Woodies had a bit of "bad luck" right at the end of the game.wow some big upsets there. West Harbour and Two Blues.
Would also say Rats probably unexpected.
“Bad luck” Are you serious? Playing against a team that had yet to win a game, home ground advantage, penalty count advantage, & West Harbour had 2 yellow cards in the final stages of the game. Come on.Woodies had a bit of "bad luck" right at the end of the game.
I think the bad luck was more about players understanding how to manage that situation. Tom Goddard and Harry Snook are both quality players, and Josh Hickey is great off the bench. I wonder if they had the strong voice guiding and directing play. An old head.“Bad luck” Are you serious? Playing against a team that had yet to win a game, home ground advantage, penalty count advantage, & West Harbour had 2 yellow cards in the final stages of the game. Come on.
I don't agree that that constitutes "bad luck" Team selection comes down to team management. Eastwood have 2 very experienced halvesI think the bad luck was more about players understanding how to manage that situation. Tom Goddard and Harry Snook are both quality players, and Josh Hickey is great off the bench. I wonder if they had the strong voice guiding and directing play. An old head.
They will learn from it and build.
Hannaford was excellent. And so was Drew Sellers who played a huge role in running West Harbour.I don't agree that that constitutes "bad luck" Team selection comes down to team management. Eastwood have 2 very experienced halves
in their second grade side , who could have been selected in first grade.The same applies to West Harbour.
The "player of the match", Wests Hunter Hanford, was a colt last year, but stood out yesterday.
Was that just "good luck" or was it something to do with his ability?
I was such a huge fan of how easts started and with all their professionals playing, when in reality, looks like no teddy wilson, no eastsEasts doing what Easts do. Load up but underperform.
Gordon doing some nice things the last few weeks.
RA contracts are Nov-Oct no? There will probably be some early release negotiated to get some wages off the books, but by default that's the Australian contracting period and hence they should be available for club stuff barring injury/surgery or National duties.What are the chances some of the Super Rugby players that are leaving after the season don't turn out for Shute Shield though? Wilson, Tuipoltu go overseas early? They are the sides paying their bills once the Tahs are finished.
Easts change if Teddy Wilson is there but if he stays with the 7s all year it's a big drop off.
GB pre=season normally starts in July/August so I would say those players going abroad will leave just before finals even if they do play,RA contracts are Nov-Oct no? There will probably be some early release negotiated to get some wages off the books, but by default that's the Australian contracting period and hence they should be available for club stuff barring injury/surgery or National duties.
The team currently on top of the table will not get any SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) players - I think they will still be in the mix at the pointy end of the season.then there are some teams that wont get any super rugby players and they will be the ones who unfortunately fall away
Attack coach for wallaroosIn the Shute shield line ups this week on FB manly have Harry Fry listed as coach. Where’s Chris Delooze? Hopefully nothing bad, seems like he’s got manly going well.
Chan - syndesmosis injury back in few weeks.Anyone know what’s happened to chan from Randwick and Bell from Manly?