16 Jan Blake impressed with quality of players at West Harbour ahead of 2025 season
Veteran Shute Shield coach Phil Blake is keen for a fresh start at West Harbour in 2025 and seems confident the club is on the...
13 Jan How to eat like a professional rugby player
Since rugby turned professional in 1995, the size and strength of a rugby player has played an increasingly important role in an individuals development and...
13 Jan The Death Star is coming: Louden confident Uni will threaten now and in years ahead
After missing the playoffs for the second successive season, returning Sydney Uni coach Todd Louden is confident his young side and a few older recruits...
10 Jan Ken Catchpole Medal: Past Winners 1981-2024
The Ken Catchpole Medal has been awarded to the Shute Shield's most valuable player each year since 1981. Former Wallaby and Eastwood forward (and new Southern...
10 Jan In Good Times & In Bad: “Muncher” Garlick reflects on 50 plus years of Two Blues rugby
By Matt Findlay A fair bit happened in 1969. Woodstock transformed live music forever, the Boeing 747 took flight for the first time and Dennis ‘Muncher’ Garlick played...
09 Jan Batger thinks Beasties will face tougher challenge again in 2025
Eastern Suburbs coach Ben Batger believes his team faces an even tougher challenge in 2025 than they did last season, when the newly recruited coach...
07 Jan Consistent Shoremen help Jude Gibbs and Ed Timpson push on to next level
Gun flyhalf Jude Gibbs and breakout backrower Ed Timpson are expected to miss the majority of Northern Suburbs’ 2025 Shute Shield campaign. But most fans at...
19 Dec Young Woods’ to drive Eastwood up the Shute Shield ladder ahead of TG Millner swan song
On the back of a successful colts tour to South Africa, Eastwood are looking towards the young players at their club to push the Woodies...
13 Dec How you and your kids can learn from Australian rugby’s best coaches this summer
It’s the same program, with the same top quality coaches and the same incredible strike rate of helping over 25% of participants play at a...
05 Dec Coleman focussed on developing next generation of Wildfires in Newcastle
He’s coached at just about every Shute Shield club in Sydney over the past two decades, but dual-premiership winning mentor Darren Coleman said his role...