CAS Rugby 2022
- Thread starter rod skellet
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It may be hard to know at the moment, considering there is still GPS v ISA, CAS v CHS to come on Friday.
notreleasing
Frank Row (1)
any surprise standouts from either game? obviously there were some players we knew were very good but interested to see if anyone unexpected stood out in the rep matches
Jumping_jack
Ward Prentice (10)
Unexpected:
Cas 1sts - Sayoun was very good. Phillipson was also very good.
CAS 2nds Aloys 10 - should move up
Ekanayake for CAS Seconds - should move up.
Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
Was it Ekanayake who was injured as a Reserve in 1s game?
Rugby friend
Frank Row (1)
Yes- Blue card
WLF3
Darby Loudon (17)
Hector, sorry, I am sure you mean well, BUT I think you should carefully have a re-read through the thread. I didn't say that, someone else did, I just commented on this viewpoint. Yes I well remember when Aloys won well at Death Valley, and my eldest was in the 16s, it was the 1st time I had ever heard the Aloys 1sts winning song, which is sad.
I have a nephew currently at Aloys, and quite a number of my immediate family have gone through Aloys.
Like many, I wish it was all stronger, albeit that there is a rugby community keen to see it continue.
The fact is at the end of the day, with 9 teams across years 7 -12 it presents many issues like safety, boys enjoying the game, and boys from other schools getting a game.
It is up to the school if it really wants to continue down this path or not.
It's not a good situation but needs to be resolved.
rod skellet
Bob Davidson (42)
From a combined CAS/GPS 1st XV , this is my combined team.
1Barrett (Joeys), 2Ata (N), 3Sayoun (B, can play either loose or tighthead), 4McCrea (Scots), 5Cooper (View), 6Villiamu (N), 7di Stasio (Scots), 8Hooper (B), 9Phillipson (B) 10 Katoa (B), 11 Tonga (Kings), 12 Cailoli, 13 Leahy (Joeys), 14 Taukamo (New GPS 2nds) 15 MJorgensen Joeys (Capt).
If Katoa is available post his Tongan national team duties he demands selection.
1Barrett (Joeys), 2Ata (N), 3Sayoun (B, can play either loose or tighthead), 4McCrea (Scots), 5Cooper (View), 6Villiamu (N), 7di Stasio (Scots), 8Hooper (B), 9Phillipson (B) 10 Katoa (B), 11 Tonga (Kings), 12 Cailoli, 13 Leahy (Joeys), 14 Taukamo (New GPS 2nds) 15 MJorgensen Joeys (Capt).
If Katoa is available post his Tongan national team duties he demands selection.
WLF3
Darby Loudon (17)
Yep they lost the scrum last year because they got the props wrong. Had the CAS chosen Black (Knox) and Smith 9Wavesa) as props then the GPS pack would have been drilled IMO, particularly with the 2 second rowers we had, which we did not have this year, not to mention no Ned Slack Smith at 8 last year.
That pack was just lethal.
Let's move on, but it is just another example of how the CAS selectors get it wrong, hurts even more when you have extreme talent and still get it wrong.
SkyBlue
Banned
I assume 1954 is the year you were born? Making you 68? If this is the case, start acting like it.
Running_rugby_1954
Dave Cowper (27)
Whats more childish - asking for 15 players from the school you support to fill the spare spots of a higher rep team, or calling out that obvious bias?
I know Rod is part of the furniture at Barker but maybe once in a while you could call out how ridiculous it sounds when he can’t see the positives of kids from any school unless they are wearing red.
Jumping_jack
Ward Prentice (10)
Sayoun was better than Barrett.
The Ghost of Raelene
Andrew Slack (58)
I agree with with everything you've said Jack. The GPS pack seemed to play at a higher intensity for longer periods of time over the entire match then letting it sing to their Centers who had a field day. Over the past I have thought CAS were going to go through GPS with their Big is Beautiful model but the GPS teams just keep going and going and letting the backs get it done.
Rae Rae
Snort
Nev Cottrell (35)
I agree that the best CAS schools compete with the best GPS schools.
However, this year there are five GPS schools that are of round about the same high standard, whereas there are three CAS schools (out of six) with a chance of winning the competition. Which means that GPS is choosing from a larger pool of good quality players. The results, therefore, aren't a surprise.
That said, I do think CAS could do better with smarter selection.
However, this year there are five GPS schools that are of round about the same high standard, whereas there are three CAS schools (out of six) with a chance of winning the competition. Which means that GPS is choosing from a larger pool of good quality players. The results, therefore, aren't a surprise.
That said, I do think CAS could do better with smarter selection.
Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
Which GPS school are you excluding? Arguably there are 6 quality GPS schools this year.
The Phantoms
Peter Burge (5)
Assuming TAS, High & Grammar.
Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
Snort said 5 GPS schools of the same standard - I was asking which of the 6 he was excluding.
Snort
Nev Cottrell (35)
Well, I think Shore is still a bit off the pace, but I agree there's not much between them and Kings. The point I was making is unchanged: GPS has 5-6 schools of high competitive standard, CAS has three.
WLF3
Darby Loudon (17)
Snort, before you cop a backlash here, I do think you are a bit off the pulse.
Shore are very much on the pace this year, and across many age groups. So you would have to think their future is very bright!
Newington likewise, and the other GPS schools are consistently strong.
Even though the GPS have a few more stronger schools, the CAS schools consistently beat the GPS schools at school level, so there is no real excuse at Rep level, other than the CAS selection process is extremely political and poor, which it is, and thus we lose more often than we should.