CAS Rugby 2023

[RedOrDead]

These arguments don’t really work for the Barker efforts - most of these kids attend a different private school with the same opportunities.

And Katoa would not have had a chance at “playing at that elite level pathway to become an incredible player” without Barker?

I don’t think so.

Buddy... You are comparing country schools with nowhere near the same academic programs, facilities etc. to one of the best schools in the state... I'm sure these kids parents were very happy that their kids were granted the opportunity to attend such a school...

 

[RedOrDead]

How many private school kids are the Knox and Waverley schools bringing in?

1st prize award for irrelevant questions goes to you.

 

[Jumping_jack]

Buddy... You are comparing country schools with nowhere near the same academic programs, facilities etc. to one of the best schools in the state... I'm sure these kids parents were very happy that their kids were granted the opportunity to attend such a school...

Don’t be too arrogant there. Your Barker colours are showing.

 

[Jumping_jack]

1st prize award for irrelevant questions goes to you.

Thanks. So how many?

 

[Jumping_jack]

All we know from 2022 is Barker have some great scouts and unlimited resources(money) to spend.

 

[RedOrDead]

Hooper was selected in gen blue as a year young

Phillipson was a year 9 first XV player.

Katoa was earmarked from year 6 as the next big thing in rugby league.

They were already great when they got there - that’s why they went there.

Yep. And they were given the opportunity to improve. Which they did.

Don't act like great rugby programs make talent... they take talented kids and make them great rugby players.. very very few people have the ability to become elite rugby players. The likes of Joeys and some other schools, who have previously established themselves as great rugby schools are fortunate enough that they organically receive rugby talent... Barker is simply having to acquire talent in a different way. They are still a great rugby program that is able to produce great rugby players, as well as take great rugby players and help them refine their skills. The fact that Barker now had 14 boys who made a NSW team over the past 2 years, (as Ekenyake was elevated to Gen Blue after the Nudgee game) proves this. Meaning that, when completely healthy, there is only ONE player in that Barker 1st XV who isn't a NSW representative... Eventually, at this rate, Barker will establish itself as an elite rugby school and will organically bring in ample talent.



You are achieving nothing with this rant. The fact of the matter is you just look bitter.

 

[RedOrDead]

Thanks. So how many?

Don't know champ. But it's best you move on. You look genuinely goofy.

 

[Jumping_jack]

Also to highlight the entire competition changes when Billy Pollard and Luke Reiner turned up to Barker. Without that staring point as many posters have said, the CAS wouldn’t be in this arms race.

 

[RedOrDead]

All we know from 2022 is Barker have some great scouts and unlimited resources(money) to spend.

Produced 14 NSW players...

 

[RedOrDead]

Also to highlight the entire competition changes when Billy Pollard and Luke Reiner turned up to Barker. Without that staring point as many posters have said, the CAS wouldn’t be in this arms race.

Not complaining about the arms race. It's great for CAS rugby. Also pretty sure the Sydney Waverley Roosters came before Reimer. Not that I have an issue with what Waverely do with their money. Good on those kids talented and fortunate enough to receive such an opportunity.

 

[Jumping_jack]

Produced 14 NSW players...

Good scouting. Picked up kids already in the system. Well done.

Helps that you also have a coach that only pushes his kid coaching gen blue.

Like the Poynton CAS selection debacle.

 

[RedOrDead]

Good scouting. Picked up kids already in the system. Well done.

Helps that you also have a coach that only pushes his kid coaching gen blue.

Like the Poynton CAS selection debacle.

Yep. 14 scholarships. Sure.

This is a monumental sized tantrum.

 

[Jumping_jack]

Eventually, at this rate, Barker will establish itself as an elite rugby school and will organically bring in ample talent.

Elite rugby school?

That would mean that teams other than your firsts would need to win a game.

How many games did the rest of the teams in your school win? I can count them on one hand if you like.

 

[Jumping_jack]

Yep. 14 scholarships. Sure.

This is a monumental sized tantrum.

Your words, not mine.

 

[RedOrDead]

Elite rugby school?

That would mean that teams other than your firsts would need to win a game.

How many games did the rest of the teams in your school win? I can count them on one hand if you like.

 

[Jumping_jack]

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Was it 4 all up?
Didn’t even play most other schools in the a’s?

A long way to go to be an elite rugby school.

 

[RedOrDead]

Was it 4 all up?
Didn’t even play most other schools in the a’s?

A long way to go to be an elite rugby school.

 

[Jumping_jack]

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Is that the face Barker kids make when they have to play a ‘a’ team from another school in 13’s to 16’s?

Or when a kid enrolled for 7 years misses out in a firsts spot to a new year 11 boarding scholarship?

 

[RedOrDead]

Is that the face Barker kids make when they have to play a ‘a’ team from another school in 13’s to 16’s?

Or when a kid enrolled for 7 years misses out in a firsts spot to a new year 11 boarding scholarship?

Seems like your tantrum has prevented you from registering what I am saying... Talent is not created by a school, it is received by a school and then nurtured... Barker does not receive the talent of the GPS schools or Knox or Waverley, but a successful 1st XV team will make parents want to send their kids to the school for rugby... They will then receive said talent and have a deep rugby program... It is a process that has just begun.

And as I said... if you miss out then you're not good enough. Get better.

Keep throwing your tantrum though, it's not like you like bitter and silly.

 

[Running_rugby_1954]

Buddy... You are comparing country schools with nowhere near the same academic programs, facilities etc. to one of the best schools in the state... I'm sure these kids parents were very happy that their kids were granted the opportunity to attend such a school...

Would be interesting to get some input from Kinross and Stannies here…

They are some pretty great schools being thrown under the bus by the Barker faithful.