CAS Rugby 2025

[CAS_Rugby]

Not at Hornsby but my spies tell me Barker dominated for first 50 minutes then rang in the subs. 47/26 at FT.

What was the penalty count?

 

[rod skellet]

What was the penalty count?

Penalties. Barker was penalised a lot apparently.

 

[Scrums'n Roses]

Knox back row and backs were absolutely clinical today; one of those days where things just clicked every time cranbrook turned over the ball, of which they had plenty but were very clunky. Trinity Knox will be interesting

Cranbrook will bounce back.

 

[CAS_Rugby]

Cranbrook will bounce back.

Of course they will and this week we will have chorus of terrible jokes coming from the Cranbrook boys and hype up videos instead of just focusing on the game of rugby. Cant wait for them to distract themselves as always.

 

[Al Packer]

Just to repeat Snort's First Law of Rugby: if you are down 0-26, you are "dominating" nothing, except the number zero. You may, however, have lots of territory that you have failed to convert into points.

I suspect Cranbrook are paying the penalty for scheduling some pretty soft trial games.

Agree with your English lesson but wouldn't call Shore, SIC & NC weak trials.

 

[Al Packer]

Will I be seeing any of my fellow wise forum members at the Cranbrook game this weekend? If so, let’s catch up, first one there buys the pies!

Not sure you will find any pies at the Cranbrook tuckshop. All gourmet waygu beef burgers, sashimi tacos & charcuterie boards!

 

[Al Packer]

Got a lesson on the park today but the Cranbrook canteen was a hit. Definitely worth the drive from Warrawee.

 

[scrumhalf]

Got a lesson on the park today but the Cranbrook canteen was a hit. Definitely worth the drive from Warrawee.

Much agreed, got myself a nice pie and burger, would eat again.

 

[moa999]

Yes, it’s deeply unclear to me what St Aloysius thinks it gains from this.

That score probably (for now) spells the end of Aloys' involvement in the 1st XV comp.

Almost 100yrs of history.

CAS comp first played 1930.
Aloys has always struggled (albeit maybe not this bad) - one sole rugby premiership 1978, and two joint in that period.
Never won CAS Athletics, last won swimming in 1935

Any other 2nds or As results, or do we wait for the results summary from Waverley.
Think all that's been posted is a narrow Know win in the 2nds.

 

[buster367]

Aloys old boy here, very sad to see whats happened to the schools rugby performances in recent years. Can mainly be brought down to the introduction of a 3rd winter sport (AFL) roughly 10 years ago at the hand of the current principal at the time (who was new). as a result the number of students playing rugby dropped rapidly. Seems the school has taken a similar path as schools such as Sydney High and Sydney Grammar becoming almost solely focused on academic performance rather than being more balanced. Will be interesting to see what happens to them & the CAS competition over the next few years, but very sad to see especially as an Old boy to the school

 

[scrumhalf]

@Bob_Talau65 what are your thoughts on the matter?

 

[Ziggy]

This is very sad. Unfortunately Aloys are just not competitive at all and I can't see them coming back. Perhaps a relegation system will work with an ISA merge but I don't think it's fair if 2 of the other CAS teams play in a 2nd tier comp. Perhaps it's a part merge with Oakhill, Augustines and Pius joining to be replaced by Aloys, Grammar and High?