18 Aug Easts, Rats & Norths flex muscle as Woodies survive and qualify for Saturday’s Shute Shield prelims
Week one of the 2025 finals series saw Eastern Suburbs finish with a huge second half to put an end to Randwick’s season, while Norths...
15 Aug Randwick’s brothers in arms team up to tackle rivals Easts in battle for Shute Shield survival
Posted at 09:51h
in NSW
By Jonathan B Geddes THEY are the brothers who will be “centres of attention” for Randwick in Saturday’s do or die semi-final against minor premiers Eastern...
15 Aug Craig confident Easts have learnt from loss and can beat Brothers in major semi-final
Posted at 08:49h
in QLD
Craig “confident” ahead of Brothers major semi-final clash Easts head coach Simon Craig says his side took away invaluable lessons from their last clash with Brothers...
14 Aug Heenan: Why Bond can win the Hospital Cup and why each of our rivals are dangerous
Posted at 14:23h
in QLD
After 18 rounds of Hospital Cup regular season action, the finals are here, with the top four sides – Brothers, Easts, Wests and Bond –...
11 Aug Norths 35-year old rugby warriors makes stunning comeback – after getting his girlfriend’s blessing
By Jonathan B Geddes WHEN Northern Suburbs coach Zak Beer sent an SOS for Gary Bautz to come out of retirement as the club battled a...
08 Aug How the Wallabies are inspiring Gordon as they plot ‘great escape’ to beat Easts and make the finals
By Jonathan B Geddes GORDON have borrowed the successful Wallabies’ playbook from their memorable third Test victory over the Lions for Saturday’s do or die clash with...
07 Aug Top two finish on the line for Easts in banana-skin final round game against Jeeps
Posted at 15:44h
in QLD
Easts head coach Simon Craig says his side is ready for a crucial final-round fixture against GPS this weekend, with the result set to determine...
07 Aug Hospital Cup: Final Round Hypotheticals
Wests, Brothers, Easts and Bond are all set to contest the 2025 Hospital Cup finals series, but there’s still plenty riding on Saturday’s final round...
05 Aug Shute Shield finals race tightens after wet and wild round 17
Posted at 09:46h
in NRC
Wild weather all week threatened to wash out rugby across Sydney, but the Shute Shield still turned it on in round 17. Randwick held onto their...
05 Aug Former NRL coach Anthony Griffin appointed new Eastwood coach
Posted at 09:09h
in NSW
By Jonathan B Geddes EASTWOOD has shaken up the Shute Shield by appointing former NRL coach Anthony Griffin as their new head coach for 2026. The former...