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Bob McCowan (2)
Looks like Hornsby is playing Knox in 2nd Grade tonight - at 8pm (at Mark Taylor Oval). The winner to play the undefeated Hills in the knockout Semi Final this Saturday (with only a day’s recovery!)
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Pfitzy
Phil Waugh (73)
No fitness like match fitness
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Alfred Walker (16)
To be fair they did try and reschedule last week during the big wet. Only issue being they picked the wettest fay of the week
Pfitzy
Phil Waugh (73)
Knox take it 29-24 and get ahead on the table by a single point!
From the scoresheet in Fuse it looks like Hornsby got out to 21-zip before Knox came back with 4 tries and a conversion to make it 22-21.
Hornsby went for the penalty goal but Knox scored a 5th try to seal it. Three yellow cards to Hornsby can't have helped.
Knox get to face off against Hills on Saturday. eesh...
From the scoresheet in Fuse it looks like Hornsby got out to 21-zip before Knox came back with 4 tries and a conversion to make it 22-21.
Hornsby went for the penalty goal but Knox scored a 5th try to seal it. Three yellow cards to Hornsby can't have helped.
Knox get to face off against Hills on Saturday. eesh...
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Alfred Walker (16)
A win in colts won’t be enough to save Newport to jump Lindfield. They’ll have to be hoping to pick up some other wins or a bonus point or two.
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Fred Wood (13)
Woollahra #2 on Ladies Day v Colleagues might be the worst possible fixture for a club trying to avoid the wooden spoon!
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Alfred Walker (16)
Or the best….
Talking tough schedules for finals. Pats have 3 teams at 3 venues all kicking off between 10-11:30.
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Fred Wood (13)
Having been on the end of a Colleagues Ladies Day hiding many moons ago I know exactly what you mean! Always a great day and VERY well attended
Heavyd
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Newport have been on the road since 12th of July with two home games shipped to Boronia and the furthest away point in metro Sydney from Newport, Malabar.
it’s going to be tough going to rally the troops for yet another 1.5hr away game. Let’s see how we go.
Newport colts are good, having claimed the Minor Premiership already. They will be tough. The Breakers women are already in the Grand final and await their opponent from tomorrows St Pats vs UNSW pre lim.
Crashy
Desmond Connor (43)
likewise - mon dieu les filles.....Having been on the end of a Colleagues Ladies Day hiding many moons ago I know exactly what you mean! Always a great day and VERY well attended
Champagne Rugby
Allen Oxlade (6)
Div 3 Semi Final Predictions
1st Grade:
Beecroft v Knox: Knox's strength is their forwards Beecroft's is their backs, the contrasts makes for an interesting clash. The Beecroft pack however is ultimately still serviceable and the Beecroft loose forwards are particularly strong at linking with their quick backs which should see them put on enough points to beat Knox by 12.
Hills v Hornsby: Hornsby have rapidly improved throughout the year led by their 10s boot behind a good pack with a dominant set piece. Similar to the above game Hills will have an advantage in the backs and will be supported by strong jackalers which should counter the strong set piece of Hills. Hills by 10.
2nd Grade
Hills v Knox: Full credit to Knox for playing yesterday to qualify, unfortunately they are coming up against an undefeated Hills who will mkae easy work of them. Hills by 20.
Blacktown v LCOI: If Blacktown have most of the players qualified (alot of them played 2 games each week), I think there size with reserves will be too much for LCOI who will need to combat a big physical team if they want to win. Blacktown by 5.
Colts:
Knox v Beecroft: Knox have connivingly beat Beecroft three times this year who only just snuck into the finals. Knox by 21.
LCOI v BOBS: At their best Barker can win this, but I think Iggies will be to strong. Iggies by 9.
Tipping the higher ranked team to win every game, so I suspect ill be wrong at least once because finals footy always does result in an upset or 2.
1st Grade:
Beecroft v Knox: Knox's strength is their forwards Beecroft's is their backs, the contrasts makes for an interesting clash. The Beecroft pack however is ultimately still serviceable and the Beecroft loose forwards are particularly strong at linking with their quick backs which should see them put on enough points to beat Knox by 12.
Hills v Hornsby: Hornsby have rapidly improved throughout the year led by their 10s boot behind a good pack with a dominant set piece. Similar to the above game Hills will have an advantage in the backs and will be supported by strong jackalers which should counter the strong set piece of Hills. Hills by 10.
2nd Grade
Hills v Knox: Full credit to Knox for playing yesterday to qualify, unfortunately they are coming up against an undefeated Hills who will mkae easy work of them. Hills by 20.
Blacktown v LCOI: If Blacktown have most of the players qualified (alot of them played 2 games each week), I think there size with reserves will be too much for LCOI who will need to combat a big physical team if they want to win. Blacktown by 5.
Colts:
Knox v Beecroft: Knox have connivingly beat Beecroft three times this year who only just snuck into the finals. Knox by 21.
LCOI v BOBS: At their best Barker can win this, but I think Iggies will be to strong. Iggies by 9.
Tipping the higher ranked team to win every game, so I suspect ill be wrong at least once because finals footy always does result in an upset or 2.
Pfitzy
Phil Waugh (73)
Youngseward
Frank Row (1)
It was quite conniving to beat them three times when the third game Knox forfeited…A bit of conspiracy there?
Champagne Rugby
Allen Oxlade (6)
Haha fact checked, beat them two times forfeited the other.A bit of conspiracy there?
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Alfred Walker (16)
With a demand on grounds come finals and refs in ever decreasing numbers. Is there interest to see some of the games played later in the day or on different days??
Understand that people have other commitments and families but if you made people aware of the dates from the start of the year they could plan for it.
Playing a lower division on a Friday night would free up some fields or some grades of the higher divisions would mean they dont need to kick off at 9am to fit all the games in.
Oe maybe a Sunday?
Understand that people have other commitments and families but if you made people aware of the dates from the start of the year they could plan for it.
Playing a lower division on a Friday night would free up some fields or some grades of the higher divisions would mean they dont need to kick off at 9am to fit all the games in.
Oe maybe a Sunday?
Pfitzy
Phil Waugh (73)
Sunday desperately unpopular with the many church going rugby crew.
I agree that we need to look at night time fixtures - and we need to recruit more referees!
The ground situation is a lot harder to solve.
Playing a lower division on a Friday night? What about lower grades and/or Colts in a Friday night for higher divisions?
I agree that we need to look at night time fixtures - and we need to recruit more referees!
The ground situation is a lot harder to solve.
Playing a lower division on a Friday night? What about lower grades and/or Colts in a Friday night for higher divisions?
Odyssey_Park the 2nd
Alfred Walker (16)
I was leaning towards the lower divisions as it allows a division/club to done on the one day rather than adding additional days for club volunteers.
A club like UNSW would have to play Friday/ Saturday while Redfield could be done on the one night.
Though spreading the lower grades across Friday night’s during the season might appeal to those guys who can’t play Saturday mornings cause of work/kids sports.
Pfitzy
Phil Waugh (73)