Sydney Subbies 2025

[Pfitzy]

Spare thought for Merrylands who have sat behind the Irish powerhouse the last couple of years and missed out on silverware and now run into these two!

Agreed, but also: what happened to their playing numbers?

Very strong in terms of being finalists in 2 Grades, with enough depth to dispose of most teams comfortably through the last few years. Now back to one team, with good numbers on the bench as well.

 

[Odyssey_Park the 2nd]

Agreed, but also: what happened to their playing numbers?

Very strong in terms of being finalists in 2 Grades, with enough depth to dispose of most teams comfortably through the last few years. Now back to one team, with good numbers on the bench as well.

They’ve run a Halligans games this year and always had a full bench so maybe just a small bump at the start of the season and numbers recovering into next year.
Very few clubs travelling regularly for Halligans games which may be stopping clubs from more games

 

[hogieslammer]

Thought I might toss a coin at some Div 3 predictions this weekend:

Blacktown vs Hornsby
1st Grade: Hornsby looking the goods over recent weeks, expecting an easy +30 win against a struggling Blacktown outfit.
2nd Grade: Blacktown to take it +5, I’m expecting a close one.
Colts: Old Barker by a cricket score

Knox v Hills
1st Grade: Two strong sides looking for ladder leaping momentum towards the tippy point of the season. Close match, I think Hills take it +5.
2nd Grade: With Colleagues forfeiting colts, I’m going to tip the upset and say Knox +10 at home over the undefeated Hills 2s.

LCOI v Beecroft
1st Grade: LCOI will be down after two bad losses against Knox and Hornsby. Beecroft look the goods this season and it’ll be there match to lose. I’ll say Crofties +18 after a close first half.
2nd Grade: LCOI have the momentum and home ground advantage against a struggling 2s Crofties side, LCOI +19
Colts: LCOI looking better each week and would want a strong BP win here to keep them in the top 2. LCOI +30