13 Sep Premier Rugby: Preliminary Final Wrap Up
UQ will meet Wests at Suncorp Stadium in next week’s Hospital Cup Grand Final after defeating Brothers in the preliminary final. Catch a review of the...
09 Sep Reds’ Harry Hoopert relishing return to Crosby Park
By Liam Cook Brothers’ prop Harry Hoopert is thriving amidst his side’s run through September as they prepare for a preliminary final against UQ on Sunday. “Overall,...
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...