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...
01 Jun GPS Round 3: Newington claim competition favouritism; Joeys & Shore play out dramatic draw
Round three of the GPS season delivered another thrilling weekend of schoolboy rugby, with Newington making a major premiership statement, Riverview maintaining its presence at...
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...
26 May Shute Shield: Students emerge from the shadows and knock over a contender
BY MARK CASHMAN SYDNEY UNI V GORDON at Sydney Uni Sports Ground No.2 Sydney Uni took Gordon to some dark places on Saturday night and I’m not...