Aussie Community Rugby
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62 registered with another 3-5 on the way.
45 are confirmed or maybe for the weekend.
32 at training with half a dozen giving apologies.
.... the problem?
2 grades to fit them all in. It is, quite frankly, a weird place to be given the last 8 years of constant struggle.@NTA thats a good problem to have
when we got our unexpected influx last year we had to work very hard to keep them around, get the to buy into the being part of the club doesn't mean playing every week, still come down, cheer on the others, have some beers, have some fun
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Agree it is a good problem to have. And my advice to the more husky lads is to develop a love for playing prop or hooker! Never short of game time there.
We can organise a game for a third grade but not every opponent is accommodating as to time and place, as they might be in another division and have constraints. Also the clubs who are fuckwits and just want to bash guys.
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Second Grade were well in the game on Saturday, then decided to stop tackling and lost 45-24.
First Grade got towelled up 45-0 due to the opposition having what one of them called their best game of the season so far (Round 5).
Still, nothing like dicking them in the scrum:
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Clean sweep for us although that included the women and colts being defaulted against and the 4's having a bye
bit of a debate going on in Melbourne as 2-3 clubs have defaulted their 3 teams a couple of times already this season due to low numbers, one of the other clubs president has/is going to write to RV to ask them to be relegated and the draw redone, i get it as those of us with good numbers have guys that have paid $400 to register and not playing much
its a weird position as im almost having to tell new people that come in if they try one of the other clubs they play ta a higher level.
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I thought with just over 60 on the books we'd have to start finding third grade games, but guys keep piking out.
Soft.
@NTA somehow our 4's coach can complain about having too many people to wrangle....but not having enough to fill his bench in the same message
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Also has to deal with Participation Generation - all these guys who want exactly the right amount of minutes on the day they want, even if they don't train as hard as a guy with less talent than them
@NTA we have more than one of our premiership winners from last year rocking up well into the season...and theyre saying the right thing....but you know theyre going to think twice if we make the play up through the grades...but we've had new guys who signed up in Jan and have shown commitment since then who i would not want to drop if it wasn't earnt
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A local club in a division just above us is in deep shit - during a 53-0 flogging as the home side, they conceded two red cards and 3 yellow cards and were accused of eye gouging and various other crimes.
The ref, who I know to be a solid operator, threatened to call the game off if behaviour didn't improve, but it was line ball pretty much after that.
Doesn't help that the away team are known to have a feral sideline; the ref at one point called the away Skipper over and asked him to address his supporters.
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A local club in a division just above us is in deep shit - during a 53-0 flogging as the home side, they conceded two red cards and 3 yellow cards and were accused of eye gouging and various other crimes.
The ref, who I know to be a solid operator, threatened to call the game off if behaviour didn't improve, but it was line ball pretty much after that.
Doesn't help that the away team are known to have a feral sideline; the ref at one point called the away Skipper over and asked him to address his supporters.
There's potential upside for us; I've been wondering how to approach some of the players at the home side as the y're just up the road.
Most of the players, some of whom are ex-Renegades, can go and get fucked, but there are a couple of tight forwards I'd be keen to see in our colours
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the old story "registrations are closed.....tight forwards always welcome", i know it well
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the old story "registrations are closed.....tight forwards always welcome", i know it well
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
the old story "registrations are closed.....tight forwards always welcome", i know it well
Born this century and play front row...
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funny but not uncommon story from the weekend, big injury toll currently and a few people away so even with 160 registered players we were very light in 3's and 4's....put out a call to old players, guys that couldn't commit to the whole season or whatever, cue messages from guys that have played on and off for maybe a decade...."can i buy socks?"....."how do you register?"...."where is "X" club again?"..."whats time do the 3s play again?"......the fact the answer to the last three questions hasn't changed in more than a decade....and yet they still have to ask....might explain why they've lost their socks!
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
the old story "registrations are closed.....tight forwards always welcome", i know it well
Born this century and play front row...
@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
the old story "registrations are closed.....tight forwards always welcome", i know it well
Born this century and play front row...
*perfect
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funny but not uncommon story from the weekend, big injury toll currently and a few people away so even with 160 registered players we were very light in 3's and 4's....put out a call to old players, guys that couldn't commit to the whole season or whatever, cue messages from guys that have played on and off for maybe a decade...."can i buy socks?"....."how do you register?"...."where is "X" club again?"..."whats time do the 3s play again?"......the fact the answer to the last three questions hasn't changed in more than a decade....and yet they still have to ask....might explain why they've lost their socks!
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
funny but not uncommon story from the weekend, big injury toll currently and a few people away so even with 160 registered players we were very light in 3's and 4's....put out a call to old players, guys that couldn't commit to the whole season or whatever, cue messages from guys that have played on and off for maybe a decade...."can i buy socks?"....."how do you register?"...."where is "X" club again?"..."whats time do the 3s play again?"......the fact the answer to the last three questions hasn't changed in more than a decade....and yet they still have to ask....might explain why they've lost their socks!
We had a guy we called Master of (Sock) Puppets because he must have had a fucking collection of close to 20. Most of the Islanders didn't get the Metallica reference.
I realise rugby isn't top of mind for a lot of these guys, but I do wonder how they stumble through life.
And it gives me confidence I could quit my job and things would just work out.
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i know right!
it also annoys me when they want socks...dont want to pay so you find an old pair...then they cut the foot off them...and then leave them in the changing room...just dont bother!....you're also playing 3's so i dont really care if your wearing the right socks
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Very much fucked off with Parra Eels right now.
I helped arrange the final of a local schools comp for their flashy new field. Even had to move it a week to get availability - right up against school holidays. These are Opens XVs (school leavers in some cases) so need to run it this term before they start HSC.
Everything was fine until a phone call this morning. They're apparently moving their reserve grade women's TRIAL FUCKING MATCH to the venue the same night.
Get.
Fucked.
The schools comp director is not pleased and now I feel like a total fucking idiot.
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Second Grade had a big win on the weekend against Sydney Convicts - the gay and inclusive team.
First Grade .... was weird... For starters, we got one penalty in the 2nd minute of the game.
That was it.
The whole game.Final penalty count I have as 15-1 against after reviewing the video, and a bunch of non-decisions that hurt us as well.
Then there are the cards...
Our 2 grades had a Yellow Card each going into Saturday for tackling - that's 14 games including some blowouts against us and some wins for us.
We had one yellow card in the 2nd Grade game on Saturday for a thumping tackle that I thought was marginal. The guy who got it already laid out 2 guys by reading their attack easily.
And then in the space of about 20 minutes in First Grade, just after halftime, we suddenly had 2 more YC and a RC.
So we've gone from 3 yellow cards over 15 games to suddenly 5 YC + 1 RC in 16.
TBH I'm still scratching my head at the refereeing decisions. I went back through the video as objectively as I could and some of them still don't make sense in terms of consistency.
