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I was referring to the St Augustine's post, which was the source of the quote.

If they specifically wanted GPS schools to attend it might have been a good idea not to schedule it for the same day as the GPS head of the river.

Where are you living and what age group is your son in? Clubs tend to have a number of players who have returned from HK & Singapore.

I understand that it was their U14s, I ran into some Newington dads in a pub or two during the pool matches of the RWC. My memory is a little hazy but I think they were doing well at that stage of their tour. Newington modified their school calendar last to better suit the world cup timetable...

Christison Park has got a grumpy baker if that helps.

The 14A's seems to be Shore's only functioning A team, hopefully some of the other age groups will emulate them next year.

What was the problem with the pies?

Like be a good rower.

Appearances can be deceptive, Riverview may have a slight edge through their indigenous bursary program. Generally, I think that the cattle are similar but the feed-lotting at Riverview is much more effective.

Shore's priorities don't lie with rugby, merely rowing. Though, I am not sure how many of those boys would go and watch rowing other than HOTR. If they prepared their rowers the way that they prepare their rugby teams, they wouldn't win a single race. If it was the gene pool they wouldn't win a...

Mate, Do you have a kid in a Shore "A" team?

The sad thing is many of those 15 players might not have ever won a game in their school rugby career. That says more about Shore's attitude to rugby than it does about scholarships at other schools.

It's the Scots thread isn't it?

Here is how their A teams are performing: 4 wins from 34 games; 324pts for v 1049 against

I don't think that a Smart Rugby qualification is sufficient to provide the level of coaching that will ensure success. The level of coaching that Shore provides is vastly inferior to club coaching, and they have more time and a captive audience. The school coaching tends to be teacher backed up...

Shore's problems in Rugby stem from having a different attitude to rugby & other sports in general than they do to music. They offer music scholarships and wouldn't dream of having their orchestras and bands taught by someone, with no qualifications in music, who likes going to the opera house...

Shore coaches seem to actively discourage kids from playing club rugby and favour those who don't over those that do play club. When you take into account the club rugby season starts well before the GPS season, if other schools are selecting club players, the shore player in their first game...

There was an article in todays Australian that stated that the NRL is planning on preventing NRL clubs from offering contracts kids to play the game they play in hell. The article states that one club is spending $400k pa to sign up players under 18. How will this affect school...

It seems that blaming the coaching that the boys receive in the opens is a little pointless. The school would have just as much raw talent as any other GPS school in year 7 - minus a few sporting scholarships (but there's a thread for that). Its just that not only do they fail to develop the...

What is AFL? When is the AFL World Cup?