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Round 11 of the Shute Shute concludes on Saturday with the Norths v Easts clash at Woollahra. The Rugby community has reacted with great compassion since Norths player Seti Tafua suffered a serious injury. We cover the latest on fundraising efforts for Seti and the road ahead for his recovery. We also wrap up the other round 11 games and look forward to the competition split next week.

We're getting close to the split in the Shute Shield draw and Paul Cook tells us how it works. Clubrugby.com.au is also deeply saddened to hear the news of a serious injury sustained by Northern Suburbs’ player Seti Tafua on the weekend. Our best wishes are with him, his family and club. Match highlights courtesy www.clubrugbytv.com.au. Episode 069 is brought to you by Strike. Australia’s largest supplier of hands free Bluetooth car kits, mobile phone car cradles and reversing cameras. Check them out at www.strike.com.au.

Eastwood have flexed their muscles and the misery continues for Randwick. Join Djuro Sen and Paul Cook as we check out the progress of the competition after eight rounds. We also touch on the Sydney v Country match this weekend. Match highlights courtesy www.clubrugbytv.com.au.

Another brilliant round of Shute Shield action with Manly scraping home against Warringah to remain undefeated. Parramatta almost upset the premiers while Penrith continue woes.

Manly is the only unbeaten team after five rounds of the Shute Shield so the ladder is tight. What does this mean for Club Rugby? The panel discusses in detail. Mark Cashman finally pays his debt to Sean Maloney. We take a look at all the results and look at some match highlights courtesy of clubrugbytv.com.au. Episode 066 is brought to you by Strike. Australia’s largest supplier of hands free Bluetooth car kits, mobile phone car cradles and reversing cameras. Check them out at www.strike.com.au.

The competition is wide open after Easts pounded the premiers in round 4 - hear what the panel thinks and where is Mark Cashman???? We take a look at all the results and look at some match highlights courtesy of clubrugbytv.com.au. Episode 065 is brought to you by Strike. Australia's largest supplier of hands free Bluetooth car kits, mobile phone car cradles and reversing cameras. Check them out at www.strike.com.au.

Three rounds in and the might of Eastwood and Sydney University was on show. We take a look at all the results and look at some match highlights courtesy of clubrugbytv.com.au. We also find Sean Maloney albeit briefly. Episode 064 is brought to you by Strike. Australia's largest supplier of hands free Bluetooth car kits, mobile phone car cradles and reversing cameras.

We're two rounds in and the Shute Shield is looking good. Some upsets and tight results. Join the panel for a thorough review of Australia's premier club rugby competition. Episode 063 is brought to you by Strike. Australia’s largest supplier of hands free Bluetooth car kits, mobile phone car cradles and reversing cameras. Check them out at www.strike.com.au.

Check out all the ins and out for season 2012 of the Shute Shield. Djuro Sen, Mark Cashman, Sean Maloney and Paul Cook all return to discuss round 1 and the season ahead.

And then there were four … the panel gets stuck into the preliminary finals and ponders the future of the game in Sydney.

It's finals time and the panel of four take you through our two games this weekend.

Young gun Tom Kingston from Sydney Uni is our special guest. Paul Cook makes his debut.

Pauliasi (Pauli) Taumoepeau joins us from Eastern Suburbs training following the Beasts loss to Northern Suburbs. He's a great bloke and outstanding spokesman for club rugby.

The Shute Shield is on a break this week but the panel is still ploughing ahead with episode 54 of our podcast. Tonight we catch up with Eastwood skipper Hugh Perrett to find out his side's secret to a perfect 10 wins out of 10 games this season.

This week we check in with Penrith coach Matt Briggs and we look back at the Emus epic win over Randwick at Coogee.

We talk with Parramatta coach Glen Christini who is already having great success with the Two Blues.

Manly veteran Chris Cottee is our special guest ahead of Round 6 of the Shute Shield.

The show is back for the first time in 2011. Warringah coach Sam Harris talks about the Rats and losing to Parramatta last weekend.

It's the final word before the Grand Final of the 2010 Tooheys New Shute Shield. This is another video show but you can also listen to the audio above or click here for the video or just dive into the sidebar to the right. Our special guest is Ken Catchpole Medal Winner ... Brendan McKibbin from Easts. Sydney University are favourites again .. but Randwick have thrown the form guide out the window this finals series ... so anything could happen at Concord on Saturday.

What an upset by Randwick over the Marlins ... and how strong were the Students against the Beasts? In this show we review the Semi-Finals and look ahead at this weekend's Preliminary Finals. Mark Cashman leaves Sean Maloney and Djuro Sen to fend for themselves while he trips around Europe.

It's the ultimate finals preview and it's on video. The clubrugby.com.au team proudly brings you all the teams in one mega preview of the Tooheys New Shute Shield finals series. Sean Maloney interviews: Tim Davidson - Sydney University V Ben Ward - Eastern Suburbs - COOGEE SAT Greg Peterson - Manly V Patrick Phibbs - Randwick - T.G. MILLNER SUN Josh Gamgee - Southern Districts Hugh Perrett - Eastwood        

This week we look at Eastern Suburbs and speak with their impressive scrumhalf Brendan McKibbin. The Beasts denied Manly at the Villiage Green last weekend as they press for a spot in the top two. We also discuss Randwick's form slump and cast an eye across the Qld Premier Competition which Brendan knows all about.  

It's been a high standard this year and one of the reasons for that is the amount of Test players making their way back to club rugby. Today Lachie Turner from the high flying Eastwood club is our special guest. The Woodies have a big game this weekend against the Marlins and it's pretty hard to contain Sean Maloney. Lachie also opens up about life on the edge of Wallaby selection.

The legend himself, Phil Blake, is our special guest for show 043 of clubrugby.com.au. The Marlins are flying high on the top of the Shute Shield table and it's thanks mainly to their courageous coach. We also cover Penrith's amazing win over previous frontrunners Southern Districts. The panel also briefly discusses the future of club rugby in the wake of one of the best seasons we've seen in years.

A round 14 review with plenty of punch from Djuro Sen, Sean Maloney and Mark Cashman.

We're half way through the Tooheys New Shute Shield home and away season and this week we check in with the Rats. Sam Harris, one of the best blokes in the game, is our special guest in show 041. Warringah had started to turn the corner just in time and Sam tells us how they've done it.  

The Panel discusses Round 10 and looks ahead to Round 11 of the Tooheys New Shute Shield.

Easts head coach Lachie Fear is our special guest this week. Only two games to review this week with the Beasts losing to a fired up Warringah and the Students downing the Marlins in a controversial finish at Manly Oval.

It's a massive show this week with Tom Carter and Ben Seymour on to preview the Students v Marlins match.

The mighty Pirates are back on track after dowing Randwick at Concord and joining us this week on the show is Rory Sidey. A Waratahs squad member and former Newport Gwent Dragons back talks about the return to form of West Harbour and his time in the northern hemisphere. We look at all the games from round 8 and look ahead to round 9 and ask the question; who can stop Southern Districts? We also find out some breaking news on Mark Cashman's pet fish. We've got it all!

Eastwood coach Brian 'Billy' Melrose is our guest this week. The Woodies mentor is heading to Irish provence Connacht in a few weeks but still has plenty of work to do at TG Millner before he leaves. We talk about the change over at Eastwood and the competition as it stands seven rounds in.

Today we hear from Warringah's captain former England International Michael Lipman. Born in England but raised in Australia Michael is also hoping to snare a contract with the Melbourne Rebels. He's a straight shooter who is far from happy with the state of Warringah's game and position on the Tooheys New Shute Shield table.  

The human tank, Nemani Nadolo, is our special guest this week to talk about the on fire Marlins. He's been electric for Manly as the join front runners Southern Districts at the top of the table. So why is the big man unsigned for next season?

Norths are on fire in the Tooheys New Shute Shield 2010 and today we welcome their captain and front row gladiator Nick Lah to our show. Sean Maloney gets the night off (we'll explain on the show) and we review round three and look ahead to round four. We also look in detail at the table after three round looking at early trends. It's a different looking ladder and it's good to see.

Fresh from his upset win over his former team, Josh Gamgee joins the clubrugby.com.au team to talk about Southern Districts.

Welcome back for a new season of clubrugby.com.au. Today we review round one with Randwick head coach Mark Giacheri after their upset win over Sydney University. We also preview round 2.  

This is our season review. We look back on the year and the grand final series with Ken Catchpole Medallist Andrew Smith from Norths.There will be more shows to come over the summer but not every week, more like every three or four weeks.We'll still have plenty of news coming through the site so make sure you keep popping in.Cheers from the team at clubrugby.com.au.

This is it ... the Grand Final Special.Sydney University against Randwick, the two best teams in the Shute Shield competition.Today we speak with Stephen Hoiles from the Galloping Greens and Daniel Halangahu from the Students.What a game we have before us and we have two of the most influential players from the game.Not only do we review the Shute Shield we look back at the Qld Grand Final won by Brothers over Souths.Morgan Turinui called the match last weekend for Brisbane community television and this weekend he'll be involved in our B.G.F.C.So for the final word on the pinnacle of Australian club rugby download the definitive podcast clubrugby.com.au now!

It's a rapid-fire finals preview this week on club rugby.com.au.Joining us is Eastwood prop Matt Dunning ahead of the Woods mission impossible it seems against Sydney University.They take on the competition frontrunners in the first preliminary final at Concord on Saturday.The winner will play the successful team from Sunday's final between Randwick and Gordon at Woollahra Oval.Morgan Turinui reports in from Brisbane as Brothers and Souths prepare for the big Grand Final at Ballymore.Sean Maloney gets the day off.

It's our finals preview with special guest Tom Carter from Sydney University. The hard running centre played his 100th game for the mighty Students last weekend and what a game that was ... 81-7 victory over Eastwood. The final 6 has been decided and while Sydney University and Randwick get this weekend off, on Saturday Gordon plays Warringah and on Sunday Manly plays Eastwood. We also cross to Morgan Turinui as the Qld premier rugby competition heads into its second week of the playoffs.

Warringah head coach John McKee suits up for a second helping of clubrugby.com.au podcasting ... and with good reason.Last weekend the Rats were brutal in their 58-14 annihilation of Easts and John explains how it happened.With one round to play before the semifinals were make the calculations for the final 6.In Queensland the final four has been decided and Morgan Turinui goes through the contenders in detail.It's getting exciting .. so join with us as we head into the playoffs.

This week clubrugby.com.au welcomes one of the game's most passionate and determined players in Adam Freier to the microphone. The man they call 'Hass' is poised to return from a series of injury setbacks in 2009 as Randwick make a strong play for the title. Freier was hoping to play for the Wicks in second grade this week but after we recorded the show he announced he wasn't quite right. He has some strong thoughts on club rugby, the Wallabies and all things rugby. His close friend Morgan Turinui reports in from Brisbane about the Queensland Premier Rugby Competition and also updates us on baby Darci, child number three. So there's plenty for everyone on episode 023 - Adam Freier.

This week clubrugby.com.au looks inside the engine room of the Easts Beasts.Assistant and forwards coach Jason Aldwinckle is our special guest on the podcast. He's a hard man from Leicester and he's making an impact on the Eastern Suburbs pack.The Beasts came close to upsetting Sydney University last weekend and to the panel it was a good sign for the finals.Morgan Turinui gets the week off but with good reason. Tune in to find out.

This week legendary commentator and Manly Marlins guru Scoots McGee joins the panel for a show that's completely off the wall.Scoots can be heard on the Marlins TV video highlights and we're proud to say that he's given up some of his valuable time at the Village Green to enlighten the clubrugby.com.au audience.It's a bit late but still worth it.Morgan Turinui also chimes in from Brisbane.

This week we catch up with Gordon funny man Vinnie Byrne. The Highlanders had a tight win over Easts 22-21.Morgan Turinui joins us after another dramatic week in Queensland Rugby.

As far as good blokes go Tim Davidson is one of the best. The multiple premiership winning skipper is back with Sydney University after a brief stint in the UK.This week he's in studio with Djuro Sen.Davidson talks about his overseas experience with Leeds and what it means to him personally to be back playing for the Students.The panel catches up with Morgan Turinui for a look the Qld Premier competition.

Newly signed Western Force scrumhalf Brett Sheehan is our special guest for episode 016 of clubrugby.com.au.Sheehan was in sublime form for the Rats in last weekend’s clash with Gordon at Chatswood.He talks about the move west and the strong Force contingent based at the Rats.The panel goes through round 14 and looks forwards to this weekend’s Shute Shield action.Morgan Turinui reports in from Brisbane as the Queensland Premier Rugby competition tightens up.