The League Media

[Quick Hands]

Is Union strong only in Eastern Sydney?

In general terms, the further west you go the less rugby you will see.

The junior club that Daley coaches and his son plays for is called North Sydney Brothers, which is connected to Marist North Shore at North Sydney. This is also the school which Kieran Foran and Mitchell Pearce attended. It's probably the strongest league school in the north of Sydney (in a sea of rugby schools), so you'd think if you were desperate for your kid to play league at school and you lived around North Sydney, the choice would be fairly obvious.

 

[Marcelo]

In general terms, the further west you go the less rugby you will see.

The junior club that Daley coaches and his son plays for is called North Sydney Brothers, which is connected to Marist North Shore at North Sydney. This is also the school which Kieran Foran and Mitchell Pearce attended. It's probably the strongest league school in the north of Sydney (in a sea of rugby schools), so you'd think if you were desperate for your kid to play league at school and you lived around North Sydney, the choice would be fairly obvious.

So Rugby Schools are strong in the north and east and League Schools are strong in the west and south, right?

 

[Samson]

Surely this story was meant to run on April 1st. Apparently the proponents of this push for mungo are inviting Canterbury players to address each GPS school on how to respect referees.

 

[GTPIH]

Editor - "I need a league v union story for Easter"

Reporter - "Laurie Daley's son goes to a GPS school and wants to play league. I can do something with that. I'll even get a hyperbaric chamber in there somehow"

 

[Lorenzo]

Ice dancing has a better shot at being introduced as a GPS sport.

 

[Pfitzy]

So Rugby Schools are strong in the north and east and League Schools are strong in the west and south, right?

Its more about where families of those who attend those schools generally live. Got to remember Sydney is a big place.

 

[p.Tah]

Its more about where families of those who attend those schools generally live. Got to remember Sydney is a big place.

And over the long weekend the North Shore residents head to their holiday houses. The Central Coast is a rugby hotbed based on the number of private school jerseys I have seen whilst getting a coffee today

 

[Aussie D]

You must be at Terrigal or Avoca as I didn't see a single rugby jersey at The Entrance.

 

[p.Tah]

Yes I'm further down than The Entrance

 

[Quick Hands]

So Rugby Schools are strong in the north and east and League Schools are strong in the west and south, right?

Not quite that simple.

Catholic systemic schools almost exclusively league. CHS (State) schools in the older areas probably evenly divided between rugby and league, with rugby in decline and league growing. In suburbs settled since the 1960s, almost exclusively league. CAS and GPS schools exclusively rugby, most are in rugby areas but the student body of all schools is overwhelmingly from rugby areas.

When the GPS schools were established, there was no such game as league so they've always played rugby. CAS was established by schools who dreamed of joining GPS, but were rebuffed so they followed GPS sports in the hope of future admittance. No-one has been admitted to the GPS since 1906, so I'd suggest it's not going to happen any time soon.

 

[Pfitzy]

Good point - look at the dates in which all the schools joined AAGPS (wiki it you lazy sods), and they're all 1890-something.

 

[RugbyFuture]

Then there's the ISA schools who dream of joining CAS and seem to play rugby but have a league leaning population

 

[p.Tah]

Ok this is my favourite League quote for a while:

Despite a 12-match ban for biting the ear of Melbourne fullback Billy Slater in the 2012 grand final, Graham is not a dirty player.

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/le...-abuse-of-referees-20150406-1mezfq.touch.html

 

[Quick Hands]

And let's not forget that this guy is the club captain.

 

[Quick Hands]

Ok this is my favourite League quote for a while:



http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/le...-abuse-of-referees-20150406-1mezfq.touch.html

Personally, I loved this bit:

The lack of concern James Graham holds for his own welfare has been evident since the Canterbury prop phoned NRL head of football Todd Greenberg last year demanding that players who wanted to remain on the field with concussion should be treated the same as smokers who choose to ignore warnings about cancer.
But some of Graham's recent on-field actions suggest he has little regard for the health of opposition players either.

 

[Crashy]

I'm going to say it...
I was at the Sydney Easter show today for some god unknown reason. The amount of slack jawed, no tooth inbreds ( and mostly obese) wearing certain jerseys today was astonishing. Thank god for rugby....
My god I am still stunned...

 

[terry j]

I'm going to say it.
I was at the Sydney Easter show today for some god unknown reason. The amount of slack jawed, no tooth inbreds ( and mostly obese) wearing certain jerseys today was astonishing. Thank god for rugby..
My god I am still stunned.

did they look like the guy at the front of your avatar?

if so, I can understand your disbelief.

 

[I like to watch]

Surely this story was meant to run on April 1st. Apparently the proponents of this push for mungo are inviting Canterbury players to address each GPS school on how to respect referees.

Nah,I heard they were going to mentor the debating teams.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

They'd be very good at mentoring the 20 aside (Mass) Debating teams.

 

[The Red Baron]

And let's not forget that this guy is the club captain.

"So, you're telling me I have to turn the key once it is in the lock??"