24 Jul Shute Shield: Hunter Wildfires get in some reinforcements for clash with Eastwood
By MARK CASHMAN It seems that everyone is getting out of Melbourne and in a rugby sense the Hunter Wildfires are fast becoming a major beneficiary. Former...
24 Jul Shute Shield: Randwick ready themselves for a barrage up front against Warringah
By MARK CASHMAN Randwick head into Round Two of the Shute Shield competition on top of the log as they say in South Africa, but they...
24 Jul Shute Shield: Manly Marlins keen to take their A game to Uni
By MARK CASHMAN Manly Marlins negotiated a “hairy one” last weekend when they squeaked home against the Western Sydney Two Blues but they know that they...
24 Jul Shute Shield: Easts worry about own patch as Wests game looms
By MARK CASHMAN Two yellow cards in the first half against Gordon in Round One signalled that Eastern Suburbs were concentrating on who they were playing...
24 Jul Shute Shield exclusive: Every team, every competition table in our match program
It was a staple of the Shute Shield for many years, the humble match day program that had the names of friends and foes alike...
24 Jul Shute Shield: Coaches preview all the games in Round Two
By MARK CASHMAN After an entertaining opening weekend of the 2020 season, Shute Shield rugby returns on Saturday with Easts and West Harbour both looking to...
23 Jul Shute Shield: How Souths’ Tim Metcher fell in love with footy again
By MARK CASHMAN At the end of 2017 well-travelled Southern Districts tight-head prop Tim Metcher had had a gut full of rugby. Three shoulder reconstructions, tearing a...
22 Jul Shute Shield: Round Two First Grade Team lists
By MARK CASHMAN Round one of the 2020 Shute Shield competition has been run and won and so we move on to Round Two and the...
22 Jul Premier Rugby: Easts pulling out the big Gunn in 2020
By LIZ MOORE Former Reds backrower Michael Gunn has returned to rugby and Easts in 2020, and is keener than ever to play good rugby. Gunn took...
21 Jul Premier Rugby: Covid-19 gives Brothers hooker the chance to expand in a good way
By LIZ MOORE Brothers hooker Matthew Faessler will start the delayed season eight kilograms heavier than when the first games of 2020 were played. Packing on the...