Recent content by BJT

And a giant footprint with the nearest clubs competing for players being Emus or Hawkesbury Valley depending on the year and Bathurst.

Therein lies the issue, it works on an assumption that players, coaches and volunteers will just move to another club, even in a dual registration approach. That approach got tried with colts a few years back and never stuck. As we've seen with many subbies clubs who have either fallen over, or...

I get it as a concept around premier rugby, but I don't think it assists in the rejuvination of subbies rugby.

Where did all the players from the fabled "western sydney colts program" end up?

"2026 should be a more settled year in Div 2 and 3 - which will also have benefits for the lower division teams." Repeat this line every year and just change the number at the front.

surely thats per litre

So last year Newport played multiple weeks with 2 grades and colts, and now they're one of the anointed few, righto....

Often these days its a cat-and-mouse game to see who will pull the forfeit first....

Having a 1-2 record in 2s and a 0-3 record in 3s would suggest it was pretty reasonable to allow it. Teams losing by 50+ week after week benefits no-one.

My club??? Think you're mistaken...

Its ok, I know it hurts. You've gone from 6th in Div 1 and shitcanning everyone in Div 2 to notionally worse than Briars in rapid time.

7 blokes "dropped" from the Pats 1s team from the week before....wholesale changes, reckon then might be another set of wholesale changes to the Pats 1s team nominated for this week to the one that runs out in Round 3. Tough on all those blokes getting dropped from a game they didnt even play in...

This aged well....

"The big 4"....what a wanker. You blokes should start a holiday park.

If only there was another local club that had a few colts age players that could have sent them across for the sake of the area having a colts team right...