Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Just us, the Eels, and 2 other Rugby League clubs to contend with.
Piece of piss. Not.
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Just us, the Eels, and 2 other Rugby League clubs to contend with.
Piece of piss. Not.
CrashBandicoot2
Peter Burge (5)
Your comprehensive round preview
Div 1
HH – Waverley. Match of the round. Match of every division. Id imagine people will leave their own grounds to watch this one. HH have come out of the gates very strong. Both teams have very good talent across the park, taking the home side just because they are home.
Drummoyne – Mosman. Drummoyne appear to be missing some talent this year to keep up in Kentwell. Mosman appear to have gained some talent this year. Mosman have a lot of points in them and could reach near 50 in their backline is on.
Newport – Lindfield. Grudge match, expect a high level of ‘banter’ on the sidelines this week. Both sides can give it, but neither can take it. Id imagine a very sour losing side come 5pm on Saturday. Ive gone with the home side with the opposition getting caught up in the antics in far left corner.
Colleagues – Blue Mountains. Mountains remain strong, Colleagues may still be a bit rusty with only a big loss to HH under their belt. Will see if the recruits for Colleagues can stand up to the power of Mountains.
Div 2
Petersham – St Pats. Petersham looking stronger this year, St Pats less so. Petersham to continue their run and St Pats looking down the barrel of Div 3.
Briars – Irish. Contest between a strong forward pack and an electric backline. Weather might determine this game. Briars to run down Irish with two tries late to win it.
UNSW – Forest. UNSW have been getting lucky so far this year winning by 50 points always comes down to luck. A strong team for the last few years, I can see them continuing this run.
Div 3
Beecroft – LCOI. Beecroft too strong in 1’s. Lock in a Beecroft Hills GF already.
Hornsby – Blacktown. Blacktown may wish they only went up to Div 5 or 4. A good team but not able to stay with these teams for the full 80 minutes. Hornsby to get the ball rolling for 2025
Hills – Knox. Hills don’t have depth, but they have a good 1’s team that never seem to age. Knox will match it in the forwards but be burnt out wide.
Div 4
Wakehurst – Balmain. Game of the round for Div 4. Wakehurst to take the chocolates at home after Balmain had a training run last week.
Mac Uni – Chatswood. Mac Uni only wanted to attack last week. A few ‘attempts’ at tackling seemed like Under 8’s stuff. Chatswood to win.
St Ives – Kings. St Ives to stay top of the table against a resurging Kings. St Ives appear to have some talent across the park.
And as Crusher would say - Who cares above Div 5 and 6
Div 1
HH – Waverley. Match of the round. Match of every division. Id imagine people will leave their own grounds to watch this one. HH have come out of the gates very strong. Both teams have very good talent across the park, taking the home side just because they are home.
Drummoyne – Mosman. Drummoyne appear to be missing some talent this year to keep up in Kentwell. Mosman appear to have gained some talent this year. Mosman have a lot of points in them and could reach near 50 in their backline is on.
Newport – Lindfield. Grudge match, expect a high level of ‘banter’ on the sidelines this week. Both sides can give it, but neither can take it. Id imagine a very sour losing side come 5pm on Saturday. Ive gone with the home side with the opposition getting caught up in the antics in far left corner.
Colleagues – Blue Mountains. Mountains remain strong, Colleagues may still be a bit rusty with only a big loss to HH under their belt. Will see if the recruits for Colleagues can stand up to the power of Mountains.
Div 2
Petersham – St Pats. Petersham looking stronger this year, St Pats less so. Petersham to continue their run and St Pats looking down the barrel of Div 3.
Briars – Irish. Contest between a strong forward pack and an electric backline. Weather might determine this game. Briars to run down Irish with two tries late to win it.
UNSW – Forest. UNSW have been getting lucky so far this year winning by 50 points always comes down to luck. A strong team for the last few years, I can see them continuing this run.
Div 3
Beecroft – LCOI. Beecroft too strong in 1’s. Lock in a Beecroft Hills GF already.
Hornsby – Blacktown. Blacktown may wish they only went up to Div 5 or 4. A good team but not able to stay with these teams for the full 80 minutes. Hornsby to get the ball rolling for 2025
Hills – Knox. Hills don’t have depth, but they have a good 1’s team that never seem to age. Knox will match it in the forwards but be burnt out wide.
Div 4
Wakehurst – Balmain. Game of the round for Div 4. Wakehurst to take the chocolates at home after Balmain had a training run last week.
Mac Uni – Chatswood. Mac Uni only wanted to attack last week. A few ‘attempts’ at tackling seemed like Under 8’s stuff. Chatswood to win.
St Ives – Kings. St Ives to stay top of the table against a resurging Kings. St Ives appear to have some talent across the park.
And as Crusher would say - Who cares above Div 5 and 6
Propsruntheworld
Stan Wickham (3)
Drummoyne to replace Eastwood in SS in 2026 after a failed move to castle hill forcing the club to implode and begin rebuild in subbiesland.
EddieJones1985
Frank Row (1)
Konnichiwa gents
Div two predictions
Petersham Vs Pats
Pats need this one badly but Petersham will get the job done here, setting up a big game next week vs Uni. Shammies 30-22
Briars Vs Irish
Irish coming off a big loss will be keen to get back in the winners circle, how much does a 50 point loss affect a team, we will soon find out. Briars in a close one 21-19
UNSW vs Forest
Forest should pose a challenge to the students this week, can they limit Unis attack, if they can it might be tighter than people predict. Uni will win, but forest will put up a strong fight. UNSW 21-14
Div two predictions
Petersham Vs Pats
Pats need this one badly but Petersham will get the job done here, setting up a big game next week vs Uni. Shammies 30-22
Briars Vs Irish
Irish coming off a big loss will be keen to get back in the winners circle, how much does a 50 point loss affect a team, we will soon find out. Briars in a close one 21-19
UNSW vs Forest
Forest should pose a challenge to the students this week, can they limit Unis attack, if they can it might be tighter than people predict. Uni will win, but forest will put up a strong fight. UNSW 21-14
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Well there are more clubs and more teams in Div 5 than Div 4, so I guess someone has to
Div 5 Tips
Maccabi v Hawkesbury Valley - HVRU to continue their unbeaten run on the back of their stalwarts. Maccabi are no mugs so it should be entertaining.
Renegades v Raptors - got 40+ available this week and didn't find a Halligan Cup game, so we'll have numbers at least. Raptors team sheets vary week to week so you never know quite how they're going to look. Backing the boys at home.
Harlequins v Epping - Quins travelled last week when they weren't expecting to, having had 2 weeks off. They'll be stronger at home and Epping will be a challenge. Falling off the fence onto the home side here.
Canterbury v Redfield - ROBRs have started the season on fire and are winning by an average of 16 points. A trip to Wills won't faze them.
Once again, 2 home, 2 away. We'll see I guess.
Footyhead67
Stan Wickham (3)
Looks like you just missed out Pfitzy. I see there's 6 Halligan Cup games this weekend. Haven't seen that many in a while. Good signs for the game???
Crashy
Alan Cameron (40)
how good seeing LCOI with a 3rds and Kings with a seconds. Will see some of these rebuilding clubs push for Div 2 next year.
Champagne Rugby
Peter Burge (5)
Depends what is deemed the priority of subbies - quantity or quality.
At the moment they would struggle against div 2 clubs across the grades.
I think iggies would probably benefit from at least another year in the division to build as the colts flow through which should improve the quality. If you rush them up to quickly and they lose badly it would affect their rebuild.
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Chris McKivat (8)
Does raise some questions around divisions decision at the start of the year. (Yes I know not all these players are available week 1).
-Maccabi playing a Halligans on the other side of Sydney whilst being in a merge arrangement with Convicts in a 2 team comp.
- Convicts doing the same
- Hills running out a 3rd grade whilst appearing dominant across the other divisions could have added a boost to the Div 2 numbers.
Whilst it’s great to see numbers increasing u can’t help pushing some of these sides up even if they couldn’t guarantee the full numbers every week to boost these Divisions with only 6 teams
crushermoran
Stan Wickham (3)
Mid Divisions predictions.
Predictions Div 3
Beecroft over Iggies - 50+ in all grades. Beecroft are a quality outfit.
Hornsby over Blacktown - This one will be close. Hornsby to win 39-33.
Hills over Knox - I expect a back and forth game but Hills to come home strong in the last 20 and win by 14.
Predictions Div 4
Wakehurst over Balmain - What a match this is. Wakehurst at home is a hard task for any club in subbies. Wakehurst by 7.
Chatswoover over Mac Uni - A hard year for the Beacons. Chatswood are better than their ladder position suggests.
St Ives over Kings - A deep deep roster with big numbers this week for both sides. We look forward to welcoming Barker to Hassall in 2s as well. St Ives by 3.
I have not followed the lower divisions as much but good luck to those clubs as well.
Predictions Div 3
Beecroft over Iggies - 50+ in all grades. Beecroft are a quality outfit.
Hornsby over Blacktown - This one will be close. Hornsby to win 39-33.
Hills over Knox - I expect a back and forth game but Hills to come home strong in the last 20 and win by 14.
Predictions Div 4
Wakehurst over Balmain - What a match this is. Wakehurst at home is a hard task for any club in subbies. Wakehurst by 7.
Chatswoover over Mac Uni - A hard year for the Beacons. Chatswood are better than their ladder position suggests.
St Ives over Kings - A deep deep roster with big numbers this week for both sides. We look forward to welcoming Barker to Hassall in 2s as well. St Ives by 3.
I have not followed the lower divisions as much but good luck to those clubs as well.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
I had Mosman 6s ready to go but they're playing their 5s at Hills at the same time, so they couldn't make the logistics work.
C'est la vie
Heavyd
Colin Windon (37)
Late mail
Div 1 tips
Newport vs Lindfield: if the weather holds this crowd could be anything. 99 Kentwell Cup reunion day means the boys will be pumped and though injury ravaged across the grades I’m going to tip them at home. The Breakers are the Waratahs, a tough assignment at home. Newport by 1
Colleagues vs Mountains: not sure what early season recruitment the yuppies have managed but can only see a Mountains victory here. Mountains by 13
Drummoyne vs Mosman: The Eastwood backline to cause havoc in this one with The Whales by 18.
Hunters vs Waverley: let’s hope for the good of the comp they bash each other into submission. HH flying high and will be just strong enough to snatch a home victory by 3.
Go the Waratahs!
Div 1 tips
Newport vs Lindfield: if the weather holds this crowd could be anything. 99 Kentwell Cup reunion day means the boys will be pumped and though injury ravaged across the grades I’m going to tip them at home. The Breakers are the Waratahs, a tough assignment at home. Newport by 1
Colleagues vs Mountains: not sure what early season recruitment the yuppies have managed but can only see a Mountains victory here. Mountains by 13
Drummoyne vs Mosman: The Eastwood backline to cause havoc in this one with The Whales by 18.
Hunters vs Waverley: let’s hope for the good of the comp they bash each other into submission. HH flying high and will be just strong enough to snatch a home victory by 3.
Go the Waratahs!
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Never Was Been
Stan Wickham (3)
Never heard of a 26 year reunion
Heavyd
Colin Windon (37)
Any excuse to get on the cans
MasterSergeant
Bob McCowan (2)
You might have just put the mocker on the Tahs!!!