Aussie Community Rugby
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@NTA It's also in Hospital Cup in Qld to I think. Mate from there was the one who explained it to me. Seems reasonable system and not sure how Easts can claim they made mistakes etc.
Just a thing of mine with some clubs seem to be able to bend/break rules and get away with it.
Something my club in Brisabne had to fight all the time not being a prem club, but not a Subbies, we actually played in Senior first down (to prevent us becoming a prem club) because of some dodgy rules up theer a few years back and were always copping shit like this. -
....Nemani Nadolo is on the bench for our opposition tomorrow, all reports are he's put on a few pounds since his prime....but not sure id want to be tackling him
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
....Nemani Nadolo is on the bench for our opposition tomorrow, all reports are he's put on a few pounds since his prime....but not sure id want to be tackling him
I'd love to be tackling him. Great story to tell your mates... if you survive.
Even if he goes over you like Lomu did to Mike Catt, still something to remember!
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...if you remember any of it
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i'll show the boys any match footage
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I remember when Ryan Cross was playing for Balmain in Sydney subbies. Poor bloke was targetted pretty hard. Everyone wanted to say they put a shot on a Wallaby. But he took it well.
On that note one of my high/low career moments was sustaining a bad ankle injury when I was poleaxed by Hugh Pyle. No idea what he was doing playing subbies colts, he was playing for the Rebels within a year!
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I remember when Ryan Cross was playing for Balmain in Sydney subbies. Poor bloke was targetted pretty hard. Everyone wanted to say they put a shot on a Wallaby. But he took it well.
On that note one of my high/low career moments was sustaining a bad ankle injury when I was poleaxed by Hugh Pyle. No idea what he was doing playing subbies colts, he was playing for the Rebels within a year!
@barbarian my brother claim to fame was a try saving tackle on Byron Kelleher (little bit smaller than Nadolo), went to school with Sir Richie but dont think ever played against him
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@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
@Dan54 allowable points of players? like too many players on the bench or something
"and now we turn to our local NSW club football correspondent @NTA....."
This is purely a Premier Rugby thing here in Sydney as far as I can tell.
Players are given a points value depending on things like whether they're a test or pro player etc. You get discounts if you're a local junior and such.
The idea is like a salary cap - even playing field. Sample sheet:
https://nswpremresults.fusesport.com/game.asp?gameid=269600&compid=1556373&seasonid=1195
@NTA
The Aussie Super Rugby teams should do something like this for the players with ARU contracts. Spread the top talent around. The NZ AB contracted players seem to spread out naturally around the NZ Super franchises. Doesn't happen in Oz.Maybe one of the reasons the Brumbies are so good is they get the Waratah cast offs. Chip on the shoulder castoffs.
Reds have enough talent on their own to be competitive.
Waraths are just fat and lazy.
Rebels did get competitive, but had to pay for it. And we've seen what happened there.
Force will have to pay a big premium to get Wallaby contracted players. But would go the same way as the the Rebs real quick if they did.
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@NTA
The Aussie Super Rugby teams should do something like this for the players with ARU contracts. Spread the top talent around. The NZ AB contracted players seem to spread out naturally around the NZ Super franchises. Doesn't happen in Oz.Maybe one of the reasons the Brumbies are so good is they get the Waratah cast offs. Chip on the shoulder castoffs.
Reds have enough talent on their own to be competitive.
Waraths are just fat and lazy.
Rebels did get competitive, but had to pay for it. And we've seen what happened there.
Force will have to pay a big premium to get Wallaby contracted players. But would go the same way as the the Rebs real quick if they did.
@mohikamo said in Aussie Community Rugby:
Waraths are just fat and lazy.
Back office is definitely a basket case in terms of identifying and retaining talent.
I like your plan to spread talent around, but the problem is club rugby doesn't give a fuck what NSW Rugby says, and never has.
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
It was a bad day. Fml
What’s gone down mate?!
Side point…nadolo went down like a sack of spuds…a huge sack of spuds
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@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:
It was a bad day. Fml
What’s gone down mate?!
Side point…nadolo went down like a sack of spuds…a huge sack of spuds
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
What’s gone down mate?!
The fact I posted Tahs news here. Wasn't paying attention.
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Job done as far as my club goals for the year with the club.
Last year as the Divisional Board Rep, I argued for a Top 6 as we were in a 10-club Division.
This year it was back to 8 clubs so only top 4, but we made it - 3rd in First Grade and 4th in Second Grade. TBH the comp was a bit weaker this year, but frustratingly the players we possessed, we should have been 1st in both Grades. It is no stretch to say we have the depth and talent to field 2 sides who would be good enough play each other in the Grand Final.
Weirdly, we lost both our games to Chatswood in high-scoring affairs. We simply didn't get the numbers there on the day or certain players turned up late and stifled our early momentum. Not sure how to address that, because Saturday work is a fact of life for some guys.
Finals this week coincide with Wallabies v Boks but not much we can do about that now. Just have to go with the replay.
First Grade table: https://rugbyresults.fusesport.com/ladder.asp?id=1556502&seasonid=1178
Second Grade table: https://rugbyresults.fusesport.com/ladder.asp?id=1592547&seasonid=1178
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From here it is do-or-die.
First Grade play Wakehurst on Saturday, who we beat convincingly both times during the year. We've got everyone back by the looks of things so expecting a win.
Second Grade take on Hornsby who we haven't beaten - Round 1 we had 12 guys on the park and lost 18-19, and then in Round 8 at their place we were 14 guys and a complete shemozzle, losing 45-0.
However we've got a lot of guys suddenly available now it's finals time
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From here it is do-or-die.
First Grade play Wakehurst on Saturday, who we beat convincingly both times during the year. We've got everyone back by the looks of things so expecting a win.
Second Grade take on Hornsby who we haven't beaten - Round 1 we had 12 guys on the park and lost 18-19, and then in Round 8 at their place we were 14 guys and a complete shemozzle, losing 45-0.
However we've got a lot of guys suddenly available now it's finals time
so expecting us to get up there as well.@NTA good luck
what are your rules for qualifying players to pay finals? we're doing the math currently but have had reasonably settled squads so think we'll be ok
prelim finals for us in three grade this sat
3rd grade finish minor prems with a week to spare, 1st and 2nd grade lost over the weekend to quins who were in second....so they overtook us to take the minor prem. the luck of the draw is we now play them again at the same ground this sat as 1st plays 2nd
big mental game this week to play the same teams on the same ground a week later but we should know what we need to do to beat them now
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@NTA good luck
what are your rules for qualifying players to pay finals? we're doing the math currently but have had reasonably settled squads so think we'll be ok
prelim finals for us in three grade this sat
3rd grade finish minor prems with a week to spare, 1st and 2nd grade lost over the weekend to quins who were in second....so they overtook us to take the minor prem. the luck of the draw is we now play them again at the same ground this sat as 1st plays 2nd
big mental game this week to play the same teams on the same ground a week later but we should know what we need to do to beat them now
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Community Rugby:
what are your rules for qualifying players to pay finals? we're doing the math currently but have had reasonably settled squads so think we'll be ok
- Must register on or prior to 4th last Round i.e. Round 11 (July 6 this year).
- Must play in 2 separate competition rounds - had a couple of guys who didn't meet this criteria due to 2nd Grade forfeits, so asked for dispensation.
Our squads are in no way settled in terms of consistency, but when your First Grade has the starting THP and Fullback for the RAAF in your team, as well as an ex-Shute Shield lock and a WA Junior rep flanker, it isn't hard to just let them do their thing.
