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In the sixties when I played in High Firsts, in our last trial match we beat Cranbrook 74 nil (17tries when tries were worth 3 points then) so the papers had us as favourites for the GPS comp. In the first match we played Grammar and had two broken collarbones in the backs. In those days there...

Have Iggies been fortunate with injuries this year? Or have they too been unlucky?

A few years ago High Old Boys chose a team to select their “Dream Team”. They were Peter Crittle (1955) played 14 tests for Australia 1962-67 later President of GPS. Alan Gaffney (1963) Australian Elites Program Coach, Bob Outterside, Headmaster 1977-92, played 2 tests for Australia1959, Ben...

Further to the Schwager half story above, a few years earlier the Newington centre forward in the First XI got called up at the last moment to tour with Australian SchoolsXI tour to Europe. Newington coach was the National tour coach and summoned him even tho he hadn’t made the NSW team simply...

As a former soccer referee for keeping the opponents waiting excessively in the rain, I gave the captain responsible a yellow card for “unsportsmanlike conduct” (Rule 17). Then the game kicked off.

Perhaps it is done in mungo ball with no regard to niceties

In regards to the welcome to Joeys on Saturday, Streamer shows the same happened at Gotham Citywhen Iggies kept their ground as Scots walked on. Was there some reason for the break with tradition?

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...