NSW GPS: Joeys & Riverview to reignite one of Australia rugby’s greatest rivalries 

It’s going to have to take something pretty special to top the drama of last year’s final round first XV clash between GPS rivals Joeys and Riverview. With the 2018 premiership on the line, the match was delayed by more than an hour after heavy winds knocked the goal posts out of the ground. When the game did kick off, it didn’t disappoint. Joeys had one hand on the GPS trophy heading into the final five minutes, leading Riverview 21-20. After defending their line gallantly, Riverview found a way through the Joeys defence and scored what looked to be the match winning try. The Iggies fans went crazy, but somehow there was time still on the clock. From the kick off, Joeys regathered on the full and scored one of the more remarkable match winning tries you’ll see. It’s the kind of stuff you can’t make up. The exact stuff that makes grassroots rugby so great. “It was a pretty incredible afternoon,” Joeys co-coach Tim Andersen told Rugby News. The
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