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So the Super Rugby season is over and what a great result for Australian and Queensland rugby. Speaking of Super Rugby, I lost count of the number of players pulled out of Club rugby to cover injuries.
The number of players called and who more than held their own in the best provincial rugby comp in the world speak volumes for the quality of club rugby in Australia.
What’s more impressive is this high standard of rugby played week in week out is done without the glitz and glam of the super rugby franchises.
For the most part watching a club rugby match has been more entertaining than the Super Rugby on display these past couple of years.
We have just passed the halfway point in the Sydney club rugby competition, the Shute shield.
What I thought was the preeminent rugby voice in Australia – Rugby Heaven – has had a total of four articles about the Shute Shield.
Four articles? That is a slap in the face to all the people who work so hard each and every week to support the club rugby competition and in doing so our next generation of Super Rugby and Wallaby players.
How do you expect the game of rugby in Australia to develop and grow if you ignore the very part that is currently developing our next generations?
Club rugby needs the exposure so the clubs can maintain and grow their sponsorships to help cover the costs of running a club.
It must be said that the ABC do a fantastic job in covering club rugby. Game of the week on ABC every Saturday afternoon, a Facebook page with news, numerous twitter updates during the games and wrap ups after each round.
We have some amazing stories from this year’s Shute shield, Parramatta who where all but gone a season ago are back and have won some great games – including beating Randwick, one of Australian rugby’s oldest and most successful clubs.
Penrith, who have struggled for many years, are playing great rugby and have also managed to notch a few wins.
The usual suspects of continue to provide great games of running and attacking rugby. The stand out however is Eastwood.
The Woods this year have been nothing short of amazing. Playing against quality teams the Woods are a perfect 14 -0. No one, not even the most biased Woods fan would have predicted this at the beginning of the season. Not only are they unbeaten, they have been playing some of the best Rugby seen around the grounds in a long time.
How is it that a team can go 14-0 a feat never before achieved in the history of first grade club rugby and not get a write up from the Australian rugby media?
You have to ask yourself do they even care?
Join The Roar rugby editor Christy Doran, former Wallaby Matt Toomua and a cast of regular and special guests as they look at the biggest issues in the game on The Roar Rugby Podcast. If you’re looking for great odds on the next game check out Aussie bookmaker PlayUp. Chances are you’re about to lose. Set a deposit limit.