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Thanks for the summation. It is my opinion and nothing you have said changes that. If the objective was to remove a two tiered comp by its introduction, in my view it has had the opposite effect because it is not necessarily only talent that wins competitions but a combination of talent plus...

Agree re incentives - not to be sniffed at but if Penrith had an ATAR deal with UWS (in fact that is a great idea for them!) or offered trade scholarships (lie Randwick), would that change a player's mind on where they played? I would say probably not as most boys will play with the club they...

With the PP system in place, it has already created the have's and have nots so it is effectively a two tiered comp in Colts. Uni, Norths, Randwick, Gordon, Easts, Eastwood are the top 6 and the balance are the bottom 6. I will have to do my research for before and after PP system was introduced...

Uni have 10 returning who will turn 19/20 in 2017. That includes Swinton who may stay in grade. Player points in my view should be scrapped. You want the best boys playing against one another every week in Under 20s . Now that there is a pseudo Under 20s comp, they need to be battle ready with...

Agree with Margan substitute, small prop who punches above his weight. Hard to say whether him coming off was the difference because the guy who came on looked massive. Uni line out was missing Nick De Crespigny , no 1 caller and jumper- makes a difference but Norths were certainly strong. In...

Definitely a game of two halves! Norths dominated in the first half, with big forward play, pilfers and the run of the play. Conversely, Uni looked flat. It was only in the last twenty minutes of the game that the Uni forwards kicked in and started dominating. Great result for them to claw back...

Tipping Uni by 3 tries. Think they are finally getting it together after a long season of team changes.

Based on that, he could play provided he doesn't celebrate too hard on Saturday:)

he is listed at 94kg which makes him 7kgs off Hooper but a quite a way off the All Blacks loose forwards. Even Pocock is 115kg (when at 7). Agree re ticker - bit like Charlie Smith (Scots, Easts) who is probably 75kg dripping wet (not sure really how heavy he is) but when he comes on, he makes...

Agree at Club level but not at Rep level as I said. Even Uni vs Randwick where Randwick has two Aus Under 20s, Uni won 2 tightheads, crumbled on two and were competitive on the rest. The selectors do favour size plus mobility. Of the Norths playing roster, just wondering who would have been...

And I seem to recall that Siosi (?) suffered a major head knock (maybe fitting) in a 1st grade game? Don't think he has played since (except yesterday?).

Nick Duffy and Evan Pritchard played Aussie Schoolboys in 2014 and most boys in that team played 1st XV for schools so they are not slouches. Most will be overlooked this year as they are >20 yrs with the focus on the class of 97 and 98 that are eligible for Under 20s. You don't need size as...

And Norths beat Easts in 1sts so that is Syd Uni vs Norths in GF.

In 1sts Colts he has only played 1 game; seem to recall he played 1st or 2nd grade? I thought it was >60% of games with team?

McCauley didn't play last week according to team list. Thought he had injured himself in Under 20s but may have him confused with someone else.

Agree with the above. Uni beat Randwick 49-12 in the last encounter with a few boys missing from both sides. Randwick didn't have a great game that day to be fair. I expect this week will be similar to game 1 - high scoring with Uni just winning. I think Easts have hit a golden streak so I am...

Saturday 23 July

At Chatswood Oval: Colts 1 - Syd Uni vs Eastwood - 13:40pm Colts 1 - Gordon vs Norths at 3:30pm same location Colts 2 - Sydney Uni vs Eastwood at 12 Colts 3 - Syd Uni vs Southern Districts at 10:30am

It finally looks like a solid good line up. Who else is in rehab? and is McCauley in rehab or left out?

Will do and not a rant, more trying to understand the system and who actually administers them. No point having a system if its the Wild West out there. Same player had 2 points one round and 0 the next, other teams haven't uploaded points yet so looks like a dogs breakfast.