Recent content by bobs bunker

it's hard for me to get my head around Barker destroying Aloys by 60 and Knox lucky to beat Aloys the next week in a game that certainly could have gone either way. Everyone seems to be predicting a close game, I just can't see it that way.... Barker by 25.

Barker v Waverley. I am the first to admit that the Barker backs look sharp. Galloway and Vass are very quick and the halves provide a really effective service but this quality ball is provided by a forward pack which is really good at the pick and drive and more importantly great ball...

so barker beats aloys by 57 points (65-8) and aloys beat waverley by 17 points (22-5) ... so Barker by 74 points. You know it makes sense!!

I have seen everyone bar Knox this season, so difficult to say much about the Trinity v Knox game other than Trinity are unusual football side. They have really good periods with some very good players but then they go off the boil. The game I saw I thought their forwards were strong but had...

5 cranbrook and 3 knox .... wow Cranbrook must be better than i thought, and you left out the trinity 9 and 10 who will be the CAS 1sts combo.

from what ive seen i think the Cranbrook 13 and the Trinity 9 will go close, particularly the Trinity 9 ( and no i am not from Trinity)

I think we all look at pre-season results and try and get a comparative form-line from these games (which can make us all look silly at times) but it is interesting that Cranbrook is being given a reasonable chance against Knox and yet they beat Aloys 2 tries to one (one being a late chargedown)...

I watched the Aloys v Trinity game and thought both teams played very well. As Piglet pointed out, the result could have gone either way but Trinity probably made the cleaner and more frequent breaks on the day with the Trinity 10 always threatening. I thought the forward clash was great to...