Mate I don't know if you have been watching in the past few years but eddies aren't looking as good as they have in the past. Even though there under 16 team won, it was a very poor age group to normal as well as most of the XV players leaving, compared to Dara, Vikings and Marist who still have lots of old XV players. You seem to be very anti Marist saying they won't beat royals is very unusual!
Any who, havent most royal players fled to Vikings
Stirring the Pot!
Eddies have recruited a few players and to say the 16's last year wasn't strong would be a result of Grammar being very poor and the Marist side (who hadn't lost a game ever before the previous season) coming back to the field big time.
Darra have lost Dan Hooper as coach and I think that is a huge loss.
As for Royals well they have recruited 3 17's gold cup players from outside the ACT and have also found players lost to league will be returning due to no clashes this season.
Whether Royals finish above Marist is here or there. At the end of the day Marist is no longer a rugby school where as SEC are still focusing strongly on the code and will always be strong in a very diluted talent pool.
Of interest for the first time I know of Vikings have more junior teams than any of the school sides.
