Words: MARK CASHMAN

We’re into Round Five of the Shute Shield and as always the phone has been ringing hot with all the news and views from the greatest club competition in Australia. Here’s what we are hearing:

Great chat on the Shute Cast podcast from Western Sydney Two Blues boss CRAIG MORGAN about the realities of running a Shute Shield club in Sydney’s west.

Bottom line is it’s not easy to pull together a competitive first grade side in Sydney when the realities of earning a buck to provide for the family are the priority.

Work always must take precedence, Morgan explained in his chat with ANTHONY BERGELIN, and that has an effect.