20 Aug The 50-point loss to Uni that kick started Warringah’s Shute Shield title run
How many teams have won a competition after being belted by 50 points? It’s a question a number of Shute Shield pundits have been asking over...
19 Aug QLD Premier Rugby: Five guns that deserve a crack at the next level after impressing in 2019
By Finn Morton; Photo - Brendan Hertel/QRU Media The 2019 Premier Grade season came to an end on Sunday, with the University of Queensland pulling off...
16 Aug Sydney Uni v Norths: Set piece and collisions key to a Norths upset over Students
Six weeks ago, punters probably would have had a tough time picking between Sydney Uni and Norths in a hypothetical preliminary final. Both were in the...
16 Aug Little separating Rats and Woodies according to preliminary final coaches
There’s not a whole lot between Eastwood and Warringah. Between them, they’ve played in six of the last eight Shute Shield grand finals. They finished within one...
15 Aug Shute Shield 1st Grade Team Lists: All four sides make changes ahead of Preliminary Finals
And then there were four. Despite falling to their fourth straight loss, Northern Suburbs remained in the hunt to book a spot in a third grand...
14 Aug Why each of the 10 Ken Catchpole Medal finalists deserves to win
The Ken Catchpole Medal will be awarded tonight at the Sydney Rugby Union awards night, with the best of the best to fight it out...
14 Aug Angus Sinclair: We’ve lost four straight but we can beat Sydney Uni this weekend
With a number of Super Rugby players set to return for the back end of the Shute Shield season, the majority of sides in the...
13 Aug 8 players that can win their club a Shute Shield premiership in the next two weeks
A lot needs to go right to win a Shute Shield premiership. If you’re able to secure a spot up the top half of the ladder...
12 Aug Defence key in UQ’s win over Jeeps, but skipper says Students need to improve to beat Brothers in GF
By Finn Morton; Photo: QRU Media Unit - Brendan Hertel/Tom Primmer UQ has knocked defending-champions Jeeps out of the Premier Grade competition, after a 34-14 upset...
10 Aug Shute Shield: No thoughts of using ‘get out of jail free card’ for Batger’s Woodies
Eastwood will live to fight another day even if they suffer defeat in Sunday’s qualifying final against Eastern Suburbs, although the knowledge they’ll have a...