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Mish, no truth in the rumour. A bunch of year 12s were invited to train & played in some 7s tournament with the Woodies' Colts - most likely part of Woodies' recruitment exercise for 2025. So they do have 2 very decent scrumhalves to pick from out at Castle Hill. Besides the 9s, they have some...

Hi Da-S .... I did see there is some sort of a new comp set up involving Redfield, Arndell, William Clarke & RouseHill Anglican College. All located in the Hills area north east Sydney. There are other schools in the area who did play rugby in the past - Northholm Grammar, Hills Grammar...

I reckon your prediction for the Oakhill 2024 team will be way off …... But interestingly I just heard via the grapevine one of their front rowers will be going to King's. I guess it is 'poaching season' now as bursars from GPS and CAS schools start offering scholarships. I have mates who coach...

With regards to Oakhill, of the 6 x U15 Waratah squad, 4 of them will be in their ‘Opens’ age group next year. They also got 3 boys coming back who were involved in the recent triangular series vs Tonga. So, they certainly have depth, and it is timely to acknowledge the contribution of the late...

Not that long ago, there was a "Div 3" in ISA where the 3rd XVs from Div 1 also played 1st XV from Scots Bathurst, Oxley Grammar and Blue Mts Grammar. Used to be a very competitive comp. There were after match functions with speeches and exchange of gifts along with food at Scots, Oxley and Blue...

ISA Opens' trials today at Oxford Falls if anyone interested.

Apparently Oakhill will be taking 70 of their 'Opens Age' players on their NZ tour. How amazing will it be for someone who might be a Year 12 student playing 4th XV and still get the chance to go on a rugby tour with his school mates ? That probably explains why Oakhill has so many of their Year...

I'm a bit late in joining the chat .... but i think if you ask Cranbrook who their most talented rugby player ever, they most likely say someone by the name of Matt Street. Tragically died in a car accident when we was only 20, back in 1980. He missed out on the 1977 Schoolboys tour because he...

"English teachers who wants to coach rugby" like Mr Papahatzis, Mr Melville, Mr Wisemantel, Mr Burke etc etc haven't done too badly in the last decade. Issue is not who coaches the 1st XV …. it is finding the right people to coach 13As to 13Ds . Pius has some real talent in year 11 and they...

I highly recommend the next time your school plays Auggies, go watch the 13As game. The Auggies 13As is a fantastic unit playing high tempo and skilled rugby. Don't worry about the scoreboard, just enjoy watching what these little fellas can do running with the ball.

re Oakhill 16s this year .... if you ask that mob from castle Hill they will tell you this was suppose to be their dream age group when they were in the 13s & 14s. Then several key players decided to leave their school to experience "bursary assisted" opportunities at different GPS schools ! And...

Stannies gave Oakhill one hell of a scare up at Bathurst. Oakhill hung on to a 27-25 win over a brilliant Stannies side who executed everything flawlessly "except" a drop goal in the dying seconds from 35m out in the wind ! But just not enough to match that extra class Oakhill seemed to have -...

Hugh, carrying on the discussion on Div 3, here is what is happening in the ISA Div 1 4th XV comp and 5th XV comp this year. 4th XV comp consist of Chev 2nds Gregs 3rds Kinross 3rds Oakhill 4ths Pats 4ths Pius 3rds Stannies 4ths 5th XV comp consist of Kinross 4ths Gregs 4ths Pats 5ths...

Hi Hugh ... you have shown interest in ISA Div 3 in the past, here are results from Round 1 & 2 if you or anyone else is interested. Round 1 Auggies 3rds 24 bt Scots Bathurst 1st 12 Stannies 3rds 10 bt St Pats 3rds 5 Oakhill 3rds 18 bt Oxley 1st 14 Pius 2nds 38 bt Blue Mts Grammar...

S-D-W, I reckon you missed probably the most naturally talented rugby player from Cranbrook. Matt Street (77) who went on to play for NSW but lost his life in a car accident when he was still at uni. Would have played Aust Schools in 1977 if not for M.Ella, A.Melrose, M.Hawker, M.O'Connor etc

Auggies vs Riverview, Oakhill vs Joeys, Kinross is playing TAS (The Armidale School), I think Pats got Sydney Grammar. Not sure whats on for Stannies & Gregs

Hugh, Div III are BMGS 1stXV, Oxley 1stXV, Scots Bathurst 1st XV, Pius 2ndXV, Auggies 3rdXV, Oakhill 3rd XV, Pats 3rd XV & Stannies 3rdXV. They start on 24th May along with the rest of Div1. Chev 2XV, Pius 3rd XV, Gregs 3rd XV, Kinross 3rds are in the same comp as Stannies 4ths, Pats 4ths &...

Hi Teach, glad to hear your boys had a good trip. The scores reflects the huge difference in schoolboy rugby between between Sydney/Brisbane and the rest of Australia. I guess it is the Aust Rugby Union's dream to have grassroot strength so one day a school like Melb Grammar can compete against...

Win, lose or draw, hope your boys have a wonderful experience. Safe travels.

Guys on this side of the 'ditch', do you know who King's High is ? These guys go toe to toe with schools like Otago High and Sothland High. Not exactly some hick (rugby wise) school. Just a ball park call here , the Victorian schools would be competitive against their 3rds. The other thing is...