14 May Improving Beasties want to keep it simple and upset red hot Sydney Uni team
By MARK CASHMAN & KAREN WATSON Eastern Suburbs coach Pauli Taumoepeau has been careful not to bombard his players with too much “intel” as they prepare...
14 May Mitch Short wants success at Randwick to drive him towards next professional gig
By Mark Cashman For Randwick skipper Mitch Short the plan is simple - have a stand out season for the Galloping Greens that sees them go...
12 May ‘Jimmy the Jet’ gets his chance at the Tahs as Norths shuffle backline
By MARK CASHMAN Northern Suburbs winger James Turner has been rewarded for his early season form and called into the wider Waratahs squad for the next...
11 May Shute Shield Report Card: We Grade Each Club After 5 Rounds
We’re just over a quarter of the way through the 2021 regular season and have now seen enough of each of the 13 teams to...
10 May Abel saved me at death in Souths thriller, says Gordon skipper Goddard
By MARK CASHMAN Sometimes in rugby you’ve just got to find a way and that’s what Gordon did in their 26-23 Shute Shield win over Southern...
10 May Taylor goes into bat for ‘Uni way’ after big win over Manly Marlins
By MARK CASHMAN Sydney Uni coach Rob Taylor is a man proud of the program and the players that he’s an integral part of at Camperdown...
10 May Rory Suttor stars for Rats’ against Woods in game they shouldn’t have won
By MARK CASHMAN Warringah coach Mike Ruthven hailed the “presence” of his openside breakaway Rory Suttor in the wake of the Rats’ 40-37 Shute Shield win...
10 May Around The Traps Column: West are waiting, Moore and more, that damn bus!
Words: MARK CASHMAN We’re into Round Five of the Shute Shield and as always the phone has been ringing hot with all the news and views...
07 May Souths keen to do it better against Highlanders at Chatswood
By MARK CASHMAN Southern Districts coach Todd Louden is hoping that a few more of the pieces of the puzzle start to fit together when the...
07 May COVID restrictions hit Shute Shield with Super stars back in bubble
By MARK CASHMAN The star value of a number of the Shute Shield’s major clubs have been hit for their Round Five games this weekend with...