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elcapitano
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i agree, its obvious there are a few lads at joeys just trying to talk their mates up. lets keep the conversation responsible and follow the protical of the forum!
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Stan Wickham (3)
As of when? i recall watching him develop in the Newington 16A's
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Johnnie Wallace (23)
And what would your 2s team be then ?
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Tom james
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Riverview in my eyes have the strongest forward pack. With the likes of whiteley, rorke, dempsey, xavier may, and hosea how could you not back them as a pack. And also with sam gerry-burgess, alex lyons, redden and jack robertson in the backline how could they not be in the contest
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Allen Oxlade (6)
Alot of talk about Lussick for GPS 1's, wasnt at all impressive the last few times i have seen him, At the moment the 9 has to go to Pulver, Makasini or Curtin
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Stan Wickham (3)
Whilst I respect your blatant bias that you flaunt throughout your posts, the facts are that Riverview have failed to impress in the trials thus far. However I acknowledge the potential they have, especially in their forward pack, namely the backrow, but their backs are young and seem one dimensional in attack. Riverview are just no shaping up to be the premiership winning team of the year after their losses to Joeys and Kings.
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gps guru
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I don't agree with you at all- both Joeys and Newington have better forward packs than view
Joeys standouts in the forwards-Piggy, "Ball-fiddler", Murphy, Goldie, Donohue
Newington standouts- Bartlett, Pryor-Lees, Vea
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Bandit
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This is schoolboy rugby mate, everyone is young...anyway, they are all in year 12 except for Kennedy (no. 9) and Bill Freeman (no. 11)
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Jackson Smith
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Bartlett was at New but now is at joeys and playing 2nd XV for them, you must bd mistaking him for someone else in the new pack
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gps guru
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Are you sure? Perhaps the grass was greener in the Joeys pastures
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elcapitano
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if you are reffering to the field, than yes joeys probebly has the best kept field in GPS
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Jackson Smith
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100% - watched him play in cerise and blue in 2nds on the weekend, perhaps it was
surely not. i always thought he would be a dragon for life.
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Stan Wickham (3)
I'm positive he was in the book at no.5 for the Newington firsts (he's a dragon slayer) , it seems unlikely that joeys could poach such a talent. Could anyone at Joeys or Newington now please clear this up?
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Jackson Smith
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Left newington last year, unknown for the reason but now plays for joeys, appeared in the program at the weekends game
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gps guru
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Hmm that's very strange, I wonder what enticed him. Maybe the thought of Br Anthony Boyd as his shepherd was his reasoning
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gps guru
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I'm more referring to the superior coaching offered at St Joseph's
Joe Mac
Arch Winning (36)
You are right there FF (Folau Fainga'a). I stand corrected. They have lost one comp game at home since the 2007 season.
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Mr Foo Ty
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last year
Joe Mac
Arch Winning (36)
Anyone that counts out a team because of two trial games, demonstrates a huge lack of experience when it comes to following rugby... Especially when it comes to an undefeated team from the previous season, that is only lacking two key players (Wells, Vaux).
View will relish the underdog status leading into this comp. It's probably exactly what they needed after an undefeated year last year. Now they have nearly two months to perfect their combinations and gain the fitness levels apparently lacking before they play for keeps.
The first trial played was without Dempsey and their second was his first game back. The incumbent Aussie Schools 6 will be at full strength come the money end of the season, ready to lead his team the only way he knows how; from the front, with bone crunching defence and devastating ball running. It's true he is only one player, but how many times have we seen sporting teams stumble without one key individual? When he starts hitting form, I think you might find the team hit form, stepping up their play by more than a few gears.
Also in their favour is a dream draw. Newington have only won at View's home ground once in the last decade, Kings not since 2002 and Scots not since the 90's. Like a Wallabies team touring New Zealand, this place has a track record of sending many a great team away disappointed throughout the years. Teams with a much bigger advantage than the incumbent schools that will be visiting in 2012. The Kings sides of 08' and 09' with more than half of the Australian Schoolboys in their ranks will attest to that...
Do they have the players to do it? Absolutely. Rorke and Dempsey didn't make it into the Aussie schools on reputation. Niether of them even made GPS 1's or NSW 1's, in 2011. They were picked from obscurity due to their ability to shine when it mattered. They were picked because when it came to the crunch, they delivered, and 2012 will be no different. And Whitely? Well he may be the best of three...
Will they do it? I have no idea but from someone who has watched a many a season of GPS, I think they have a huge chance, much much more than they are given credit for on this forum. And a much better chance than I gave them in 2011.
Am I impartial? Absolutely not! I see the game through my Riverview tinted glasses.
But this sport fellas, not politics and the enemies you make by taking a decided stand, generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by sitting on the fence.
View will relish the underdog status leading into this comp. It's probably exactly what they needed after an undefeated year last year. Now they have nearly two months to perfect their combinations and gain the fitness levels apparently lacking before they play for keeps.
The first trial played was without Dempsey and their second was his first game back. The incumbent Aussie Schools 6 will be at full strength come the money end of the season, ready to lead his team the only way he knows how; from the front, with bone crunching defence and devastating ball running. It's true he is only one player, but how many times have we seen sporting teams stumble without one key individual? When he starts hitting form, I think you might find the team hit form, stepping up their play by more than a few gears.
Also in their favour is a dream draw. Newington have only won at View's home ground once in the last decade, Kings not since 2002 and Scots not since the 90's. Like a Wallabies team touring New Zealand, this place has a track record of sending many a great team away disappointed throughout the years. Teams with a much bigger advantage than the incumbent schools that will be visiting in 2012. The Kings sides of 08' and 09' with more than half of the Australian Schoolboys in their ranks will attest to that...
Do they have the players to do it? Absolutely. Rorke and Dempsey didn't make it into the Aussie schools on reputation. Niether of them even made GPS 1's or NSW 1's, in 2011. They were picked from obscurity due to their ability to shine when it mattered. They were picked because when it came to the crunch, they delivered, and 2012 will be no different. And Whitely? Well he may be the best of three...
Will they do it? I have no idea but from someone who has watched a many a season of GPS, I think they have a huge chance, much much more than they are given credit for on this forum. And a much better chance than I gave them in 2011.
Am I impartial? Absolutely not! I see the game through my Riverview tinted glasses.
But this sport fellas, not politics and the enemies you make by taking a decided stand, generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by sitting on the fence.
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