Canterbury 2019
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@chchfanatic said in Canterbury Squads - Marist Albion:
@shark their div 1 is just a pack of grafters. They had a great start but fell off badly. It’s not a attractive club to go to anymore. Their colts ended up pulling out of the colts grade also. Rico Syme is in the crusaders academy squad but he’s fallen off the pace. Ended up playing div 2
I wondered if the constant moving of clubrooms and stuff like that was having an effect. When I was at school their rooms were at Mandeville Street, then when I played we were at Lochee Rd (which morphed into use of the Riccarton Club at the time), and now they're in with the Papanui Bowling Club FFS. Probably doesn't help the club retain an identity.
But on the field after some lean years I thought things were advancing and Ben Blair was doing a good job. Maybe the Christchurch-wide dissolution of school to club alignments is having a worse affect on M-A than others? How many Bedeans actually leave school and play for Marist now?
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Marist have not been run well for a while now. Not at all attractive for school
Leavers and a poor support network for young ones who are in there system. They have ruined there links with schools in Chch over the last few years. They have realised the errors of their ways and been trying to fix it but will take a long time to solve. Symes is a loose unit and on last legs in academy as well. -
@chchfanatic Pretty much, and the ones that do go on to play provincal rugby are usually representing heartland teams (mainly West Coast).
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@Stargazer how’s my rumour looking now.
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@chchfanatic I hope your rumour about Ofa Tu'ungafasi. moving to the Crusaders is spot on as well.That would be great pickup.
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@chchfanatic Gradually turning into some hard facts.
