05 Oct 2022 Shute Shield Season Review: Northern Suburbs
Northern Suburbs were the form team of the competition for the majority of 2022 but fell short against neighbours and rivals Gordon in this year’s...
04 Oct 2022 Shute Shield Season Review: West Harbour
After a slow start to the season, West Harbour dropped just one of their final five matches in 2022 and played the type of rugby...
29 Sep The incredible survival story of Wallaby and war hero Cecil Ramalli
There’s been no shortage of tough, resilient scrum-halves to have graced Sydney’s many rugby pitches over the years but, arguably, the toughest and most resilient...
29 Sep How three public school boys changed Australian rugby forever
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By Norm Tasker By the middle 1970s, the schoolboy production line available to the game, especially to the Sydney clubs, was an absolute goldmine. The Waratah Shield...
29 Sep Willie O leads Manly Marlins to 1997 Shute Shield title
By Jon Geddes The presence of one of international rugby’s most devastating forwards proved instrumental in Manly’s 1997 victorious Shute Shield campaign. Amazingly, the legendary Willie Ofahengaue...
29 Sep Ben Volavola sinks the Students from the sideline in 2014 finals thriller
Southern Districts’ search for a maiden Shute Shield title has been filled with heartbreak. The club, which formed in 1989 following the merger of Port Hacking...
29 Sep The last time Gordon played God Save the Queen at Chatswood Oval
By Norm Tasker The 1950s was still the era of Empire, when kids sang Rule Britannia on Empire Day, we all had bonfires on Empire Night,...
29 Sep Eight Australian Schools & U18s players to watch
The 2022 Australian Schools & U18s squad was selected earlier this week following a series of games between the state based academy sides, all broadcast...
27 Sep How mental fortitude brought an end to the longest premiership drought in Queensland rugby
By Liam Cook The 2021 season ended in heartbreak for Wests. A last-minute Jason Hofmeyr conversion evaporated the Bulldog’s hopes of finally returning to a Grand Final...
20 Sep NSW Waratahs U18s v Melbourne Rebels U18s: Standout Performers
NSW U18s showed their class in an impressive 53-19 victory over Melbourne Rebels U18s in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. The young Waratahs will play Queensland U18s...