Colleagues @ Waverley Round 4

Colleagues will make the short trip over to Bondi Road for the first time in 10 years this Saturday to take on the newly promoted Waverley Rugby Club. It was 2006 that these great clubs last met, with Waverley spending time in as far down as 3 division from 2007. Since then the club has done great things to not only bring themselves back up to the top grade of NSW Suburban rugby but to establish a club deep with six senior grades, colts, ladies and an over 35s teams, all of which will be running around this Saturday.

The Blue Giants are coming off a stellar Blue Rinse against St Pats two weeks ago, with the final match of the day coming down to the final play of the game, in which St Pats got held up over the try line in Colleagues corner to fall 4 points shy of victory. The Kentwell team put on an incredible final defensive effort to keep out a very large and physical St Pats side.

The Colleagues lower grades had easier outing against the lad from Strathfield, accumulating 146 points to St Pats 29. Leo Guthrie and Josh Bolton had a great day out in the Whiddon Cup match, snagging a try and 3 conversions each.

Kentwell 18 – 14
Burke 20 – 12
Whiddon 40 – 0
Judd 36 – 10
Barbour 45 – 7

Rodney Reserve, Dover Heights
9:30am Sutherland
10:35am Judd
11:40am Haligan

Waverley Oval, Bondi Rd Bondi
11:40am Barbour
12:55pm Whiddon
2pm Burke
3:15pm Kentwell

Today’s headlines:

* Kentwell favourite “Seagull” renamed the “Ibis”, aka “bin chicken” following out of character behaviour:  Scouts report strange behaviour this season from Kentwell Winger-come-Hooker, Charlie “The Seagull” Henley. The Seagull’s social media feed has shown a marked change in 6 months trading in his former pre-match ritual of 3am glasses of sugarcane champagne, for long walks on the beach and “almond lattes”. Many blame the change as the primary reason the Seagull has been left languishing at the foot of the try scorers table, following a breakout 2016 campaign. Sources close to the “Ibis” have reported odd behaviour, such the “De Kok-ing” of teammates at training, tackling in games and feasting off the scraps left over by the dashing tearaway tight head, David Wright. Whilst forwards coach, Ash Riley, welcomes the “Bin Chicken’s” new found graft, head coach Ben Waters is reportedly looking to get club stalwart, Alex Cheng, back to take a more traditional Colleague’s Hooking role. More to come.

* Police investigations continue, as Subbies captain considers charges: The biggest scandal to hit the club since Pappy last attended a Silly Sunday is set to rock the club further as the Subbies captain, DK, considers charges against Colleagues Rugby. Reports are coming in that DK has been sighted with legal counsel and the Sub Districts board, discussing the viability of a case to sue Colleagues for damages to the representative team’s season.  Colleague’s old boy Tom “TJ” Johnston, was not concerned about the “weak case” stating “Mate, if I can get KB off for the texting incident, I can get Colleague’s off anything… if the phone does not fit, you must acquit!!”.

* Missing team sheet points to wider conspiracy, as Judd cup surges to the top of table: For the second consecutive week, coach Carlos is left perplexed as he has very few players to choose from to fill the Whiddon cup 15. Rumours have surfaced that a number of “All Black Trialists” have made the pilgrimage from the Gold Coast to Manion Avenue, however, their rego sheets have not been sighted by the club secretary. Judd Supremo, Laurie Campbell, so far will not budge on his stance to either submit a team sheet, or at least stop completing the sheet with the name “Chris Knight” listed from 1 to 15. Campbell refused to comment to the reports, or at least comment anything that is fit for publication.

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New Colleagues Club Skills Coach Matt Barlow and Kentwell backrower Dave Burnett have been appointed the coaches of the NSW Subbies Rep team for 2017. In what is scheduled as the “away” year, the NSW Subbies Rep side will play NSW Country on  Sunday June 4th in Camden and a match against QLD Subbies some time later in June. Barlow and Burnett’s last partnership as co-coaches was back in 2010 with the Sydney U16s that defeated both NSW & QLD Schoolboys to win the National Championship. Playing in that team is the now Wallaby centre Reece Hodge.

Currently trialing in the NSW Subbies squad are Kentwell players; prop Dave Wright, hooker Charlie Henley, second rower Charles McDonald, backrower Evan Culhane, half back Duncan Boyd Jones and flyhalf Dan Kelly. The team will be pick next Thursday 25th May.

2017 Events

22nd July – Old Colleagues Day v Waverley

12th August – Ladies Day 2 v Balmain

26th August – Colleagues Black Tie Ball

9th September – Grand Final Day

16th September – Presentation Day Woollahra Hotel

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