19 Jul Around the Traps: Farewell ‘Splinters’, Sydney club rugby’s greatest orator
By Mark Cashman If you were around the Shute Shield in the late 1970s and early 1980s you’d have laughed along with Northern Suburbs lower grade...
19 Jul The Shute Shield coaches who guided Georgia to a RWC … and got sacked!
By Jon Geddes NOTHING could prepare Australian coaches Tim Lane and Damien Cummins for their extraordinary time in charge of the Georgian national rugby team. The language...
17 Jul Scots’ No.8 Toby Brial eager to follow in father and brother’s footsteps
Long touted as one of Australian rugby’s best young prospects, Scots No.8 Toby Brial didn’t have to travel far to join the the Australian U18s...
17 Jul Riverview’s Angus Grover hoping to cap debut GPS season with Australian U18s spot
It’s been a big few months for Riverview No.9 Angus Grover. Still in year 11, the Lindfield and Gordon junior trained his way in to the...
15 Jul Souths stun Marlins & Easts hold off Gordon as ’23 grand finalists push up ladder
By Mark Cashman and Malcolm Chuck A week after getting trounced by Sydney Uni, Southern Districts stunned an in-form and finals bound Manly Marlins outfit at...
15 Jul Norths’ solo man Ed Timpson has a thirst for scoring tries
By Jon Geddes and Clay Cross NORTHERN Suburbs backrower Ed Timpson again stamped himself as one of Shute Shield’s brightest new faces following a spectacular solo try in...
12 Jul Around the Traps: How Barry Want plucked a future Wallabies captain from second division
By Mark Cashman Sad to hear that one of the real lifters in our game Barry Want passed away last weekend. Want was a life member at...
12 Jul Why Randwick’s in-form fullback James Hendren is Tommy Turbo charged
By Jon Geddes THE Shute Shield's top “metre eater," Randwick fullback James Hendren, has a lot in common with NRL superstar Tom Trbojevic. Fascinating stats published by Rugby...
09 Jul Shute Shield Moneyball: Who are the competition’s best players by the numbers
We’re edging closer to the pointy end of the Shute Shield regular season and as the race to the finals heats up, we though we’d...
08 Jul Son of a gun stars for Manly wearing his dad’s famous jersey
By Jon Geddes THE son of Wallaby legend Willie Ofahengaue did his dad proud wearing his old Manly No.8 jumper in Saturday’s big local derby against...