Recent content by ThisOlThing

Mate first trial game. A lot of players playing out of positions. A lot of players to come into the team. But your point about Souths is warranted. A good performance and some good depth across the squads. Agree too that those wingers will be hard to contain. The halves for West’s needed to...

Agreed. Was interesting to see them choose Bucknell over Steer at fullback. I too thought he would have been in the centres with Steer at fullback. I would be inclined to think that a wing position limits the the attacking abilities of Steer which have been outstanding this year. Also agree...

Padua in a good win against Lauries this afternoon at Banyo. First half was great rugby. A real crowd pleaser. Both forward packs were very good in that first half. Padua took the game to another level in the second and Lauries couldn't go with them. Padua 12 was a handful all day. Some great...

There are a number of positions that pick themselves. And Ashgrove will have the highest representation and rightly so. A number of the contentious places up for grabs include 9 & 10- all the talk has been of the Ash vs Lauries 9 & 10 but from what I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a...

Great afternoon at Runcorn and a cracking game of schoolboy rugby to match. Ashgrove just too good. Great structure and just kept coming. Full credit to Lauries for their best effort of the year. A lot of heart showed. There were some great matchups on show today. The 9's were both fairly...

After seeing four Rounds of AIC games this year, yet to see a Padua or Iona game, my pick of the crop is as follows. MCA 7- just a great footballer. Busy, tough and makes a real difference to that team. SPC 8 - kudos to Pats for a great year and I think his kid is one of the reasons for this...

Lauries did it fairly easy over Eddies today but will not be overly pleased with their last 20 Minutes, allowing Eddies a couple of soft tries. Great to see some quick hands getting he ball out wide to their fullback and wingers. Some great running tries off the back of good hands and speed...

26-17 to St Pats at Curlew. St Pats really took it to SLC and deserved their win. Played with passion and really stood up. SLC had very little ball and were struggling in the conditions. A testament to St Pats defense, which was very good. The back row for St Pat caused havoc especially the big...

SLC #15 is a gun! Zac Steer. Have seen a few games this season and he has just about been best on field every time. Played all over the MCA 15 in a trial earlier on. And can kick. Played for QLD Sevens team last year??? Don't quote me on that... second hand info. Good luck to him. Sent...

Agree that the coaching staff numbers standing in front of spectators is ridiculous. There was at least 15 adults standing on the sideline inside the rope, plus another 15 reserves/students. Hard to watch. The poor ball handling is a concern and the Lauries 1 really needs to show something to...

Agree with bits but... as a playmaker, it is up to the 9/10 to make sure the ball goes wide. The back three is a strength of this Lauries team with pace to burn out wide and a smart fullback. And while the 9's kicking is good, very good, it still turns over possession. It also seems to me that...

Lauries vs Villa just never really fired. Both teams made some silly errors and ball handling was an issue. I think it was also the referees first game. Villa put on two early tries to have Lauries rattled but a try and a few penalty goals from Lauries 15 kept them in the game at half time...

SLC easy winners over St Peters today at Runcorn. A bit of a scrappy affair initially until Lauries found their groove. A Hat trick to the Lauries 15 but more impressively, the best try saving tackle I have seen in a long time. Impressive. Lauries number 9 displayed a great kicking game making a...

Word is that young flanker Sheehan from Lauries has a fractured eye socket / cheek. They will definitely miss him this season. Seems that Lauries are lacking a bit of depth. Some Players coming off the bench are well short of First standard. I wonder if this will play a factor with a few...

Was probably a closer game than the score suggests. Lauries let in a couple of late soft tries. Their next clash will be interesting. Was an entertaining game. The back row for MCA look very slick. Scored a couple of good tries and made the difference. And the kicking game for their 10 was...