BY MARK CASHMAN

Around The Traps is hearing that the seemingly endless player points scandal that has enveloped the Shute Shield is not only causing angst at Beasties HQ at Woollahra Oval.

Some Shute Shield clubs have got their noses out of joint and chose not to make formal submissions to the independent enquiry being conducted externally of the SRU.

All submissions needed to be with SRU general manager Peter Watkins by close of business on Thursday.

These will then be provided to the Eastern Suburbs club on Friday.

The Beasties will then have the weekend to work their way through the other club’s views and make any other points.

From there all information will be provided to an independent review - run by Senior Counsel at a Sydney law firm - who will have from Tuesday to Thursday next week to decide where the whole matter is heading.

Next Friday, August 9, the independent review’s decision will then be communicated to the premiership clubs ahead of round 18.

It’s quite a process but one that had to be made for the integrity of the Shute Shield to be maintained.

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The Cale family will have their hands full over the next couple of weeks following the exploits of their talented brood in a number of times zones.

Charlie of course made his mark as Wallaby No.976 with Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies squad through the July internationals against Wales and Georgia.

But he’s not the only Cale in the spotlight with older brother Jack in the air at the moment and on his way to South Africa to take on the world in Sevens and Tens with the Australian Deaf team.