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Frank Row (1)
This riverview front row will go down in history
NSW AAGPS 2025 (banter and commentary)
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Fred Wood (13)
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Grammar boys still on the plane from Moree
Armidale has had a great dump of snow.
I was lucky to experience this once in 1984 where they cancelled lectures at the Armidale Teachers College.
Got to be tough to experience an Armidale winter. Hope the Grammar lads got home safely
Here is what it looked like yesterday. Imagine playing rugby in this.
I was lucky to experience this once in 1984 where they cancelled lectures at the Armidale Teachers College.
Got to be tough to experience an Armidale winter. Hope the Grammar lads got home safely
Here is what it looked like yesterday. Imagine playing rugby in this.
Jim Belshaw
Bob Loudon (25)
Armidale airport closed by snow today, ditto new england highway. Highway just reopened. Tas fb page had some game photos. Will try to copy and post tomorrow. Tough conditions
footyhead10
Frank Nicholson (4)
Hopefully shore can cause an upset on Saturday and help joeys out
That is what we hope
Mungo1866
Chris McKivat (8)
School mass this weekend, maybe they could move it forward a few days and say a few prayers for our Anglican brethren?
Jakeburner65
Ted Fahey (11)
View will close it out now. Both games. It won't be close.
In hindsight, it seems the Scots game was just what they needed. By all reports, they are extremely motivated.
hogieslammer
Allen Oxlade (6)
Nothing would inspire view more than denying Joeys the opportunity to even compete for the trophy
First time here, but have been reading the forum since the days of founder Lee Grant( his pseudonym) in about 2010. A couple of years ago someone asked “How did the Joeys second grade half get to play for Australian schoolboys on tour to UK?”
The answer was that the Joeys Firsts halfback in 2005, Nathan Seivert, played schools tests in August and October and got picked to tour UK. Matthew Schwager ,Joeys Seconds half, got picked as a reserve for GPS thirds but impressed enough V CAS that he was made reserve half in NSW Firsts under Seivert. On tour Seivert got injured in “test” against England. Schwager was at the time on a gap year in Ireland which the schools’ tour manager knew so he called him in to be reserve half against Ireland with the A C T half replacing Seivert. During that match T Talavara was injured so Schwager got to not only play but scored the winning try from the scrumbase or ruck.
I believe Schwager was still playing, captaining and coaching around Narrabri until recently if not still.
moral of the story is don’t despair if not selected by GPS ; what would they know!
The answer was that the Joeys Firsts halfback in 2005, Nathan Seivert, played schools tests in August and October and got picked to tour UK. Matthew Schwager ,Joeys Seconds half, got picked as a reserve for GPS thirds but impressed enough V CAS that he was made reserve half in NSW Firsts under Seivert. On tour Seivert got injured in “test” against England. Schwager was at the time on a gap year in Ireland which the schools’ tour manager knew so he called him in to be reserve half against Ireland with the A C T half replacing Seivert. During that match T Talavara was injured so Schwager got to not only play but scored the winning try from the scrumbase or ruck.
I believe Schwager was still playing, captaining and coaching around Narrabri until recently if not still.
moral of the story is don’t despair if not selected by GPS ; what would they know!
