Recent content by rugbyman03

Was there any fallout or punishment towards Norths for forfeiting 1/2/3s colts in the last round vs Rats? Is there a financial penalty for this?

Is there are reason why they couldn't be played another time? Norths managed to play third grade yesterday afternoon. Rats have essentially been gifted a week off in the lead up to finals. I apprecaite there is a struggle for numbers in 3rd colts, but forfeiting 1s/2s colts shouldn't be...

Did Norths forfeit in all 3 colts matches on the weekend? Surely there is an obligation to have the fixtures played out given that Rats are featuring in finals. Also not a good look for the competition to see a club forfeit a full round of fixtures.

Does anyone know if British Lions Tour match programmes can be bought online anywhere? A link or contact details would be greatly appreciated.

What’s the reason for burraneer seniors and burraneer colts being different clubs? Are the colts aligned with their juniors?

Hi all, This isn’t meant as a dig to SRU whatsoever (very grateful and appreciative that most of them are volunteers and give up a lot of their own time). The shuteshield.rugby website is very limited in its information online nor is the 2024 annual report available. Outside of RugbyNews...

Not questioning Zak as a coach. 2 GF appearances in a row is a great achievement. I’m not sure if he’s responsible for the whole program but for first grade done a great job. It appears the top heavy approach isn’t sustainable. If you look at Easts, it took 5 years rebuilding the club prior...

Sad to see. I guess they had a great run with the Sinclair brothers, Burey brothers, Will Miller, Michael Wells, Garry Bautz etc. Seems as though Simon Cron recruited 1st Graders that bought into the club culture whilst Zak Beer hasn't managed to do so. They also had a core group of 4th...

Norths seem to be struggling as a club. Only 2 wins from 21 matches across the club to start the season. First grade seem very competitive but the remainder of the struggling big time, particularly their colts. I'd still expect their first grade to finish in the top 6. Understand there were a...

Any update as to why North's colts are struggling? Conceding 87 points in a local derby to Gordon in Round 2 makes for a long season ahead. Strange for a strong club like Norths whose 1st Grade side have been competition leaders for almost the last decade.

Out of curiosity, where do UNSW recruit most of their players from (particularly colts)? Are they students of UNSW who are keen to play rugby, and then continue on to grade? Is there a reason why this can't be replicated at Macquarie Uni? MQ have historically been a strong club (even had a...

Are the Alexandria Dukes fielding a team this year? I know last year they had a JV with the Oysters. Are there any other clubs at risk of folding?

The Melbourne rep team isn't strong enough if they are local Melbourne players. I made it a Canberra rep team to keep their comp fair and enough - otherwise everyone will end up at the one club.

Yep that's correct. Let it run throughout September and October.

We already have a fantastic club rugby system in Australia – let’s leverage that for our 3rd tier. There would be two divisions. Division 1 (Cup): – Top 6 Shute Shield – Top 4 Hospital Cup – Canberra rep team – Perth rep team Division 2 (Plate): – Bottom 6 Shute Shield – Bottom 5 Hospital Cup –...