2. All Shute Shield clubs will be reduced to 2 Senior grades and 1 Colts in 2013 or 2014 to limit costs.....and keep Parramata and Penrith in the comp.
The ramifications of this are so big that this may have to be moved to the Subbies thread
Heard 2 rumours. Can anyone confirm?
1. Gordon has $700,000 gone missing due to "creative accounting"
2. All Shute Shield clubs will be reduced to 2 Senior grades and 1 Colts in 2013 or 2014 to limit costs.....and keep Parramata and Penrith in the comp.
The ramifications of this are so big that this may have to be moved to the Subbies thread
Dave Harvey to Norths will save Gordon the 700k that is supposedly missing as Dave Harvey does not come cheaply
Has he a contract with any other clubs in Sydney as he has form in forgetting these minor issues of signed contracts
Dave Harvey gone to Norths? Gordon's prodigal son...... noooooooooo
Wow, how sad, that can only weaken this once fine comp, so the Randwicks/Unis will now raid the subbies competition?Heard 2 rumours. Can anyone confirm?
1. Gordon has $700,000 gone missing due to "creative accounting"
2. All Shute Shield clubs will be reduced to 2 Senior grades and 1 Colts in 2013 or 2014 to limit costs.....and keep Parramata and Penrith in the comp.
The ramifications of this are so big that this may have to be moved to the Subbies thread
With respect Grievous , Randwick now seem to focus on a solid colts programme. They have copied the most successful club of recent times, Sydney Uni in that strategy. Am unaware of any subbies raiding by them.Wow, how sad, that can only weaken this once fine comp, so the Randwicks/Unis will now raid the subbies competition?
It's been the objective of the ARU to have 2 grade & 1 colts team for a number of years.With respect Grievous , Randwick now seem to focus on a solid colts programme. They have copied the most successful club of recent times, Sydney Uni in that strategy. Am unaware of any subbies raiding by them.
Perhaps the comp should be the 2 top grades and top colts being played together and the other grades at alternate venues like the colts now. That won't save anyone money though.
Can't be good for rugby to somehow let grassroots grade rugby fall away for lack of a few bucks.
That'd make sense to me. If you want to run this as the 3rd tier of Australia rugby it'll work providing a couple of things.
1. The clubs are split into two (a performance geared and a social geared one) rather than disintegrating. A good example of this is the Hawthorn AFL Football club and the Hawthorn Amateur Football Club. As a hypothetical example is in the Shield you'd have the Sydney Uni Football Club (featuring budding professional players who may or may not be students) then in Subbies you'd have the Sydney Uni Social Rugby Club (call it whatever) featuring guys from the Uni who just want to play the game.
2. A player loaning system, we all know on occasion clubs get down to their 3rd or 4th string players when some are broken and some are on rep duty. There needs to be a loaning system, for example a bloke could be invited to train with a Shute Shield club once a week but play for his school's old boys club and IF injury strike the Shute Shield club they can call him up and give him a chance.
The singing and the fancy dress (at Grand Final time) are a valuable part of the fabric of Shute Shield.I know our 4th grade annoy the hell out of people from other clubs at Concord with their singing etc but they are the ones that pay their way and then some.
Rugby is first and foremost a players' game, especially at the lower levels.the lower grades and lower colts are the heart of the clubs. These are the blokes that are great clubmen, play because they love the game and are looking for a game of rugby each week and supporting their club. They normally are the volunteers that man the canteen, run sidelines and act as groundsmen. Without these the clubs and competiton will lose some real feeling and emotion. We don't want NRL but a competition that is more than professionalism and all about money
Totally agree. Rugby is a fun game (amongst other things).Rugby is first and foremost a players' game, especially at the lower levels.
If we lose sight of this fact the game will morph into yet another souless professional business.