Recent content by oldcoach

Without taking the Forum off topic too badly - take it from an old fart, Ashgrove are NOTHING like they used to be ... We used to dread playing them eg 1998 (5 Australian Schoolboys), 2002 to 2006 (5 consecutive undefeated Premierships) They are so soft and poorly coached now... good for...

Downlands & AIC Downlands were invited to join AIC when it was formed in 1998 - ish. I believe they declined because they would have to field teams in all 9 sports and the "perceived" prestige of playing GPS schools. My personal view is that this was a very poor decision as the regular real...

Congrats to Padua, Eddies and Ashgrove. I was at the game and not from any of these schools. I think the ref did a good job in a difficult match. The reason Ashgrove has such a great AIC record was on show for the rest of us. I actually think in 2011 they were a VERY average team and quite...

Note the incredibly small number of Ashgrove players considering they can still be co-premiers if they win this weekend? I am not at all surprised - as I wrote a few weeks ago - Ashgrove is not what it used to be. Fewer talented players and some very ordinary coaching at the top level ...

Ashgrove not what they used to be ... I hear from an old friend that Ashgrove are in for lean times for a few seasons. They probably don't have the quality of players of some years but the big change has been the loss for various reasons on a few key staff. Rugby there in the doldrums...