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Ahh, not entirely true, but almost. There is still an Illawarra juniors comp for 13's to 16's (it's possibly on its last legs with between about 4-6 teams in each age group). In the 18's, there is only enough for 2 teams & they both play in the SJRU comp.
They dropped a few players back from grade into Colts last year for the finals. An embarrassment of riches of sorts when you have gen blue U19's playing in 2nd grade colts...
They haven't really helped themselves with colts. No teams entered in the U18 state champs this or last year that I can remember. All those kids who grew up playing in the junior rep teams are now playing with Manly or Gordon or elsewhere.
From the outside looking in, that exactly how it appears. First grade matters & not much else. Seems to be the opposite of most other clubs where a successful weekend isn't just determined by 1 team.
Gone backwards from last year. A couple of good ISA boys were recruited, but none from the big schools. those that they were competitive with have now gone past them & a few boys are now jumping ship.
Norths would struggle for 4 colts teams. They were struggling at the start of the year (& probably still are) to get 3 teams on the field going on some of the results
Most likely to do with each team needing to have 2 byes throughout the season, having 9 teams & only 14 rounds & not wanting to have lots of byes at the end of the season & giving people something to complain about leading into finals....
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