Saturday 23rd May 2015
Prep Rugby
ISA Round 4
 Under 9s v Tudor House H
 Under 14s v Redlands
9.30 am
 Under 15s v Redlands
10.30 am
 Under 10s v SGS Edgecliff A
 Under 16s v Redlands
11.30 am
 Under 11s v SGS Edgecliff A
 1st XV
12.45 pm
 Prep 1sts v Redfield H
v Redlands
At Home
Saturday 23rd May
ISA Round 4
v Redlands
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Prep Rugby
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Newsletter No 6
Term 2, Week 5, 2015
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RUGBY CONVENOR
Senior Rugby results v All Saints’ College
CCGS 1st XV 32 defeated All Saints’ 0
CCGS 16s 5 defeated by All Saints’ 19
CCGS 15s No Game
CCGS 14s 17 defeated by All Saints’ 43
Last Saturday, three of our teams travelled to Bathurst by bus to play All
Saints College in round 3 games. The 14s were coming off a big win at
home against St. Andrews and took the field with plenty of confidence.
They competed very well in the match but All Saints had two very good
athletic players who both scored long range tries and proved to be the difference in the match. The 16s match was keenly contested with the match
in the balance. It took a run- away try to All Saints College in the last five
minutes which took the game away from CCGS. The 1st XV were really
committed to performing well on Saturday and they certainly raised their
dominated All Saints College in every aspect and played some wonderful
running rugby to run out deserved winners, 32-0. Special thanks to the fol-
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level of performance from the previous week against St. Andrews. They
lowing Boys who worked hard for the program last Saturday. Matthew
Douglass (Travelling match official), Tom Herron, Jack Kemp and Eden
Leontarou. This Saturday we return home to play Redlands in our round 4
clash. Good luck all teams.
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CCGS 1sts XV
CCGS 32 All Saints’ College 0
(Tries: Hicken, Barnett, Massie 2, Wilkinson, Greenwood.
Goal: Henderson-Foley)
Even after the long bus ride to Bathurst, the boys came out with
an attitude. Steamroller. Early pressure by All Saints’ was easily
repelled and a try was scored out wide after excellent phase play
up the field. All Saints didn’t give up but all of their raids were resisted and CCGS scored two more tries in the first half. Still, good
decision making gives the best field possession and more points
were on offer.
A leisurely start to the second half allowed All Saints’ to gain field
position and for the first 20 minutes they were camped in our half.
The defence showed our true mettle. With 15 to go three excellent
tries – team tries.
An excellent win with belief beginning apparent. The ‘TEAM’ is
growing and will need to be such next week against Redlands at
CCGS Under 16
CCGS 16s 5 defeat by All Saints’ College 19
(Try: Thomson)
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home.
The first half started very strongly and after 10 minutes of pressure CCGS scored true team try after a backline breakthrough.
Forward defence was relentless and the backs showed their willingness to attack at every opportunity. A number of ‘mistakes’
crept in and penalties took the advantage when on the All Saints’
line. They scored two tries to one in this half
The second half began well, however there was complete turnaround. Again ‘mistakes’ took away any advantage gained allowing
All Saints’ to score one unanswered try in the half.
Confidence is the best defence when things aren’t going your way.
Confidence in your abilities will affect your actions and overcome
adversity - especially when you ’know’ you are better than the
other team. Lift your heads and go into the Redlands game on Saturday as hard as you can.
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PHYSIOTHERAPY
EAST GOSFORD PHYSIOTHERAPY & SPORTS INJURY CENTRE
is available for CCGS rugby players
www.eastgosfordphysio.com.au
East Gosford Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre has supported CCGS rugby for the
last 9 years and is available again in 2015.
Russell will be assisting the First XV Team on Home Game days, however, arrangements can be made by contacting East Gosford Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre on
4323 7499 (Monday to Friday) should your son need advice during the week or earlieron during Home Game days.
From watching young Rugby players pack into a ruck with poor spinal control, the East
Gosford Physio Team have developed a Core Strengthening program for adolescent
Rugby Players. This has been designed to help these young rugby players develop the
right strength patterns to protect their spines. This is available to download from their
website www.eastgosfordphysio.com.au and if you would like further advice on this program,
please contact them on 4323 7499.
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Russell Tuckerman who has 26 years experience as a Physiotherapist treating a variety
of sports injuries will be available on home game days to advise on injury and to provide injury prevention strategies with strapping.
If physiotherapy treatment is required please take advantage of CCGS rugby discount
available to all players (please mention CCGS this when booking appointment for immediate attention). All services (advice and strapping) on game day are complimentary.
If you can’t find Russell on home game days at school, ask Mr Thomas or Mr Geddes.
Good luck for 2015 from Russell and his Physio team.
East Gosford Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Team
www.eastgosfordphysio.com.au
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CCGS Under 14
CCGS 14s 17 defeated by All Saints’ College 43
(Tries: Medcalf 2, Tancred. Goal Tancred)
What a difference a week makes! After a fantastic win against St Andrew’s, the boys set
off on the long coach journey to face All Saints College Bathurst (who, on the face of
last weekend’s results, looked to be one of the form teams in the division). The first half
is probably better left veiled in mystery as both Mr Berczelly and Mr. Eades were at a
loss to explain what happened after Huwan Medcalf crossed the line in the first 10
minutes. Suffice to say, the second half started with us trailing 28:5 and we had a point
to prove. Play was more direct, more aggressive and generally better all round as Kye
Tancred crossed the whitewash early and we applied pressure across the park. All Saints
weren’t to be held though and they crossed the line 3 times in the second half before
Huwan Medcalf had the last say of the day, crossing for his second in the final minute.
There were some positives to be gained from the away trip, namely, our “man on fire”
presentation and the scrum which was solid throughout the game despite being the
teams first real setup in 2 years.
Work to be done this week boys before a return to Rugby 1 and hopefully a game full of
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FROM THE PREP CONVENOR
Prep First XV – CCGS defeated by St Aloysius 48 - 0
Under 11s – CCGS defeated by Knox Grammar
Under 10s –CCGS defeated by Tudor House 22 - 10 (Incomplete Game)
Under 9s - CCGS defeated by Sydney Grammar 35 - 12
Round 4 Fixtures (23rd May)
CCGS
Team
Under 9s
Under 10s
Under 11s
Prep 1st XV
Against
Tudor House
Sydney Grammar Edgecliff
http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/files/Weigall
_Sports_Ground_Winter.pdf
Sydney Grammar Edgecliff
http://www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au/files/Weigall
_Sports_Ground_Winter.pdf
Redfield College
Kick Off
Time
9:30am
9:00am
Location
CCGS Rugby 3
Weigall 2
9:45am
Weigall 2
10:30am
CCGS Rugby 3
CCGS Under 9
first ever home game on Rugby 3 against Sydney Grammar. It was a close
contest early with CCGS powering forward via strong runs from Isaac
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CCGS Under 9s 12 (McHugh 2 tries. Murray goal) lost to Sydney
Grammar 35
Under leaden tr ies and on a wet field, the Mighty Nines played their
Wasiliev, Max Murray, Flynn Jones and Lucca Phillips. However, Sydney
were first to score and take the lead 5 nil. Jack McHugh answered right
back with a scintillating long range try and, with a Murray conversion,
CCGS hit the lead. After that, the visitors began to dominate territory and
they charged towards the CCGS line, over and over again, only to be
pushed back by wonderful tackles from Casper Mudge, Murray, Wasiliev,
Charlie Bond and Harry Atherton. Eventually the pressure began to tell
and Sydney scored three tries before half time to make it 20-7. The messages during the break were for the forwards to get numbers into the rucks
and drive over while the backs were asked to mark up. The forwards, led
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by Jack Venables and Mikey Tripolone began to be far more aggressive and
they were followed by Ethan Bilson and Tom Potts. This allowed Jones,
McHugh and Murray to all go on strong runs but, unfortunately, the team
couldn’t score. Backs, Oscar Fort, Fin Tomlinson and Lachlan Barnett all
half tries to extend their lead.
The Mighty Nines had the final word when McHugh raced away for his
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tried hard in defence but they couldn’t prevent Sydney scoring three second
fourth try of the season but the visitors were deserved winners by 35-12.
Bad luck boys. There were many good things to come out of the game but,
also some things to work on.
Best and Fairest; Max Murray 3, Casper Mudge 2, Mikey Tripolone 1,
Jack Venables 1
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CCGS Under 10
CCGS 10 defeated by Tudor House 22 (game not completed)
After the first round wash out and the second round bye, the Under 10
team were looking forward to their first official game against Tudor
House. Unfortunately the game was cut short soon after half time with
precautions taken to aid an injured Tudor House player who required an
ambulance. Fortunately, the Tudor House Player was later deemed OK.
Our backs looked more settled and produced two sparkling tries with Darcy M and Toby finding regular space in Tudor’s defensive line. Defensively, Logan and Luca made plenty of first half tackles and all players tried
hard on cover defense but couldn’t quite reign in Tudor House’s big fast
running Fly Half. I think our backline will continue to improve once they
get a few games behind them and trust their passing and tackling game a
little more.
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Up until that point, our Grammar team were attacking and had played extremely well, dominating the breakdown and scrum set plays – often driving Tudor House backwards. The team were able to demonstrate plenty of
go forward momentum off the back of strong runs by all forwards. Aidan
was a notable standout making plenty of go forward metres for the team
and was aided by some good strong runs by Will, Blake and Shamus. Defensively, the team were very strong in the middle of the park, however,
conceded a couple of long range tries with Tudor House repeatedly exploiting us down the blind side and another from a turnover against the
run of play.
Overall the team showed good intensity and are developing well together
but need some more match practice to get into a rhythm. Well played all
and I look forward to our game against Grammar Edgelciff this week.
This week’s award winners;
Coaches Player Award – Aidan Deacon
Player’s Player Award – Darcy Medcalf
Encouragement Award – Shamus Betts
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CCGS defeated by Knox
With rain falling again on the central coast, the under 11s traveled down
the freeway fully expecting to play Knox Grammar on a wet, sodden field.
To the surprise of all, the other end of the M1 was bathed in glorious sunshine and we were greeted with another perfect Autumn morning. Coach
Cusack held an intense pre-game warm up session, ably assisted by Matthew Welch and Jason Atherton. Special thanks to both dads for picking
up the pads. Numbers were down, but thankfully Knox helped us field a
team and then throughout the remainder of the game. After such a solid
warm up session, the team were fired up and ready to play. Some good,
solid defense early saw CCGS keep Knox out but as the game progressed,
our defense opened up and Knox crossed the line to take the lead. The
Knox team had the advantage of size and put it to good use, staying in
front for the remainder of the game. The CCGS team displayed great tenacity and grit in not giving up in the face of such an obvious size difference. Our determination was rewarded when Harrison R. crossed the line
late in the second half causing a deafening roar to erupt from the sideline.
Harrison B. kicked the conversion and we were off the mark. The post
match brief saw the team identify a number of strategies to work on; getting the 'green wall' closer to the play, and ripping the ball. Well done to
all, a valiant effort.
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CCGS Prep 1sts
Prep 1sts 0 Lost to St Aloysius 48
On a rainy Saturday we came to school to play our first rugby
game of 2015. We played against a big and competitive St Aloysius team who did very well in wet conditions. We had a disrupted
warm up because someone was hurt in the game prior to ours,
and our game was moved to Rugby 1. This probably suited St
Aloysius more than us. Despite the score line, we did have a lot
of fun in this game. It was fun when it started pouring in the middle of our game and just playing again after a long break was fun
too. Our defence was good in patches, but we clearly need some
improvement in this area. In attack we didn’t have the ball very
often but when we did, we used it well to open up chances for
ourselves. We didn’t keep it for very long as we lost the ball to
The big field provided lots of space to run on and pass. We did
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strong defenders who rucked and cleaned out better than we did.
enjoy this bigger field because there was room to spread out.
However, the bigger field also let their players find bigger gaps
in our defence. We had to deliver too many kick offs, with some
falling into place and others not. We probably should have avoided kicking it to their best runner so often… This week we can’t
wait to play against Redfield on our home ground. We will be
positive and thorough throughout this game and look forward to
having even more fun than last game !
Report by Luis Sturm and Seb Plummer
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Prep Rugby Round 3 17th May
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Sydney Grammar Edgecliff
Weigall Sports Ground Neild Ave Rushcutters Bay
Under 9s v Tudor House 9.30am CCGS Rugby 3
Under 10s v Grammar - Edgecliff (Away) 9:00am - Weigall 2
Under 11s v Grammar Edgecliff (Away) 9.45am - Weigall 2
Prep 1sts v Redfield 11.00am CCGS Rugby 3
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Central Coast Grammar School Rugby
ISA Rd 4 v Redlands (H)
Saturday 23 May.
1st XV v
Redlands
16s v Redlands
15s v Redlands
14s v Redlands
CCGS Rugby 12.45pm
1
CCGS Rugby 11.30am
1
CCGS Rugby 10.30am
1
CCGS Rugby 9.30am
1
Prep Rugby Round 4
23rd May
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Under 9s v Tudor House 9.30am CCGS Rugby 3
Under 10s v Grammar - Edgecliff (Away) 9:00am - Weigall 2
Under 11s v Grammar Edgecliff (Away) 9.45am - Weigall 2
Prep 1sts v Redfield 11.00am CCGS Rugby 3
The School is looking for Parent volunteers to assist with the running of
BBQ s and catering for sporting home games in term 2 and 3. If you
could help for an hour or two either side of your Son’s match it would be
most appreciated. If you can help out in any way please contact
Paul Geddes by email on [email protected]
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ARU INVITES FANS TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF
AUSTRALIAN RUGBY
THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY SURVEY NOW OPEN
The Australian Rugby Union is encouraging fans, players and stakeholders to join the
conversation on the future of the game by completing The Australian Rugby Survey,
which is now open.
Feedback from the survey will be incorporated into Australian Rugby’s
next five year strategy from 2016-2020.
ARU CEO Bill Pulver said one of Australian Rugby’s greatest strengths is its passionate
fan base: “We know we have a passionate and enthusiastic fan base full of ideas and
views on Rugby – from grassroots to the elite. The Australian Rugby Survey provides our
fans and all Rugby stakeholders the opportunity to have their say on the future of our
game and how we should prioritise our investment at all levels and formats of the game to
coincide with our next broadcast cycle from 2016-2020.
“Feedback from the survey will help inform this strategy, along with workshops with
Rugby stakeholders nationally so we can assess the views of the Rugby community about
all levels of Rugby including grassroots and club competitions,
development competitions, Super Rugby, Sevens and Wallabies.”
The 10-minute survey is now online and will be open until Friday 5 June.
Fans who complete The Australian Rugby Survey will also be able to register their interest in undertaking additional consultation activities to create the 2016-2020 Australian
Rugby Strategic Plan.
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The public survey follows extensive market research that has been undertaken about
grassroots Rugby and interviews and workshops with Super Rugby club CEOs and Member Unions CEOs.
As part of the strategic review, the ARU Board has also commissioned an independent
cultural review of professional Rugby in Australia.
ARU Chairman Michael Hawker said the review will be conducted by independent notfor-profit organisation, the St James Ethics Centre.
"This cultural review will examine the extent to which the values of Rugby Union in
Australia are aligned and being applied by both players and administrators in
the professional game. In other words, we want to know, if what we do and what we say
are aligned,” said Hawker.
Around 400 people involved in professional Rugby in Australia will participate in the cultural review through an online survey and one-to-one interviews.
Findings and recommendations of the cultural review will be incorporated into the broader Strategic Plan for Australian Rugby, which is expected to be developed by November
2015.
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