McKay playing schedule v St Joseph’s 15^th August 2009

15 b’s rugby

15b’s lost to shore 32-7. The team had high confidence coming into this match with a win in the previous match. A poor start by us resulted in an easy try to the opponents. Good defence held their forwards from scoring tries but when the opposition spread the ball out we didn’t have an answer for a while. When we had the ball we could not seize the opportunity. A late try by Eric Li proved only to be a consolation as it was too little too late.

Chris Oei 15b’s captain

13Ds Match Report

Sydney High 13Ds played Shore away. The 13Ds started off well but dropped to a 40 point deficit at half time. Fortunately, the Ds showed vast improvement in the 2nd half making strong tackles and limiting the opposition to 28 points for the 2nd half. Everyone had a great game and enjoyed themselves.

Nathan Wang-Ly

10^th August 2009

First XV report

High 1st XV played an exciting and tightly fought game on the impressive new Shore homeground. In the end we went down 19 – 12, yet showed great improvement from previous encounters, and were able to sustain a competitive attitude for the full game. The skill level was high, and tries were scored by Jonah Petrie and Michael Ambrose.

by Andrew Blomberg

5^th August 2009

Sydney High 14bs 5 lost to Kings 53

The 14bs showed promise in the first half with an early try. However some complacency in defence let kings through too easily. The match showed that with more training the 14bs can be a competitive side in games to come.

5^th August 2009

15b’s result

Sydney high defeated kings 15-12. It was a close match going down to the wire but the winning try by jesse moffat proved to be the difference. We had solid attack and good defence. tries also scored by eric li and tian ling.

chris oei

13d’s result

“On Saturday, 1st of August, High’s 13Ds played The King School at Mckay. Although we were beaten comprehensively (score), as well as being short of 3 players, the rest of the team played strong and never gave up the entire game.”

Nathan Wang-Ly, captain of the 13D team

Courtesy of SYDNEY HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS’ UNION:

This Saturday is the only day all our Rugby teams, including 1sts and 2nds, will play at McKay this season. The School’s Rugby Committee would like to make a big a day of it and get as much Old Boy support as possible. The 2nd XV match against Grammar will take place at midday and the 1st XV will take to the field against the Grammar 1st XV at 1.00pm.

For full details of all of Saturday’s matches: http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/rugby.pdf

Over 200 Sydney Boys’ High students travelled up the highway to Armidale last weekend for the annual sporting visit to The Armidale School (TAS). Sydney High fielded 11 Rugby teams, two Football teams, two Basketball teams, Tennis and Rifle Shooting teams.

For the first time in four years, the High 1st XV defeated TAS 1st XV in a thrilling and close encounter.

High 14As defeated TAS 14As 35 – 0.

High 14Bs defeated TAS 14Bs 22 – 17

High 13As defeated TAS 13As 29 – 27.

In addition, High’s Football 1st XI defeated TAS 3 – 1 and our Basketball 1sts were victors 54 – 25.

The Rugby results attest to the new regime of skills and resistance training that is proving to be a valuable foundation for all our rugby players. The commitment of the 1st and 2^nd XV squads to seven sessions per week of training, including weights and speed and endurance sessions, is setting a strong example for the rest of the School.

The 13s and 14s results also point to some success from our planned program to build, from the junior school up, the participation rates, skills and strength of Rugby at High.

The coordinated, three-sessions-a-week coaching program for all 13s to 16s teams is well underway for this season and we now have 15 old boys regularly coaching our junior rugby teams.

The High 1st XV v TAS 1st XV GPS trial match has traditionally been a close, hard fought encounter.

This year was no exception with the teams going try for try. High scored first with a thrilling intercept try. TAS soon responded. Scores were locked at 12-all and then 17-all. With ten minutes to go, TAS scored to take the match to 22 – 17. Urged on by the palpable High Spirit and a relentless drive to not give up, our boys responded with a converted try to take and keep the victory 24 – 22.

The High forwards were relentless in the rucks and in defence. Our backline penetrated well for the whole match, demonstrating enhanced skill levels and fitness. At the final siren, the 1st XV was stormed from the sidelines by the 200 strong High contingent, celebrating a hard earned win for what seemed like all High Rugby players.

The School is looking forward to the High v Grammar rugby matches on Saturday 20 June at McKay Oval. All our teams will play, with the 1^st XV taking the field at 3pm, in the last trial before the GPS competition starts on 27 June. As our Rugby fixtures are combined with Grammar (for this year only), this will be the only opportunity to see all our teams at McKay this year.

Our teams will also play Grammar in the last round of the GPS competition on 5 September at Grammar’s Weigal Ground at Rushcutters Bay. We hope that Old Boys and other members of the High Community will put these dates in their diaries to come along and support the 1st XV in their annual quest v Grammar.

The OBU and the High Club are among those who have offered support for the School’s rugby revival. If you would like to help in any way, please contact the MIC Rugby, Geoff Stein via the School, or the President of the Rugby Committee, Geoff Andrews. Progress with the rugby program will continue to be communicated to the High community throughout the year.

Sydney Boys High Rugby Committee

31 May 2009

Parents or members of our Alumni community can also contact Geoff Andrews, President High Rugby Committee, if they would like to discuss any aspect of the High rugby program.

Geoff Andrews

9386 9957

an53696@bigpond.net.au

Unfortunately the High Rugby Friends site has suffered from an attack which has resulted in the loss of large portions of the site. We will be working over the coming weeks to restore the site to its previous state. Please bear with us whilst we do this.