Ruggamatrix Club Rugby Radio

It’s the first of our panel shows for RuggaMatrix Club Rugby. Host Djuro Sen is joined online by Mark Cashman, editor of Inside Rugby, Sean Maloney from The Rugby Club on Fox Sports and Eastern Suburbs skipper Tom Egan. Egan talks about going head to head with Tim McGann who left the Beasts for Southern Districts and a lot more about their first up victory and new coaching setup. Each week a special guest from one of the clubs will join the panel not just to talk about their own game but the rest of the competition as well. We look at the entire first round and make some predictions for the week ahead. Overall it was a good start to the Tooheys New Shute Shield for 2009 and that gives us plenty to talk about. Note: Still waiting on the iTunes store to approve the feed. As as we know you will know. Feedback on admin@ruggamatrix.com.

Many RuggaMatrix listeners have asked about our coverage of club rugby and we’ve decided to create a site completely devoted to grassroots rugby. www.clubrugby.com.au initially is about the podcast, RuggaMatrix Club Rugby, but soon we’ll add match reports, previews, tables and a lot more. This first show previews the 2009 Tooheys New Shute Shield with a comprehensive review of the laws and club line-ups. We’ve spoken with all twelve clubs about their hopes and dreams for the year ahead. Most of the interviews were recorded at the season launch, held at the Sydney Football Stadium on Monday. Club Interviews on RuggaMatrix Club Rugby this week: (in order of appearance) Penrith - Jeremy Sua Warringah - John McKee Southern Districts - Tim Rapp Randwick - Gary Ella Gordon - Lachie Fear Parramatta - Josh Weeks Northern Suburbs - Steve Evans Sydney University - Pat McCutcheon Manly - Phil Blake West Harbour - Stu Woodhouse Easts - Mike Penistone Eastwood - Brian Melrose Jamie McGregor, referee ed

This is a quick preview of RuggaMatrix’s new show, RuggaMatrix - Club Rugby. Djuro Sen and Mark Cashman will interview players and coaches from the Sydney clubs each week. Over time we’ll expand to Brisbane and other competitions too. We’ll be up and running with our first show on Tuesday. RuggaMatrix will be checking out the Tooheys New Shute Shield launch on Monday, 23 March. Don’t forget our flagship podcast at RuggaMatrix.com.