Shute Shield 2020

[Quick Hands]

Ladder

Randwick 28
UNI 26
Gordon 25
Southern 20
Eastwood 20
Norths 19

Warringah 15
Eastern S 12
Manly 10
West H 4
Hunter 3
2 Blues 0
Penrith 0

With 7 rounds left Manly, Wests, Hunter, WSTB and Penrith look gone. Rats just in touch and Easts hanging on by a thread.

Games for 29/8

Hunter v Easts
Randwick v Eastwood
Wests v Gordon
Penrith v Manly
Norths v WSTB
Warringah v Souths
Uni v BYE

 

[The Honey Badger]

^^^ Next week looking pretty critical

Rats can edge into the 6 with a BP win over Southern (and potentially go as high as 4th). A zero point loss could see both Easts and Manly overtake or level with them.

I am sure that Southern will be unhappy with the size of that loss after toppling Uni. Makes me think both Uni and Southern are not quite at the level Gordon and Randwick are.

Norths will stay in the 6 for another week but they have a very hard run home and looking vulnerable.

 

[Quick Hands]

The run home for the current top 8 teams:

Uni - bye, WH, ES, R, G, NS, WSTB
Easts -NH, SD, U, M, P, WSTB, R
Randwick - E, G, NS, U, M, bye, ES
Eastwood - R, NS, M, P, bye, W, G
Gordon - WH, R, SD, NS, U, P, E
Norths - WSTB, E, R, G, SD, U, W
Warringah - SD, M, bye, WSTB, NH, E, NS
Souths - W, ES, G, NH, NS, M, WH

Easts don't have a bad run home but still come up against Uni and Randwick plus a game against Souths. I think they might stuggle to make up the ground they've lost.

Norths and Warringah in the last round may well decide who comes 6th/7th.

 

[Up the Guts]

The run home for the current top 8 teams:

Uni - bye, WH, ES, R, G, NS, WSTB
Easts -NH, SD, U, M, P, WSTB, R
Randwick - E, G, NS, U, M, bye, ES
Eastwood - R, NS, M, P, bye, W, G
Gordon - WH, R, SD, NS, U, P, E
Norths - WSTB, E, R, G, SD, U, W
Warringah - SD, M, bye, WSTB, NH, E, NS
Souths - W, ES, G, NH, NS, M, WH

Easts don't have a bad run home but still come up against Uni and Randwick plus a game against Souths. I think they might stuggle to make up the ground they've lost.

Norths and Warringah in the last round may well decide who comes 6th/7th.

Rats still have the bye round though while Norths do not.

 

[Quick Hands]

Rats still have the bye round though while Norths do not.

That's right, Norths are currently a win ahead of the Rats plus Warringah have played an extra game.

They each have to play WSTB, SD and Eastwood and Warringah have a game against Manly which on paper is easier but Manly v Warringah games are never easy regardless of where each sits on the table.

My gut feeling is that the top 6 will stay the same with Norths seemingly in the most danger of dropping out and Warringah with the best chance of forcing their way in.

 

[Up the Guts]

That's right, Norths are currently a win ahead of the Rats plus Warringah have played an extra game.

They each have to play WSTB, SD and Eastwood and Warringah have a game against Manly which on paper is easier but Manly v Warringah games are never easy regardless of where each sits on the table.

My gut feeling is that the top 6 will stay the same with Norths seemingly in the most danger of dropping out and Warringah with the best chance of forcing their way in.

I think Eastwood are probably on par with Norths to slip out with a bye and a number of tough fixtures in the remaining rounds.

 

[The Honey Badger]

TV Game Next week is Randwick Vs Eastwood

Anyone know what it will be the following week?- I am guessing the Warringah/Manly game

And I hear some talk that this game might be moved from Manly oval to allow for a bigger crowd. Brookvale or Rat Park. Anyone able to confirm?

 

[The Honey Badger]

That's right, Norths are currently a win ahead of the Rats plus Warringah have played an extra game.

They each have to play WSTB, SD and Eastwood and Warringah have a game against Manly which on paper is easier but Manly v Warringah games are never easy regardless of where each sits on the table.

My gut feeling is that the top 6 will stay the same with Norths seemingly in the most danger of dropping out and Warringah with the best chance of forcing their way in.

Iam going to back Warringah to be in there next week. They might be finding some form. Wayne Borsack seems to have sorted alot of the scrum issues.

 

[Crashy]

TV Game Next week is Randwick Vs Eastwood

Anyone know what it will be the following week?- I am guessing the Warringah/Manly game

And I hear some talk that this game might be moved from Manly oval to allow for a bigger crowd. Brookvale or Rat Park. Anyone able to confirm?

Heard nothing yet - limited tickets were available to the local Manly junior club community online at Manly Oval and as far as I know they were sold out - a move to Brookie could make sense if that meant more punters were allowed in - though Manly Oval is the club's spiritual home...

 

[The Honey Badger]

Heard nothing yet - limited tickets were available to the local Manly junior club community online at Manly Oval and as far as I know they were sold out - a move to Brookie could make sense if that meant more punters were allowed in - though Manly Oval is the club's spiritual home.

Sounds like it is staying at Manly oval - Hope it is televised

 

[Ref_Ted]

The run home for the current top 8 teams:

Uni - bye, WH, ES, R, G, NS, WSTB
Easts -NH, SD, U, M, P, WSTB, R
Randwick - E, G, NS, U, M, bye, ES
Eastwood - R, NS, M, P, bye, W, G
Gordon - WH, R, SD, NS, U, P, E
Norths - WSTB, E, R, G, SD, U, W
Warringah - SD, M, bye, WSTB, NH, E, NS
Souths - W, ES, G, NH, NS, M, WH

Easts don't have a bad run home but still come up against Uni and Randwick plus a game against Souths. I think they might stuggle to make up the ground they've lost.

Norths and Warringah in the last round may well decide who comes 6th/7th.

Regarding Souths I thought they were going to struggle against Randwick last week as the injury toll bit hard with some form players out injured from the uni game. The 3 blue cards starting with #9 in the first 10mins made a bad situation worse. Souths don't quite have the depth at this stage of the two uni clubs inparticular.

 

[The Honey Badger]

Heard nothing yet - limited tickets were available to the local Manly junior club community online at Manly Oval and as far as I know they were sold out - a move to Brookie could make sense if that meant more punters were allowed in - though Manly Oval is the club's spiritual home.

I believe the game is sold out

 

[Quick Hands]

I think Eastwood are probably on par with Norths to slip out with a bye and a number of tough fixtures in the remaining rounds.

Although Eastwood have Manly and Penrith and you'd expect them to beat Penrith while we've always struggled to beat Eastwood - even when there were times we were leading the competition.

The lower teams that Eastwood can struggle against are Wests and Parrmatta (aka WSTB) and they've already played those two danger games.

 

[Quick Hands]

I believe the game is sold out

Game was sold out on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

 

[The Honey Badger]

Round 7 Tips

Hunter v Easts
Randwick v Eastwood
Wests v Gordon
Penrith v Manly
Norths v WSTB
Warringah v Souths

tipping both Hunter and Penrith to have much closer loses -

 

[Quick Hands]

Round 7 Tips

Hunter v Easts
Randwick v Eastwood
Wests v Gordon
Penrith v Manly
Norths v WSTB
Warringah v Souths

tipping both Hunter and Penrith to have much closer loses -

After last week Penrith are in with a chance of heaping further humiliation on us.

 

[wamberal]

After last week Penrith are in with a chance of heaping further humiliation on us.

Naaaah. You're just saying that.

 

[The Honey Badger]

After last week Penrith are in with a chance of heaping further humiliation on us.

They did lead for the first 1/4 vs Warringah, and the second half I think was 1 try a piece.

They just went to sleep for the 2nd quarter and Rats ran in tries all over the place.

If they could actually put a solid 80 mins of consistent rugby they could threaten anyone

The #8 had some nice runs,

 

[The Honey Badger]

Team List Round 7

Click on the facebook post and scroll through the teams

https://www.facebook.com/shuteshield/photos/pcb.3645018098864254/3645016482197749/?type=3&theater

 

[The Honey Badger]

After last week Penrith are in with a chance of heaping further humiliation on us.

Back to back home games for Penrith, not sure whats that about,

If you are not doing the long drive out west you can listen on the wireless.

https://www.swr999.com.au/nbl.html