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Ron Walden (29)
Apparently the waratahs news letter says that Tim Metcher is heading back to Randwick to play.
Metcher can be good if fit and was part of a souths scrum that dished us hard
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Watty Friend (18)
Bit of a gee up happening
Metcher is not joining Randwick
Metcher is not joining Randwick
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Ron Walden (29)
I reckon you might be right.
Think maybe a journo made a mistake and it has grown legs. It is reported elsewhere in G&G Rugby (Lee Grant was the author of the article) and his stated club on his managers web site is Randwick - maybe that was old data and this has grown legs from there. Anyone reckon they know for sure?
From what I could tell Metcher was pretty happy at souths so was suprised to hear he was coming back
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Jimmy Flynn (14)
Wicks website confirms the Wally Meagher memorial trophy has been awarded to Chris Barron.
A very deserving recipient and great club man.
A very deserving recipient and great club man.
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David Codey (61)
The Schoolboy has been benched for their toughest game of their UK tour,and the second choice 9 is injured, so he is not exactly head and shoulders above his peers.
I'm sure I read that Donlan from the Rats has signed with the Wicks,so there is no need to be fast tracking kids ahead of time.
My mistake it was Donlan to which I was referring
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Arch Winning (36)
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I think the reference is to the seperation of a top 40 squad from a wider club group. Would think that is the norm at most clubs these days. The islanders boys who are very close have all left together but I wouldnt have classified them as older guys as la la had been at the club the longest and the otheres eithier 1 year or 2 years only
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Ron Walden (29)
Agree with Pete King. The Wicks needed to change things as they are obviously behind the top 4 clubs in many measures. Change doesn't always please all. The Club now has programmes & pathways to enable players to maximise their potential. I think the Wicks will give a lot of cheek in 2014 however the huge array of young talent may be better in 2015.
As for the fantastic Islander lads, Lala wants to earn $$ & fair enough, Reni has family issues which is keeping him in Melbourne, not sure about Toese however he didn't play much first grade, heard that Samu does what LaLa tells him. Hope they stay, hope they get fitter if they do. Love to keep them all.
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Bob Davidson (42)
Good insights Macca, thanks!
I agree with you totally about the difficulty the Wicks (and most other clubs) will have cracking the top 4 as Uni, Souths, Manly and Eastwood all seem to have either the resources, the organisation and/ or the pulling power to stay at the top. They'll be hard to catch as they won't stand still either.
I can remember Jeffrey Sayle being quoted as saying a few years ago (probably a bit tongue in cheek) that the Wicks role was to develop players and prepare them for higher honours and if we happened to win a few Shields along the way that was a bonus. I'll be happy if we can at least be competitive and the major plus for club rugby that hopefully will result from the 3T next year is for the Shute Shield to be decided without the influx of S15 players at the end of the season.
Interesting times ahead (I hope!).
Helliwell is listed on the bench for the Neath 1st grade side this weekend.
http://www.neathrugby.co.uk/News/Article/32472
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Ron Walden (29)
There is a newRandwick iPhone App which is very good. That has details of some players. There are a few top notch Colts plus a few Grade players - these include Tim Donlan from Warringah who is a 9, Alfred Pinomi from WH who is a 4, Sam Figg from Norths who is a back rower. I guess Matt Carraro from the Tahs will also play for the Wicks.
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