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Would this by any chance represent young Nelson Roberts scoring the last minute winner against 'View in 2018?

Fulltime Stanmore 36-20 Joeys

Joeys 2s have just put on 4 tries in 8 mins to go from 5-5 to 29-5

I was also close by. The booing during kicks - and jeering when they were missed - was regular. And these are not 'any rugby events in the world', they are GPS games where absolute silence during kicks is expected. The New boys know this as well as anyone. Better to stop making excuses for it...

Week one's 'for' scores have been double counted for both Joeys and Newington.

This is perfectly irrelevant and has no bearing on the arguments at hand.

Yes and no. AFL has made extraordinary inroads into schools participation with a comprehensive programme schools can sign up to which provides affordable equipment, coaching and training resources and a suite of other engagement and support tools which has seen school participation rates...

That reason might have held some weight had they not booed at EVERY kick at goal from Joeys. (About 8 kicks in all) Very disappointing to see. I've not seen this from any other school, including Newington when they play at home.

Worth stressing just how good Joeys No.1 oval is. You would simply never know how much rain we've had this last week by looking at the pitch, which was immaculate. No mud patches, firm underfoot, no slippage, just astonishing, really.

Wouldn't say that for Newington. On the Eastern side there was a relatively small group of Newington boys, no more than 60-70. The Western (grandstand side) was pretty full, about 2/3rds of which would have been Joeys boys & their supporters. Reckon overall crowd would've been around 1700-1800.

Nor can I. Monster boot and landed them from everywhere. He'll win them a lot of close games.

They were very good. Tempting to say Joeys' goalkicking cost them the game but I thought New were the better all-round side on the day (and I say that as a Joeys OB). Very good forward platform giving their halves great service allowing their centres to make great post contact metres and...

True, and one of the reasons for the slow ball was New's habit of lying on the wrong side of the ruck. It was frustrating they weren't pinged for it but fair play to Newington. If the ref lets it go then you take full advantage.

Agreed, 2nd XV halves were superb while 1st XV halves were a little ponderous and outplayed by their Newington counterparts.

In case there was any doubt, Makasini was out there today on the left wing for Newington 1s. That boy is a big unit! Scored a try but otherwise didn't get that many touches. Jersey barely needed a wash after the game.