprise me if they did better than expected, but won't until they deal with their issues in closing games. PREDICTION (6th)
Scots - retaining jim stewart, but one centre can't make a team, really 2011 should have been their year, if not for a strong riverview side they probably would have won their first premiership since 1993, something that has seemed evasive to the scots boys in recent years, again will finish relatively high up but i don't think they are going to be good enough to win the whole thing. PREDICTION (5th)
Grammar - couldn't really tell you much about grammar, but they will as always provide some surprises, really though they are the only team that won't contend for the title next year. PREDICTION (7th)
Joeys - now this is the controversial part, nobody wants to hear that joeys will win the premiership, perhaps because they have won it so often, but 2/3's of the firsts are coming back next year and that is something that i don't think joeys has seen happen in many many years, on top of that over 1/2 of the seconds are coming back too, as well as a 16A's team that were still competitive despite not having six of their players who were playing 1s and 2s (not including pennisi who was in the firsts up until he was injured three weeks ago), there is a lot of real talent for 2012/2013, and a whole lot would have to wrong for joeys for them to not be considered a serious threat to the other GPS schools next year. PREDICTION (1st)
the teams for 2012:
Riverview - the defending champions are in the exact same position as newington were at the end of 2010, they keep a lot of talent, but lose a lot of key players, most notably the loss of wells and vaux will impact this side heavily, but the return of rorke, redden and whiteley will see riverview go very close to gaining their 11th premiership in 2012. PREDICTION (2nd)
Kings - they were fairly good in the firsts this year, their seconds weren't great, but the 16A's are very highly praised by almost everyone i've spoken to, they will come back to being a real threat for the premiership next season, and have kept some very good players from this years firsts who matched the top teams in the league more than once in 2011. PREDICTION (4th)
Newington - really weren't as impressive this year as they were last year, but then again last year was a hard act to follow with one of the most dominant schoolboy rugby teams i have ever seen, but next year they should have another strong team, but again they are losing key players in key positions (just like last year) and i think they will struggle at times. PREDICTION (3rd)
Shore - seem to be the most unlucky school in the competition, but in the end luck can only account for so much, shore seem to slip off late in games and they lost close finishes to joeys, view, scots and newington, they could provide upsets and wouldn't surprise me if they did better than expected, but won't until they deal with their issues in closing games. PREDICTION (6th)
Scots - retaining jim stewart, but one centre can't make a team, really 2011 should have been their year, if not for a strong riverview side they probably would have won their first premiership since 1993, something that has seemed evasive to the scots boys in recent years, again will finish relatively high up but i don't think they are going to be good enough to win the whole thing. PREDICTION (5th)
Grammar - couldn't really tell you much about grammar, but they will as always provide some surprises, really though they are the only team that won't contend for the title next year. PREDICTION (7th)
Joeys - now this is the controversial part, nobody wants to hear that joeys will win the premiership, perhaps because they have won it so often, but 2/3's of the firsts are coming back next year and that is something that i don't think joeys has seen happen in many many years, on top of that over 1/2 of the seconds are coming back too, as well as a 16A's team that were still competitive despite not having six of their players who were playing 1s and 2s (not including pennisi who was in the firsts up until he was injured three weeks ago), there is a lot of real talent for 2012/2013, and a whole lot would have to wrong for joeys for them to not be considered a serious threat to the other GPS schools next year. PREDICTION (1st)