What really surprises me about Newington not apparently playing in the thirds competition this year is that this year I believe would have been one of their strongest 3rds sides in a while. A decent amount of depth in the current year 12 year group and also a quite strong 16s age group last...
I definitely agree, I am very confused as to why TAS is combining with Newington. I don't see Newington as a weak rugby school and the depth at the school isn't even as bad as it is made out to be.
Newington's depth hasn't been too bad in the last few years when it comes to opens. They have gone down to the 6th XV in the past two years. I feel in some way they should reintroduce the rule that only a certain amount of soccer teams should be allowed to try and bring back more interest and...