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Frank Row (1)
Scots 1st XV highlights video 2015
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Scots 1st XV highlights video 2015
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David Wilson (68)
^^^Yes it did, but the field is meant for the players and officials, at least until the match is over.
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David Wilson (68)
Shore got a lot closer than Kings did last week.
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Bob McCowan (2)
Completely agree with you mate I thought it was awesome. Passion and pride from the boys in black and white.
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Watty Friend (18)
Amazing to watch: the drama of being behind, last play of the game, then Atiola clinching it with a try, taking the game, and the championship. Tragic for View, but elation for Newington. Loved the pitch invasion. Moments like this are pretty rare. My footage:
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Bill Watson (15)
Many thanks for posting that 'Steppa. Being at Nth Parramatta today, it was difficult to get any proper handle on the drama unfolding over at New. Spectacular finish, and congrats to the boys in Black and White, and to View for an all but heroic performance. Baz Lurhman couldn't have directed any dramatic finale better than that! Great vid. Cheers always.
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Watty Friend (18)
And another Cameron Murray special >
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Sydney Middleton (9)
True, Joeys were dominant, but they're like that pretty much at every level from 2nds down to 13Hs. On the brighter side of things, the other teams in the competition were quite hard to separate.
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Greg Davis (50)
I am not associated with either school. My thoughts are this on the final three minutes.
Excellent ball retention by Newington and great defense by View. The big problem is the try.
A ruck was formed and under the laws the ball may NOT be picked up within a ruck and can only be when it passes the last feet. On repeated viewing with a Level 2 referee the opinion is that the player picking it up within a ruck should have been penalized. The referee made a beginners mistake and cost View a historic upset win
Makes you wonder why they're not dominant in the firsts as they used to be.
Actually, the Twos were not dominant, but they were probably the most impressive Joeys team the way they gutsed out wins in a few games against teams that looked to have a good as chance of winning as they did.
By contrast the Threes were likely the best side from the school, grade for grade, in the Opens.
Does anybody know the exact score of the Joeys v
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David Wilson (68)
The flaw in your position is that the referee adjudicated that way for the whole of the match, which benefited and/or hindred both teams at various points. You can't change the way you referee in the last minute.
I'd also question whether there was actually ever a ruck formed - there was a tackle, but there doesn't ever seem to be a player from either team in closed contact over the ball. The Riverview players seem to assume a defensive position for the next phase without ever forming a ruck.
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Greg Davis (50)
Correct. the View players were in a defensive ruck stance, but he laws state that the ruck ends successfully when the ball leaves the ruck, or when the ball is on or over the goal line. The ball did not leave the ruck but was picked up by a player on his feet over the ball.
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David Wilson (68)
The ruck no longer exists if there aren't players in closed contact over the ball. If the ball is sitting in the open with no players in closed contact, then there is no ruck in existence - it has left the ruck.
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Bob McCowan (2)
Full credit to Newington, they had some outstanding players and were coached terrifically throughout the duration of a fantastic season. Although there isn't anything to do to change the course of the refereeing in the game, it is worth pointing out the decision which ultimately decided the premiership winning team(s). That being said, what Joker has pointed is correct, and there is quite clearly one player either side in contact above the ball. I guess all that you can say is that View (and in a way Scots) should feel hard done by...
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Greg Davis (50)
Quick Hands. I agree. The ball though was not sitting in the open, there were players latched or latching on to the try scorer. There were two players visible defending the ruck.
Anyway, what a finish to a good season. Great fun had by all. Well done to the players of both teams who played the game in good spirit. In that regard I spoke with the Shore coach yesterday and congratulated him on keeping the positive school spirit alive at Shore. They lost on the field but they always remain upbeat.
Anyway, what a finish to a good season. Great fun had by all. Well done to the players of both teams who played the game in good spirit. In that regard I spoke with the Shore coach yesterday and congratulated him on keeping the positive school spirit alive at Shore. They lost on the field but they always remain upbeat.
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Sydney Middleton (9)
My two cents aren't worth much, but I personally believe that it was because Joeys were trying make Wright the orchestrator of pretty much everything. He's a natural fullback and probably the best schoolboy fullback in Australia (bar maybe Ngamanu). Playing him at 10, 13 and wherever else he was put throughout the season was ridiculous; it would be understandable to try such 'experiments' in the pre-season, but during GPS games? Drop Clements or Barnes, as talented as both are, and go from there. Having said that, I'm not a coach, so choose to take my views with a grain of salt if you please.
But what I am able to notice is that Joeys have a LOT of class in their 1st XV. Jaffer-Williams is the closest thing to the ideal winger, Wright doesn't need an explanation, Wilkinson's VERY skilful, and Wennerbom is close to the level of Strang and Goddard. The forwards were okay too, but who actually cares about forwards. I kid, Azzuri. Horton is a wrecking-ball: he's what happens when you put wheels on a front-rower. Leaver and Gittoes are SUCH good footballers in pretty much every regard. To summarise, they're a very good rugby team. It's just that Scots and Newington have teams that are just as good.
I'd back a lot of the boys across the GPS to go on to play professionally, if they please.
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