NSW AAGPS 2025 (banter and commentary)
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bigbaldpauline
Bob McCowan (2)
good to see kings get the win saw sawyer was back how'd he go, toai the 6 is an animal good to see him play some tough footy. kings vs view rd 7 will be massive.
The Cleaner
Jimmy Flynn (14)
I like Dempsey from View, he is a threatening player I think we need to pick base on performance and form not names etc
The Cleaner
Jimmy Flynn (14)
A game to look forward to. TKS #6 Toia very underrated but he does his job on the field. TKS will be looking forward to facing View. They underestimated them and paid for it. Should be a good game. Great to see Sawyer back on the field yesterday. He went well!
Where's the beef
Ward Prentice (10)
I Agree based on performance. Based on that, not sure how many from Joeys would make it, but the number would be low. Hard to judge Dempsey from yesterday the game was such a mess. Not sure it did any of the boys favours in the eyes of the selectors.
Where's the beef
Ward Prentice (10)
Get well Joker, the Oilers need you. (They had a bad morning in Edmonton....) Game 6 must win Florida.
Here for the advice
Herbert Moran (7)
Regardless that back line is now where near to 2nd best in the competition even if forwards going forward. Plenty of games where the pack has held and they have not show anything close to what we have seen from SIC SJC and NEW week in week out. Look never was going to be a great day at the office but would look at moving the 10 back to 15 so he have time to attack and looks the right side winger (2 XV has some bulk and spark) and relook at the 9 but again hard behind a retreating pack agreed. BUT the response to the original stands they are not the second best in this comp.
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Rugbynbeers
Ted Thorn (20)
Kings and view must not look ahead to round 7.
the focus should be on Scots and newo away which are both very dangerous games, history tells us they tend to upset teams at home.
the focus should be on Scots and newo away which are both very dangerous games, history tells us they tend to upset teams at home.
Scrum_scouter
Frank Row (1)
Been curious what where the wrist bands the kings 1sts were wearing
twister29
Ward Prentice (10)
Rough game from Shore yesterday.
Fonua is nothing short of huge. He was unstoppable.
Shore couldn’t match the girth and height of the Kings forwards. This was clear in the scrums and all throughout the game.
A boy who can hold his head high is Clout (E), running phenomenally, not giving up any tikka even when 50 down. I think he is a brilliant player who has some real grit and aggression, he was bowling over boys much bigger than him yesterday. Just tough he is in the highly competitive no8 position this season, Fonua, Justice and Heinz will all edge him out of the GPS I think. In any other year I believe he would easily be in the top GPS squad.
Shore didn’t give up and really had a dig considering they had 8, ( yes EIGHT), 1XV players out, even before Callaghan came off during the game. Smart to rest his ankle a bit, we want him on fire once Bassingthwaite returns.
Fonua is nothing short of huge. He was unstoppable.
Shore couldn’t match the girth and height of the Kings forwards. This was clear in the scrums and all throughout the game.
A boy who can hold his head high is Clout (E), running phenomenally, not giving up any tikka even when 50 down. I think he is a brilliant player who has some real grit and aggression, he was bowling over boys much bigger than him yesterday. Just tough he is in the highly competitive no8 position this season, Fonua, Justice and Heinz will all edge him out of the GPS I think. In any other year I believe he would easily be in the top GPS squad.
Shore didn’t give up and really had a dig considering they had 8, ( yes EIGHT), 1XV players out, even before Callaghan came off during the game. Smart to rest his ankle a bit, we want him on fire once Bassingthwaite returns.
Maul of Duty
Fred Wood (13)
Agree, I really like the look of Osborne in at tight head. He would work well with lavercombe as well I think
Maul of Duty
Fred Wood (13)
Dempsey works very well with Gus, so would not count that out at all
The Ghost of Raelene
Phil Kearns (64)
HT
View 17/7
He announced 17 View Wallabies and 53 or something like that for Joeys right before kick off.
Thought it was a good game but very one way. Score feels closer than the performance. Will again bludge a bit of time during the week about it on here.
View 17/7
Aloys ain’t he? Got a boy at View as well I believe.
He announced 17 View Wallabies and 53 or something like that for Joeys right before kick off.
Thought it was a good game but very one way. Score feels closer than the performance. Will again bludge a bit of time during the week about it on here.
Jakeburner65
Herbert Moran (7)
Special mention also of McCarthy at 10, who I believe started the year in the 3rds and was thrown head-first into that absolute cauldron. A big step up. I thought Joeys would do better in targeting him, but the kid acquitted himself well, helped along by some front ball and his captain inside him.
SchoonerScorer
Frank Row (1)
Alright, Alright, Alright. WHAT A ROUND!!!!
Once again it's Schooner Scorer here. Sixty-second snippet. Scoring the rugby… and this week, the schooners are frothing over, the spreadsheets are glitching from excitement, and I’ve just shorted Joeys stock like it’s Blockbuster in 2011. I was at the Joeys, View game and got chatting too a couple of you, pure class.
"If Round 5 was a beer, it’d be a warm pint spilt down your chinos. Chaotic, a bit bitter, and absolutely unforgettable."
Lets Get into it.
Kings 62 def. Shore 10
"Kings don’t just win anymore, they colonise the scoreboard."
Last time I said that Shore’s best hope too defend is too fuel up on the Pies from Northbridge. But they obviously didn't fuel up enough.
Sixty bloody two. Shore showed up with hope, a nice haircut, and a laminated game plan — Kings took one look and said, "No thanks, mate. We’ll be taking that try line now."
Their scums were ruthless. Less like a rugby formation more like a F1 car with shoulder pads. Their forward pack is undeniably the best in the comp, they hit every shot like a freight train.
Kings 10? Was involved in more line breaks than the Sydney Trains system during track work. The Kings forwards hit rucks like they owed them money. Their No. 8 and 3 were carrying like he was late to a Maccas run. Even the reserve second rowers were playing like they'd just found out there’s 2 spots left in the GPS 1st XV.
Look, Shore tried. Their 13 had a few decent carries, their line outs held for about half an Overpriced Oak Pint, but after that it was a burgundy demolition job. Heard a Shore parent on the streamer say, “At least they’re good boys.” Which is nice. But also not how you win rugby games.
Riverview 34 def. Joeys 26
Location: Lane Cove. Population: Carnage.
What. A. Game.
View came out like they were late for a flight - aggressive, composed, and absolutely not here for a loss. Their 9, Gus Grover, was playing like Damien Mackenzie after a triple shot espresso like last night. Kick here, run their, cut out pass here. The bloke was conducting a symphony with a Gilbert and is one of the best 9s the GPS has seen in a long time.
Joeys? Look their backline has moves. That No. 13 had feet like a tap dancer on Red Bull. But they couldn’t finish. Dropped balls, misfired offloads - like watching the Wallabies in 2023. Was kind of painful.
Finn Hannon was everywhere for a kid in year 10 — bloke looks like a Labradoodle but he definitely has his license to offload. He just needed more support. Defence was loose, like a blazer on a Year 7. And when View’s No. 14 kicked it through and scored late in the second half, it was curtains.
Joeys are still a threat, but that aura? Bit cracked, lads. Bit cracked.
Scots 39 def. Newington 38
Location: Bellevue Hill. Drama so thick it needs a Netflix doco.
This one had everything. Tries. Cards. More swings than a North Shore playground. And at the end of it all? Scots by one. Just one. Like trying to split the bill with an accountant after 12 schooners - close, confusing, and slightly unfair.
Scots have quietly gone from “bottom table merchants” to “blokes who might just steal the GPS title while you’re watching Joeys warm up.” Their 12 was absolute class. Controlled the game, played flat and ran hard.
Newo were brilliant — their 14 is a weapon. Genuine gas. But a yellow card late, a dodgy offside, and one rogue missed tackle cost them. You can’t give Scots that many chances at Bellevue. That crowd gets rowdy. You could hear the Year 10s yelling “offside” from Rose Bay.
I was a bit suspicious of the clock running 9 minutes over, but that's just playing at Scots I guess.
Newo will feel robbed, but they weren't. They are in the way that someone leaves their car unlocked in Mount Druitt and is surprised their JBL speaker’s gone. You’ve got to lock it up, lads.
Schooner’s Final Sip
This week? We got violence. We got brilliance. And we got a reminder that GPS rugby is a savage little cocktail of privilege, protein, and perfectly-timed inside balls.
Next round’s the big one. Reputations on the line. Rep jerseys in the balance. And someone’s coach is definitely planning to “tweak the structure” (read: panic call a lineout from halfway that’s never been practiced).
I’ll be bouncing between fields this week. If you see a bloke with an untucked Ralph Lauren shirt, a Argentinean belt on, and a dog eared GPS program in the other — that’s me. Come say g’day. We’ll talk footy, fantasy, and why the Scots crowd might be the most dangerous unit since Dutton gave a press conference.
Until next time,
Schooner OUT.
Once again it's Schooner Scorer here. Sixty-second snippet. Scoring the rugby… and this week, the schooners are frothing over, the spreadsheets are glitching from excitement, and I’ve just shorted Joeys stock like it’s Blockbuster in 2011. I was at the Joeys, View game and got chatting too a couple of you, pure class.
"If Round 5 was a beer, it’d be a warm pint spilt down your chinos. Chaotic, a bit bitter, and absolutely unforgettable."
Lets Get into it.
Kings 62 def. Shore 10
"Kings don’t just win anymore, they colonise the scoreboard."
Last time I said that Shore’s best hope too defend is too fuel up on the Pies from Northbridge. But they obviously didn't fuel up enough.
Sixty bloody two. Shore showed up with hope, a nice haircut, and a laminated game plan — Kings took one look and said, "No thanks, mate. We’ll be taking that try line now."
Their scums were ruthless. Less like a rugby formation more like a F1 car with shoulder pads. Their forward pack is undeniably the best in the comp, they hit every shot like a freight train.
Kings 10? Was involved in more line breaks than the Sydney Trains system during track work. The Kings forwards hit rucks like they owed them money. Their No. 8 and 3 were carrying like he was late to a Maccas run. Even the reserve second rowers were playing like they'd just found out there’s 2 spots left in the GPS 1st XV.
Look, Shore tried. Their 13 had a few decent carries, their line outs held for about half an Overpriced Oak Pint, but after that it was a burgundy demolition job. Heard a Shore parent on the streamer say, “At least they’re good boys.” Which is nice. But also not how you win rugby games.
Riverview 34 def. Joeys 26
Location: Lane Cove. Population: Carnage.
What. A. Game.
View came out like they were late for a flight - aggressive, composed, and absolutely not here for a loss. Their 9, Gus Grover, was playing like Damien Mackenzie after a triple shot espresso like last night. Kick here, run their, cut out pass here. The bloke was conducting a symphony with a Gilbert and is one of the best 9s the GPS has seen in a long time.
Joeys? Look their backline has moves. That No. 13 had feet like a tap dancer on Red Bull. But they couldn’t finish. Dropped balls, misfired offloads - like watching the Wallabies in 2023. Was kind of painful.
Finn Hannon was everywhere for a kid in year 10 — bloke looks like a Labradoodle but he definitely has his license to offload. He just needed more support. Defence was loose, like a blazer on a Year 7. And when View’s No. 14 kicked it through and scored late in the second half, it was curtains.
Joeys are still a threat, but that aura? Bit cracked, lads. Bit cracked.
Scots 39 def. Newington 38
Location: Bellevue Hill. Drama so thick it needs a Netflix doco.
This one had everything. Tries. Cards. More swings than a North Shore playground. And at the end of it all? Scots by one. Just one. Like trying to split the bill with an accountant after 12 schooners - close, confusing, and slightly unfair.
Scots have quietly gone from “bottom table merchants” to “blokes who might just steal the GPS title while you’re watching Joeys warm up.” Their 12 was absolute class. Controlled the game, played flat and ran hard.
Newo were brilliant — their 14 is a weapon. Genuine gas. But a yellow card late, a dodgy offside, and one rogue missed tackle cost them. You can’t give Scots that many chances at Bellevue. That crowd gets rowdy. You could hear the Year 10s yelling “offside” from Rose Bay.
I was a bit suspicious of the clock running 9 minutes over, but that's just playing at Scots I guess.
Newo will feel robbed, but they weren't. They are in the way that someone leaves their car unlocked in Mount Druitt and is surprised their JBL speaker’s gone. You’ve got to lock it up, lads.
GPS 1st XV Watch
The team gets named next week, and let me tell you - selectors have got more headaches than me after 12 Toohey’s Olds at the Bellevue.- 8 (Kings): Isaac Fonua I believe is surely in. Bloke’s running metres are starting to distort space and time.
- 9 (View): Gus Grover, Boot like a bazooka. Vision like he’s watched The Matrix on repeat.
- Newo 14: Don’t care if he didn’t win or isn't the best on defence. You can’t coach that kind of pace.
- Joeys 13: Has footwork, size, pace and vision to back it up.
- Kings 1,2,3: They select off form and these are the best 3 front rowers in the GPS if not schoolboy rugby in Australia.
- View 3: His on form, big battle between him and Kings 3 to cement that tight head spot. Believe Kings 3 has it for now.
- Kings and View 10: Got to be tightest fight we've seen for that 10 jersey in years. Both orchestrate the game like they've been playing it for 30 plus years, have big kicks. But view 10 didn't play this week. Might give slight edge to Kings.
- Kings, Joeys, Scots Backrow: Scots 6, Joeys 7 and Kings 8.
Schooner’s Final Sip
This week? We got violence. We got brilliance. And we got a reminder that GPS rugby is a savage little cocktail of privilege, protein, and perfectly-timed inside balls.
Next round’s the big one. Reputations on the line. Rep jerseys in the balance. And someone’s coach is definitely planning to “tweak the structure” (read: panic call a lineout from halfway that’s never been practiced).
I’ll be bouncing between fields this week. If you see a bloke with an untucked Ralph Lauren shirt, a Argentinean belt on, and a dog eared GPS program in the other — that’s me. Come say g’day. We’ll talk footy, fantasy, and why the Scots crowd might be the most dangerous unit since Dutton gave a press conference.
Until next time,
Schooner OUT.
Eyes and Ears
Desmond Connor (43)
Yes Hockey went to Aloys.
The Cleaner
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Kings forward pack had an off day when they played View. Can't wait to see them face off again in Round 7. BUT must get Round 6 out of the way first. Cannot underestimate Scots and New.Sounds like the ref allowed scrummaging. The penalties went the other way last week, with Riverview being pinged 1 minute in, the first scrum of the day for pushing > 1.5m.
Great to see that Kings' confidence is this high, given they were a moment or two away from getting blown out by Riverview in the 2nd half at home a week or two ago