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Yeah sorry mate, just misread it and I've got annoyed with people using anecdotal evidence in arguments so it was an immediate reaction without much though.

Was using the referrence to a parent as evidence for an argument but I may have misunderstood your post

Good old anecdotal evidence hey IS?

I don't understand this point of view. Unless there is blatantly unfair refereeing, isn't the better team the one that wins on the day? It seems like every time an underdog comes close to winning, either with a small loss or a draw, they are called the better team, even if they didn't win.

In almost every GPS game I've been to, both crowds have done that. I'd say it's part of the culture. Similar to everyone going silent for penalty and conversion attempts when, apart from Ireland, you don't find it often elsewhere such as at international and higher level games. I also remember...

As do I

Well, it'd be an improvement.

Is that along the same logic of Greg Martin's "Close enough to call it a win" from the last Bledisloe?

I was saying it would be bad both ways. I don't think either would like it and so it should've been either alternating or just one chosen.

It doesn't seem logical to have multiple upper level games on the same field in the same day though. All things taken into account, you have muddled field markings, different goal posts, and I don't think soccer would like the state the field was left in by the other, and apparently neither...

I'm not entirely sure, didn't pursue it further. I would suspect lowering the required mark for entry exams? Just being at such an academic school would be a good incentive, if the entry marks were lower. In reply to your 2nd comment, I think it's 8 each for socccer and rugby.. Might be wrong

Re-reading his quote I see he wrote year-round obsession, so it does suggest he thinks they don't do anything else. However when I said it was an obsession I meant in the context that it seems the majority of boys head into Rugby and do more training than the other schools. I think they have...

I had a high student openly admit "irregularities" as I think they are now referred.

Where did that come from? He said the Joeys has a large contingent of boarders who are obsessed with rugby. Is that not true? He didn't say anything about them being knuckle draggers, that was completely inferred by you

Seems more like poor managing with so many players injured and away at TAS, they shouldn't have tried to field the team.

From reading the posts after, what I gather is there were suggestions about the remaining 7 or 8 starting players NOT listed, but none of the 7 or 8 listed by Jack. Unless I just completely missed a post?

Check out Brumby Jack the 1st's post a couple of pages back. List of 7 or 8 kids known to have been at the school since year 7, thus probably unlikely to have been scouted and given bursaries for their sporting prowess.

I read it as using the words used by the members of other schools in a written statement, not that it was widespread

Stream Vista, isn't the game at Lane Cove, then up at Bellevue Hill for the return clash?

How did you not. You quite literally used a metaphor about armed robbery to describe importing. If that isn't comparing the two I don't know what is.