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I am highly confused. Is the Australian Schoolboys Team just announced the highest representative honours available for schoolboys? Lots of missing names like Tonga and Sharples etc.
Completely correct. This has been a long standing issue at Newington (last year for example had an amazing back line on paper and so did 2021). Unsure why the coaching staff haven’t picked up on it.
Just seen GPS teams. I’m a Newington Old Boy with some family members at King’s so a few observations:
1. King’s who are leading the Comp and may go undefeated have 5 boys in GPS 1s and Newington who have only won 2 games has 4 boys selected.
2. The Captain of King’s was not selected anywhere...
Does anyone know what is going on with New? They have a side of experienced rep players with Rodwell, Ata, McLean and the Cleverly brothers, strong wins against Knox and Waves but just can’t seem to get it together. At this rate they may be last in the comp
The King’s winger Aadesh (I think). Is he a GPS sprinter? Seems this is his second year playing 1sts but haven’t seen him in GPS Aths or any GPS teams but seems to complement their more ‘famous’ winger Tonga quite well.
Grammar is so self deprecating they even have their own anti war cries.
Instead of ‘are we in it? We say yes, we are the boys from SGS’ I’ve heard them use this at HOTR ‘are we in it? We say no, we are the boys who cannot row!’
This was during the time of Mackerras/Townsend when sport really...