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Allen Oxlade (6)
The Grammar's loss to Joeys is a huge shake up the run for the Rutledge Louat Shield.
It confirms Matt Toomey's boys are dead serious about their running - avoiding a terrible 0-2 start to the season. It's also proved that this year's ISDA champs aren't as untouchable as other people in this forum believe them to be. With one loss already taken, they have no second chance which means they must fight hard through the next 5 rounds of this season against a field that is more noticeably more evenly stacked across the board than in previous years.
It's also probably placed a very different group of teams as undefeated by this point in the competition, giving teams like Shore, Scots and High (if they presumably win their rounds) an open path on the runway to seriously gun for the premiership, meaning that Joey's and Grammar must take on the task of halting them in their tracks by defeating them. This makes the most interesting debates in the future Scots vs High (which is only next week), Grammar vs Scots and High vs Joeys (the week after) and finally the High vs Grammar debate.
Joey's always face the toughest schools early in the competition which means if they want to not rely on luck and secure the premiership with their own hands they must secure some crucial, crucial wins in the next 2 weeks.
Grammar and High always have their debate to round up the season, which means they cannot afford any slipups until then lest they not have any insurance in hand for the Premiership.
At this point a co-premiership looks more than inevitable unless High remain firm in not losing and continue to pull off critical wins for the remainder of the tournament.
No doubt GAS and GPSSpectator will have their two cents to add once we know the verdict of the High and Scots debates.
It confirms Matt Toomey's boys are dead serious about their running - avoiding a terrible 0-2 start to the season. It's also proved that this year's ISDA champs aren't as untouchable as other people in this forum believe them to be. With one loss already taken, they have no second chance which means they must fight hard through the next 5 rounds of this season against a field that is more noticeably more evenly stacked across the board than in previous years.
It's also probably placed a very different group of teams as undefeated by this point in the competition, giving teams like Shore, Scots and High (if they presumably win their rounds) an open path on the runway to seriously gun for the premiership, meaning that Joey's and Grammar must take on the task of halting them in their tracks by defeating them. This makes the most interesting debates in the future Scots vs High (which is only next week), Grammar vs Scots and High vs Joeys (the week after) and finally the High vs Grammar debate.
Joey's always face the toughest schools early in the competition which means if they want to not rely on luck and secure the premiership with their own hands they must secure some crucial, crucial wins in the next 2 weeks.
Grammar and High always have their debate to round up the season, which means they cannot afford any slipups until then lest they not have any insurance in hand for the Premiership.
At this point a co-premiership looks more than inevitable unless High remain firm in not losing and continue to pull off critical wins for the remainder of the tournament.
No doubt GAS and GPSSpectator will have their two cents to add once we know the verdict of the High and Scots debates.