parra and canterbury combine

[The DoggFather]

really ok, we start training tonight so i will find out if it is our club also

We have 1 internal trial and 3 opposed trials.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

We have 1 internal trial and 3 opposed trials.

Yeh your right mate, penrith must have canned all trials v parramatta
We got rouse hill, wenty then we think dundas

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Can I come training?

Where were you tonight duff?

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Where were you tonight duff?

Procrastinating and playing PS5 :/

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Procrastinating and playing PS5 :/

Could have used your defensive techniques

 

[The DoggFather]

Procrastinating and playing PS5 :/

My trainer pulled out last second and took his son, you wanna be my trainer?

 

[CrittaMagic69]

My trainer pulled out last second and took his son, you wanna be my trainer?

Only if the kids aren't bigger than me

 

[The DoggFather]

Only if the kids aren't bigger than me

I have a few monsters in my side lol

 

[ElMagicElMasri]

I’ve heard that this combination is a result of dwindling junior numbers… a lot of teams are struggling to fill opens sides. Has anyone else heard this?

 

[stingray]

I’ve heard that this combination is a result of dwindling junior numbers… a lot of teams are struggling to fill opens sides. Has anyone else heard this?

as kids get older if they dont make development squads they just give up lol, mostly starts around under 15-16, kids get into hsc years, work, cars, girls and footy is secondary

 

[Vlasnik]

I have heard of a catdog



and I've seen a cofused dog and a confused cat



But this is just ridiculous......the mythical two headed Eeldog.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

I’ve heard that this combination is a result of dwindling junior numbers… a lot of teams are struggling to fill opens sides. Has anyone else heard this?

it has always been the way as kids get to 14/15 and on they either stay in the sport or they get jobs and find other pathways.
as an example 14's division one parramatta district , which my son played last year had 7 teams.
Div 2 had i think had roughly the same but Div 3, and there is a massive difference to Div 3 kids, only had 4 teams.
So the merge will ensure there is at least 8 or 10 teams per division. Not sure how they are going to work tho in terms of how many teams from either district play division 1 or 2 etc. In division 1 last year we were currently 5th, but only 3 points of second place. Going to be alot of regrading i assume after the 6 or 7 weeks to sort the comps out.
The biggest winners are the 16's and 17's where there only 4 teams in each age group. Alot of the rep players from matts etc arent allowed to come back and play for their clubs which is fucking stupid.
When i was playing, mind you 30 years or so ago, we would play matts, ball etc and then back up and play for Wenty on the sunday, thats how is should be, so the lesser players get to play with the better players, thats how they learn.

 

[stingray]

it has always been the way as kids get to 14/15 and on they either stay in the sport or they get jobs and find other pathways.
as an example 14's division one parramatta district , which my son played last year had 7 teams.
Div 2 had i think had roughly the same but Div 3, and there is a massive difference to Div 3 kids, only had 4 teams.
So the merge will ensure there is at least 8 or 10 teams per division. Not sure how they are going to work tho in terms of how many teams from either district play division 1 or 2 etc. In division 1 last year we were currently 5th, but only 3 points of second place. Going to be alot of regrading i assume after the 6 or 7 weeks to sort the comps out.
The biggest winners are the 16's and 17's where there only 4 teams in each age group. Alot of the rep players from matts etc arent allowed to come back and play for their clubs which is fucking stupid.
When i was playing, mind you 30 years or so ago, we would play matts, ball etc and then back up and play for Wenty on the sunday, thats how is should be, so the lesser players get to play with the better players, thats how they learn.

Matt’s this year is 8 rounds all those players should be back by round 1 anyway

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Matt’s this year is 8 rounds all those players should be back by round 1 anyway

its 9 rounds but lets hope so unless the clubs dont want them to play, that is the problem. It definitely harms the quality of the competition thats for sure. the juniors start the week after easter, so the top4 teams in semi's and GF would not play first rounds

 

[stingray]

its 9 rounds but lets hope so unless the clubs dont want them to play, that is the problem. It definitely harms the quality of the competition thats for sure. the juniors start the week after easter, so the top4 teams in semi's and GF would not play first rounds

O YEAH i didnt include the byes

 

[Grunthos]

When I first saw this I thought we were merging and almost had a stroke!