07 Sep Why we should admire what Uni achieved in this year’s Shute Shield
By MARK CASHMAN I’ve got nothing but admiration for the way that Sydney Uni have gone about winning their 11th Shute Shield since the turn of...
06 Sep Around The Traps: So close for 1972 Highlanders, Commentary big dogs, what a marathon, Uni’s final play
BY MARK CASHMAN We’ve hit grand final time of the Shute Shield competition and the phone has been ringing hot with all the news and views...
06 Sep Wests v UQ: The best Premier Rugby semi final of all time?
The first week of finals produced one of the greatest games ever played in Queensland club rugby as Wests’ secured their first grand final birth...
01 Sep The big, the old & the ugly: Unsung heroes who have led Gordon into Shute Shield decider
By Jon Geddes “A BIG old ugly pack” has been instrumental in Gordon’s amazing late season revival which has resulted in the Highlanders lining up against...
30 Aug Sydney Uni take a plunge ahead of Shute Shield grand final
By Jon Geddes TRADITIONALLY rugby players would celebrate qualifying for a Shute Shield grand final by enjoying a cool beer with teammates in the winners’ dressing...
26 Aug Gordon coach Billy Melrose suggests Norths are “easily the favourites” for Sunday’s prelim final
By Jon Geddes THE mind games have started in the countdown to Sunday’s preliminary final showdown between arch-rivals Gordon and Northern Suburbs, with Highlanders coach Brian...
24 Aug Irish luck leads Conor Hickey to Shute Shield Rookie of the Year award
CONOR HICKEY, the Narrabeen Tigers junior, who represented Australia in touch football as a teenager, made his Shute Shield debut for the Rats against Manly...
24 Aug The origins of the Northern Suburbs v Gordon rivalry
Ironically, it was the premiership success of Norths in 1935 that led to the introduction of their greatest rival, Gordon, to the Shute Shield competition. In...
22 Aug Tane Edmed stamps himself as future Wallaby with another dominant display
By Jon Geddes AS debate rages around the contentious Wallabies 10 jumper, Tane Edmed sent a timely message to national selectors by showcasing leadership...
22 Aug Shute Shield: Eastwood & Gordon book spots in preliminary finals
Eastwood and Gordon upstaged Manly and Randwick respectively to keep their Shute Shield seasons alive and book preliminary final berths. Eastwood will now play Sydney Uni...