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Joeys forwards are going to have to play better if they are going to match up with Scots. Kings forwards getting on top - I was told to watch the kings backs! Kings fullback is out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Arrr, I have hit a nerve with the Joeys, Scots and Newington crowd. Im aware of the weaknesses of the smh rankings. IB scores are given an equivalent ATAR and the schools provide various levels of ATAR info which allows you to put it together. You can look for yourself. I think you know that...

It’s great that Joeys offer spots to disadvantaged families. But all these private schools do it and your kidding yourself if you think Joeys do it more than the others. Putting aside your bias, the facts are that just like Scots, Kings and Joeys are the better rugby teams at present, Shore...

Joker, I agree. I'm talking about the non selective GPS schools. I think its great that Joeys and other schools take kids of all academic standards but the fact is that each year group performs in the HSC as a group. So the academic results of the lower standard kids are dragging down the...

I understand what you saying about the IB and agree the SMH ranking system is a poor measure. I had a girl at Ravenswood and that school said the same thing. The truth is when you adjust for the smarter IB kids, Newington still ranks low. It simply depends on what you think acceptable...

The most recent Shore Soccer results across all groups are attached (Im not tapatalk savvy, hopefully this works). Soccer is bad and worse than rugby. Shore Rugby is ok if you exclude the firsts, seconds, 16A and Bs. The other thing to appreciate is that club soccer is far stronger than...

Soccer is worse than rugby at Shore. AFL is not really a comp but is a low standard. Winter sports are bad. Summer sports are good. Atho’s bad.

Good post UTGs. And those wanting to go back 10 years or more. Shore did win a shared premiership in 2006. Honey Badger, that's the point. It has turned to shite since 2006. The first step to solving a problem is recognising that there is one. The premiership in 2006 and the results below...

Wishful thinking honey badger. As a Shore parent I could post copies of the opens rugby results from the torch bearers publications for the last seven years (and the problems probably started before then) and it reveals a systemic problem, even in the year that Rixon played at fullback. Shore...

With the number of reps that Scots has, it would be a huge upset for Kings to beat them. Did Scots have 8 of the 15 players in NSW 1 or nsw 2? If so, that’s insanely good.

Yes, maybe. Recruiting is an issue but not the entire story. Maybe 3 years ago, shore had 3 reps in nsw 1, the same number or more than other schools but they still got beaten every game due to 0 depth. I don’t think recruiting 3-4 players would fix the problem. The Joeys D and E teams often...

I hope you are right but Shore are almost always very competitive in the younger age groups as the boys are right into their club sport. The problem is that as club sport tails off, as the boys get older, so do the Shore results in the older years. It also happens in soccer and afl. There is...

There are still over 400 boarders at Kings and demand for boarding is higher than ever. Kings went through a period of merging the boarding houses and reducing boarding facilities. Demand has now kicked up again and its boarding facilities are full. Kings is the second largest boarding school...

When was the last time joeys didn’t get a representative in gps 1st XV? They got 4 in 2nds. I count 10 for Scots in either 1sts or 2nds, 7 for View, 7 for Kings, 4 for Joeys, 1 for New. Wouldn’t it be a turn up if Joeys won the comp with 0 GPS 1sts reps! They got close to beating Scots last...

It’s still trials and I guess I was comparing yesterday’s game to the game last year when Scots went out to a 30 point lead and Kings came back and almost got them late. Both teams will probably be much better later this season. Yesterday Scots appeared dominate for most of the game but only...

I haven’t seen the other teams play yet but having watched kings and Scots play today I thought both teams look beatable. Scots forwards are strong at recycling and when they get a roll on are dangerous. I thought both teams were below last year’s teams. What does everybody think about these...

I hope it works for the sake of Shore and schoolboy rugby in general. I dont have the answers but I'm going to throw a hand grenade here and suggest that the under performance is due to the parents contributing towards a bad culture amongst the boys and with the coaches......and not just the...

Here are some shocking stats for Shore parents with rugby playing sons. Good results as the boys come out of club rugby then it gets steadily worse as the boys move towards opens (and are exposed to Shore coaching)

Rowing is finished. It conflicts with summer sports. Can Shore boys choose to do no winter sport if they row?

The Shore 15a’s had a big win over Barker yesterday. Something is missing at Shore in the top age group side vs other schools between the 14-15s age group and the opens. The top Shore teams in age groups from U10 to U15, win all or the vast majority of their games. Apart from the issue that...