11 Jun GPS: A Lifetime in Rugby Has Shaped Newington’s Unbeaten Start
By Angus Hayman There are few figures in schoolboy rugby who have seen the game evolve quite like Tim Rapp. From representing Australian Schoolboys as a player...
11 Jun Around the Traps: 2026 Catchpole Medal leaderboard revealed
BY MARK CASHMAN Get your hands on the ball and you are likely to get the votes! That’s Around The Traps take on the release of the...
05 Jun AROUND THE TRAPS: Why Pappy’s one of the game’s lifters and not a leaner
BY MARK CASHMAN It was a huge couple of days for “Mr Eastwood” Brett Papworth last weekend. On Friday it was announced that he was made a...
05 Jun Daughter of Wallaby great set to make Waratahs debut – In the same position as her dad
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By Jonathan B Geddes MATT Burke enjoyed a distinguished rugby career which saw him become a Wallabies and Waratahs legend – but one of his proudest...
02 Jun Shute Shield Colts: Easts eye off top of ladder following tight win over Uni
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Round 7 of the Shute Shield Colts competition delivered some of the most entertaining rugby of the season, with Eastern Suburbs and Sydney Uni producing...
01 Jun Shute Shield Rd 8: Baby-faced assassin that’s putting Woods on the map
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BY MARK CASHMAN EASTWOOD V WARRINGAH at TG Millner Field I’m not even sure if “baby faced” is the best way to describe Eastwood fullback and co-captain...
01 Jun Shute Shield title race ‘wide open’ after competition front-runners beaten in round of upsets
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By Jonathan B Geddes EASTERN Suburbs coach Ben Batger said the race for the Shute Shield premiership was wide open after the two competition frontrunners...
29 May World Cup Wallaby shaking up Shute Shield as he strives for Super Rugby return
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By Jonathan B Geddes A FORMER World Cup Wallaby forward is making a big impact in the Shute Shield with his ultimate goal of returning to...
29 May GPS: Kings Make it Clear They Aren’t Falling Into the Schoolboys Trap
By Angus Hayman Two rounds into the AAGPS season and The King's School have already announced themselves as genuine premiership contenders. Back-to-back victories over Joeys and Scots,...
28 May Around the Traps: Just another derby? No way says Gordon & Norths
BY MARK CASHMAN Local derbies and the passion that they bring to the surface are the life blood of the Shute Shield. Well after we have been...