Recent content by sulidor

....Beale got a scholarship on the basis of being indigenous, not on the basis of being a freakishly good rugby player ?; and then, when he got his first professional rugby contract, the school sent him a bill for six years fees; and he paid it....ho ho ho...

.....in the rugby at least,....what would be wrong with 4 divisions of 2 teams each, playing 7 COMPETITIVE rounds......no OHS issues....and in the PREMIER division, 7 absolute, top-notch, cracker clashes between 2 incredibly talented teams....promotion and relegation to be debated......there...

....wot is the difference between a scholarship and a bursary ?....

1) Just a reminder of whence stems this controversy: "Code of Practice In the light of these principles, the GPS Headmasters affirm the following code of practice: No inducements such as sporting scholarships, whether direct, disguised, or at arm's length, shall be offered by any member...

....and from today's piece: " The executive director of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW, Geoff Newcombe, said: ‘‘If there is a protocol in place where schools have agreed not to offer scholarships to students talented in a sporting area, then obviously the schools should...

From the horse's mouth...... "The King's School headmaster Tim Hawkes admits most schools, including his, ''have offered inducements to a few good sportsmen''. ''Schools have long learnt the rhetoric needed to defend the deliberate importation of gifted sportsmen,'' he said. ''The practice...

I remember watching High beat Joeys at Mckay - yes, that long ago ! And I remember a High old boy yelling out - "i've waited all my life to see this !" High lost one game that year, to a Scots side beefed up with imports to help them celebrate some anniversary with a rugby premiership. Scots...

...this is already unprecedented.....scots have NEVER before won 3 in a row....

....High problem could be "solved" by nominating one of the sports highs, or at least the male component thereof, as, e.g. Sydney Boys High, Hills campus. Is even consistent with the fact that High is a 'selective' school....just broadening the parameters by recognising that rugby is now a...

cranbrook 19 barker 20; won with a penalty from 40 metres that was the last act of the game; after cranbrook had put on 2 quick tries to seemingly steal the game.....the jubilation of the cranbrook old boys after the second of those tries contrasted starkly with the despair of the cranbrook team...