Aussie Community Rugby
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Community Rugby:
i said the right body shape. England's huge soccer playing population isn't going to have the same rugby pool.
Australia has heaps of islanders, and lots of tall white dudes. Oh and fast as indigenous blokes too.
i get it, does league have any presense in south africa? dont think so, so doesnt feel like there is direct drain on the "rugby body type" or those that want to play an impact physical sport
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
A club I AR'd a few weeks back were total fluffybunnies against our guys, but besides a bit of shit directed at me at the end of the match, it was all onfield so I didn't hear it and couldn't report it. That plus the cannanball tackles at knees, swinging arms, shoulder charges.
So that club of fluffybunnies we played in R7 are going to be at our place Saturday for R14. We've missed finals so we're just looking forward to cracking on with a couple of games and getting back to the pub.
However, I saw the ref had been booked for both grades, so I volunteered (foolishly?) to referee 2nd Grade - who are the genuine problem children of that particular club.
Anyway I was just speaking to someone on the Board who said they might re-jig all that to bring a solid group of refs out to make sure they're on their best behaviour. We shall see
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Anthony Griffin who used to coach Penrith, Broncos and St George has been named as the Eastwood Shute Shield coach for next year.
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@MacDazzler said in Aussie Community Rugby:
Anthony Griffin who used to coach Penrith, Broncos and St George has been named as the Eastwood Shute Shield coach for next year.
He was already Director of Rugby at the Woods, so putting an extra hat on there.
Of course the rumour mill says "everyone" is "appalled" that the existing coach (Dave Telfer) was sacked, particularly as he was Colts Coordinator for a period as well.
And then the rumour mill turned at the start of the year, saying Telfer was a divisive figure and caused players to leave.
It is way too much intrigue for what is cowshed footy.
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
Anyway I was just speaking to someone on the Board who said they might re-jig all that to bring a solid group of refs out to make sure they're on their best behaviour. We shall see
Lot of games rained out across Sydney so we ended up getting a ref for both games.
They issue: they just weren't harsh enough. Multiple opportunities for more yellow cards which would have escalated to red fairly quickly and the refs fluffed it. I tried reporting a high tackle in first grade but the ref didn't want to know.
However, the union officials who were there saw enough to give them a whole bunch of shit to answer for, and I'm going to cite some of their blokes anyway
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yay for having 5 teams playing finals this weekend
boooo for having to work out eligability for 5 different grades (6 if you include colts who arenty playing finals but theur games count)
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
yay for having 5 teams playing finals this weekend
Congratulations!
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boooo for having to work out eligability for 5 different grades (6 if you include colts who arenty playing finals but theur games count)
Renegades Club President and I (Secretary) when it became clear we were missing finals this year.
The worst is when your 2nd Grade make it and your 1st Grade doesn't and you're scrambling because guys played 2 games most weeks
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
boooo for having to work out eligability for 5 different grades (6 if you include colts who arenty playing finals but theur games count)
Renegades Club President and I (Secretary) when it became clear we were missing finals this year.
The worst is when your 2nd Grade make it and your 1st Grade doesn't and you're scrambling because guys played 2 games most weeks
yeah we have somethign called the selection integraty rule where even if someone has qualified for 1st grade....if they were starting 2nd they can still be selected...we cant just flood the 2's bench with guys that only played 1st grade
but its annoyingly complicated, plus lodging injury/berievment exemptions
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@Kiwiwomble yeah it can be a pain.
In Subbies here we've got "Open Selection" which means if you have consecutive grades playing on the same day, you can pick who you want between those two grades - or more grades if you have them. Of course Colts is different but they are qualified Third Grade if NOT playing Colts.
Must be registered by Round 11 (of 14)
Must have played 2 separate rounds (i.e. can't qualify playing 2 games on one weekend)After that: your last 7 games.
If you start 2s and back up for 1s for 4 weeks, only the 2nd Grade games count etc.
If you bench both, only the 1st Grade games count.All sorts of exceptions e.g. if you played two-thirds of the year in a given grade you can get dispensation (maybe the starting hooker was injured and so on)
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
@Kiwiwomble yeah it can be a pain.
In Subbies here we've got "Open Selection" which means if you have consecutive grades playing on the same day, you can pick who you want between those two grades - or more grades if you have them. Of course Colts is different but they are qualified Third Grade if NOT playing Colts.
Must be registered by Round 11 (of 14)
Must have played 2 separate rounds (i.e. can't qualify playing 2 games on one weekend)After that: your last 7 games.
If you start 2s and back up for 1s for 4 weeks, only the 2nd Grade games count etc.
If you bench both, only the 1st Grade games count.All sorts of exceptions e.g. if you played two-thirds of the year in a given grade you can get dispensation (maybe the starting hooker was injured and so on)
sounds very similar....and complicated
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@NTA yeah, im stretching it a little as the women are obviously seperate
but had a lot of learning, Colts are considered the same level as 2's for example...but when the colts season finished we started filtering most colts through 4's and 3's....but now most are locked out of those grades as they all had +8 games at a "higher" level
