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Joseph Sua'ali'i played GPS 1st XV 2018 (Year 9 - aged 14)
and played Aust Schoolboys XV in 2019 having just turned 16.
Flatley was 17 when he played Aust Schoolboys
Decided to watch Brook yesterday and can honestly say they were their own worst enemy. Rather predictable and kept running into the tight 5 of Pats, who were excellent defensively. They need to play what's in front of them and not be so programmed. Lots of good individual players, not being used...
CAS 1st XV
Smith (W)
Obaseki (C)
Yazdani (B)
Halaholo (W)
Jahnke-Tavana (W)
??
Kardash (B)
King (W) if Slack-Smith out
Thorn (W)
Katoa (B)
Kidd (T)
McLeod (K)
Sagala (B)
Poulos (K)
Flanagan (C)
CAS 2nd XV
Finau (B)
Bray (K) or Edwards (B) or Sullivan (W)
Black (K)
Hooper (B) if available...
Dion would be first Prop picked on current form and I have seen them all play this season.
Not sure of the Tight/Loose Head preferences for Black/Smith/Yazdani?
Smith plays 1 & Dion plays 3 from memory.
Now seen 5 of the 6 CAS teams play except Aloys. Here's my update on the CAS side.
Front Row - Lots of good props. Some big bodies and good ball runners. When CAS plays GPS, there will not be the need for a scrum beast. GPS just dont have the cattle up front. So pick the best all round props...
The following will also be in the mix:
Props - Finau (B) Smith (W)
Hookers - Sullivan (W)
2nd Row - Hooper (B) Nicholas (C)
Back row - Herdman (K) Elder (W) White (C)
No.9 - Walton (C) Phillipson (B)
10 - As above
IC -...
“in an organized game of rugby the players consent to acts of violence and acts of substantial violence, and the risks of injury, from the minor to the serious, flowing therefrom, provided that those acts occurred during the course of play in accordance with the rules and usages of the game...
Watched Cranbrook play in the wind tunnel at Campbelltown yesterday. Not a pretty game and lots of cheap shots by St Gregs. One in particular on the Cranbrook 5 will see the Greg's boy not play again this season. Appalling! As a result, the first half of the game was a mess, with no flow to the...
Year 11 I believe, although he doesn't look like it. Mature looking kid - both appearance & the way he plays. Don't know much about where he came from, but a good pick up by Barker.
Cranbrook 2021 1st XV - Some holes to fill
1. Van Robertson (2ndXV)
2. Nosa Obaseki (1stXV)
3. Henry Parker (2ndXV) Joe Harnett (16A's)
4. Angus Hayman (16A's)
5. Liam Sartena (1stXV)
6. Alfie Dumas (2ndXV) / Maxim Zahra (2ndXV)
7. Max White (1stXV)
8. Sam Nicholas (1stXV)
9. Fred Walton...
I agree that 2019 16A's is a useful form guide.
However if Memory serves, in 2019 the Cranbrook 16A's had 3 close losses to Knox, Waverley & Barker so who knows?
The number of Year 10 & 11 boys in this years 1st XV are:
Waverley - 6?
Knox - 5
Barker - 6?
Cranbrook - 9?
Aloys - ?
Trinity -...