Scott Podmore has played at both ends of the league ladder, experiencing the highs and lows of Shute Shield football with both Parramatta and Northern Suburbs and proven to be one of the most consistent and reliable of performers in the competition. He’s also a bloody good bloke, and one of the ultimate clubmen.

Warringah’s hopes of finals football have received a massive boost with a 36-33 bonus point victory over Randwick at Coogee Oval. With West Harbour going down to Parramatta and Eastern Suburbs being deducted four points in the week due to excessive visits to the judiciary, the Rats leapfrogged both sides to go 7th on the ladder, but they had to go the long way around to achieve it.

West Harbour have claimed their third victory of an improving season, crossing eight times in a 48-36 dispatching of bottom placed Randwick.