WARRINGAH 49 (Josh Holmes, Harry Jones, Seb Wileman, Sam Needs, Josh Gillard, Tom Preece tries; Myles Dorrian 5 cons, 3 pens) defeated RANDWICK 13 (Ben Starkey try; Andrew Deegan 2 pens, Andrew Kellaway con) HT 27-6 *********************  Warringah came into this Qualifying Final off the back of a pivotal away win at the home of the Premiers, Northern Suburbs, last

We’re slap-bang in the middle of an intriguing finals series across all grades in Sydney club rugby, but the competition for leading try and points-scorers was settled after the regular season. Something of an anomaly in the Shute Shield was that the two guys that topped their respective charts – Tayler Adams of West Harbour (points) and Paula Balekana of Gordon (tries) – came from two sides that finished 8th and 10th respectively, which is some individual achievement.

Let’s be clear. Nothing should stand in the way of a young Australian rugby player taking up the offer of a professional contract overseas – particularly in light of yesterday’s confirmation from the ARU that they are ‘discontinuing’ the Super Rugby licence held by the Western Force.