Jack Gallagher
Allen Oxlade (6)
Pius 1s win 31 waverly seconds 7
CAS Rugby 2023
- Thread starter rod skellet
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Union on Top
Peter Burge (5)
Respectable list mate. No glaring misses, however I have heard Weaver (9) from Barker is quite a solid player. But Ward and Patterson are both very solid
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
The three of them are all very solid players.
Jack Gallagher
Allen Oxlade (6)
How many schlorships do barker do per year?
Jack Gallagher
Allen Oxlade (6)
knox looking good. 10 is good.
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
Fair few I’d say.
megarugbyman
Frank Nicholson (4)
Final Week of CAS trials did not disappoint! Very excited for round 1 next week.
Cranbrook(A) v Waverley(H)
Aloys(H) v Barker(A)
Knox(A) v Trinity(H)
Cranbrook(A) v Waverley(H)
Aloys(H) v Barker(A)
Knox(A) v Trinity(H)
Halfbackenthusiast
Ted Fahey (11)
Would be interesting to see enasio and McDonald play together in the centres
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
scrumhead99
Larry Dwyer (12)
Any updates on players returning from injury for Waverley?
Jumping_jack
Ward Prentice (10)
All players will be back for next week. Will finally be at full strength. Except for Poitaha who will not be back.
The biggest in is Morshead Fidel. The best back for Waverley returning after an injury on the Japan tour. Handy bringing in a third year 1sts player into the backline.
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
All are back in full force except Poitaha.
Jumping_jack
Ward Prentice (10)
With all the comms coming out of Cranbrook, you would expect none of the matches to be close with Cranbrook to run out massive victors on the day.
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
Its a shame there is such a disconnect in skill within the CAS competition.
Waverley and Cranbrook will however be a very close fixture this weekend. If Cranbrook manages a win, they may be strong contenders for a good placing this year. However, with the sudden death nature of the CAS competition with a limited amount of rounds, who knows what might happen.
Running_rugby_1954
Alex Ross (28)
That’s a big in if that’s the case. He was in the Waverley undefeated 2021 team. Good timing just before CAS too.
smokinjoe
Ward Prentice (10)
Bring back home and away. 10 games. GPS has it and it’s both fair and exciting.
pocockenthusiast1973
Allen Oxlade (6)
Shame the CAS can't focus on improving their competition structure.
Running_rugby_1954
Alex Ross (28)
Does Aloysius want 6 games against Barker Knox and Waverley? I can’t imagine they do.
Union on Top
Peter Burge (5)
This is true. It’s honestly a massive predicament that CAS Rugby has found themselves in. Alloys aren’t competitive in rugby and won’t be until they’re able to provide scholarships to players. The GPS had this problem with Shore being uncompetitive but their structure changed and now they are very competitive. It would suit having a 10 round CAS competition, but you can’t just get rid of team for the values their school uphold. Maybe there does need to be a change in the structure of schoolboy footy, and a structure of a competition with tiers of the teams from the GPS, CAS and ISA could make footy more competitive. However, I don’t see this as a viable solution, as it ruins the culture and profound history of the 3 competitions