22 Jun Glen Vaihu: The red hot Moana Pasifika ‘freak’ torching the Shute Shield
By Jonathan B Geddes ONE of the players left in limbo with an uncertain future following the demise of Super Rugby team Moana Pasifika is now...
18 Jun Around the Traps: Playing smarter, not harder the key to winning derbies says decorated Rat Hamish Angus
BY MARK CASHMAN You don’t win three Catchpole Medals and play a truckload of Shute Shield games at flyhalf without gaining some wisdom. So it’s not a...
18 Jun Shute Shield Colts: Who are the best players in this year’s U20s competition – Part 1
We're past the halfway point of the 2026 Shute Shield Colts season and certain players have made themselves must-watch rugby. Whether it's blistering pace, dominant...
15 Jun Shute Shield Rd 9: Souths boss vows not to let drubbing define his side
BY MARK CASHMAN EASTERN SUBURBS V SOUTHERN DISTRICTS at Woollahra Oval Like a lot of the Shute Shield community this correspondent was monitoring events in the eastern...
15 Jun Why playing in the Shute Shield means so much to Shoremen & Tah Sifa Amone
By Jonathan B Geddes He started playing for Northern Suburbs third-grade Colts at 16 and has worked his way up to become a Super Rugby prop...
12 Jun Waratahs Angus Scott-Young makes a Super impression at Two Blues ahead of Shute Shield debut
By Jonathan B Geddes WARATAHS forward Angus Scott-Young made an immediate impact at his first training run with the Western Sydney Two Blues this week. In a...
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...
09 Jun Hospital Cup Rd 10: Red Heavies win the battle of the Students, Easts manage last-minute draw
Round 10 saw University of Queensland prove far too studious for the defending champions, while Norths pulled off a second half comeback against Sunnybank. Easts clawed...
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...