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SYDNEY RAIN forecast Friday night to Saturday arvo..... which of the host schools are most likely to cancel fixtures?

Any games going ahead today?

7 days out?! That’s an early call…..

To quantify that, even if all students in a year group comply with compulsory sport, it works out at 375 kids / 25 sports each season = 15 kids per age group per choice ….. Rugby actually outperforms at 3-5x depending on the year group, but with the focus/prestige of the sport having been...

very possible to have both, but when you've got too much volume of one/both, the results suffer - in the Knox case, IMHO there's way too many sports on offer (25 choices in both seasons!!), spreading the talent (both players and coaches) very thinly....

my 3 cents worth (1c as an old boy, 1c as an leaver boy parent, 1c as a current boy parent): Knox has changed their overall approach - impressively driving academic more & more, increasing their overall student numbers with a skew to non-rugby-loving background families, and also introducing...

Was the 2025 Schoolboys squad announced after the final?!

heard an interesting perspective on the "leapfrog" / "PONI" system currently being (un)seen..... and kinda makes me think..... Selectors could put make "best" play in each step of the pathway which would be good for viewing/match play OR By putting through/resting a few, it actually gives...

FYI some of last years PONI players didn’t make either Aus u18s (NZ Tour) or Aus Schoolboys (Fiji Tour), missing out altogether on wearing gold for the year….

IMHO Koterac is a very good footballer but has a long way to go as a prop; he has had to play both sides as he’s been part of front rows that have struggled (not all his fault)… he’s like a Joeys back rower over the years; not quite quick enough for the coaches liking to play back row, so is put...

Koterac is an interesting example; is he in PONI or has his league (named in NSW CIS for Aus Schools League champs) commitments made him ineligible?

Very good point; did kids have to declare any conflicts? Aus Schools Rugby League chanps squads have been announced and maybe too much of a timing clash???

Which 9 names??

Is there an actual list of PONI players?

Gen Blue doesn’t exist any more I don’t think. There may have been a select few chosen into a players of national interest PONI squad.