QLD Premier Rugby 2014

[rugbywatch]

Tallest Goal Posts are at Crosby Park, which were formally at Ballymore?
That's all I've got!

I thought they were the ones at Hugh Courtney Oval? Tallest posts in the southern hemisphere

 

[Jets]

Is this the Horomia's???

That's what I hear.


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[East Coast Aces]

What's the trophy between Brothers and Easts?

The Hospital Cup

 

[Lee Grant]

I thought they were the ones at Hugh Courtney Oval? Tallest posts in the southern hemisphere

Taller than at Concord Oval the home ground of West Harbour in Sydney?

I don't think so.
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[Pauly]

Thanks for the compliment Filth - you must have changed also.

TT, you were asked to stop bagging the refs. Nobody asked you to start being pleasant to Brothers supporters.

Rugby is not a love-in.

I want the old TT back!

 

[Tigers Tale]

Pauly - I haven't really changed a tiger never loses his stripes.

I am being nice to the referees because I live by the adage if you don't have something nice to say say nothing.

I did notice that Simon Moore has not been assigned a club or school game this weekend!!!

 

[Tigers Tale]

Trivia results.

Goal Post - I thought it was Hugh Courtney Oval;

Referee - was indeed Kerry Fitz (RIP) - West def Uni 6-4;

In goal - thought this would test you - but I believe it was at St Lucia back in the early-mid 1980s when they were about 20 metres. (Obviously pre the 400 metre track.)

Happy to stand corrected on the in-goal and goal posts if this isn't correct.

When did the track get put in at St Lucia? There doesn't seem to be any issue with the in-goal at St Lucia these days despite the track - is the track not regulation shape because I recall at Homebush the in-goal use to eat into the track? Maybe the straights at St Lucia are longer and the curves shorter.

Red Heavy is probably out on the track a few times a week and might be able to let us know.

Another bit of facilities trivia - what are the only two QPR grounds (Ballymore aside) certified for night football?

 

[Heavens game]

I know future premier club Logan has 2 out of 3 fields at 200 lux maximum.

 

[RugbyReg]

well it better be Brothers as they've just had their lights upgraded.

And Sunnybank.

Used to be Sunny coast as well obviously.

 

[Cat_A]

Trivia results.

When did the track get put in at St Lucia? There doesn't seem to be any issue with the in-goal at St Lucia these days despite the track - is the track not regulation shape because I recall at Homebush the in-goal use to eat into the track? Maybe the straights at St Lucia are longer and the curves shorter.

Red Heavy is probably out on the track a few times a week and might be able to let us know.

Another bit of facilities trivia - what are the only two QPR grounds (Ballymore aside) certified for night football?

Track went in around 1999-2000 or so. It's regular length and shape, but I think there is a difference in where the high-jump and javelin areas are. And there isn't any seating at the ends of the grounds, or barricades to notice how close the corner of the in-goal is to the track, but many wingers and fullbacks can attest to how close it is when they're tackled onto the tartan. It leaves a burn akin to carpet burn.

Wests 2 and Uni 2 are certified for night football, while Uni 1 is apparently too dim. Yeah, I don't know either.

 

[RugbyReg]

Wests 2? That one down the bottom? I didn't think that was even certified for day football.

 

[Cat_A]

Wests 2? That one down the bottom? I didn't think that was even certified for day football.

Yes, apparently it is. Maybe if the trees are trimmed back?

 

[TheBigDog]

GPS and Easts hosted the Friday Night semi-finals and grand finals respectively on their main fields a couple of a years ago. Does that make them QPR certified or does it fall under a different jurisdiction being the subbies comp?

 

[GPSGPSGPS]

Wests 2? That one down the bottom? I didn't think that was even certified for day football.

It doesn't help when you have the in goal area at the Sylvan rd end going up a hill! I also don't think that they have had more than 5 blades of grass on it in the last decade!!

 

[RugbyReg]

agreed, I complained about them being unsuitable for Under 6 rugby a few years ago. Couldn't get the families back 5m from the sideline on the train track side.

 

[tigerland12]

Sam Greene out for Brothers this week, massive loss for them in such an important game.

 

[GPSGPSGPS]

Sam Greene out for Brothers this week, massive loss for them in such an important game.

Is it because he was effectively a speed bump on about 10 different occasions last week?? Talented player with a good boot but needs to sort out his defence if he is to move any further, I am presuming this is the reason he was overlooked for the Aus U20's this year?

 

[Tigers Tale]

GPSx3 - I think you are right on the money when it comes to Greenie - he was a turnstile when he played for Reds A this year.

In fact I was surprised after Tim Sampson's involvement with the Reds A this year that Easts didn't send more forward runners down Greene's channel a few weeks back - might be keeping that up their sleave for the semis Filth!!!

Greene is a talented footballer with ball in hand though.

Do you think he'll get a gig for one of the NRC sides?

 

[Tigers Tale]

As far as the lights go - I was informed at the start of the season that only Uni & Easts lights were certified to play QPR. I might be wrong.

Great to here some other clubs have had their lights upgraded.

Easts have hade a couple of twilight games recently - Sydney Uni(2014) & Souths (2013).

I think there should be more of it - particularly during the School rugby season.

And as I said the other day Logan 1st Grade should play their home games under lights on a Friday.

When Sunnybank were admitted to the Reserve grade comp in the 1980s they played all their games mid week under lights.

The atmosphere at Bottomley to watch 3rd/4th grade play after Premier Grade in the twilight has been superb.

 

[FilthRugby]

Irrespective of the cost, I think night games should be encouraged.

We have the 'Friday night filth' (two teams) who play on Jack Ross Oval sometimes.

We've recently had the upgrade on the bottom field, which means night games will mostly likely be played down there in the near future.