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What the Under 8s can teach the Wallabies

September 25 2009

There was something missing from the Wallabies team in Wellington. Most viewers could see what it was. But maybe the players need to see it for themselves.

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• Well put Bay.

  Abigroup, and the guys who put together the camp should be recognised and applauded.

  A couple of the kids in my sons (U8) team attended the camp this month, and both came away saying “it was the rugby camp we’ve ever been to”. And they go to every rugby training event on offer, including those run by their school, their club, and the NSWRU.

  The kids also really appreciated Benn Robinson and Luke Burgess helping out. One of their biggest thrills was when Luke was selected to be their coach for the final game of the camp.

  So, I’m with you Bay. Well done to Paul & Dave Schmude (great guys) Abigroup, and the rest of the sponsors. The ARU should be recognised for their assistance, but derided for trying to take all the credit. After all, the camp is known as the “Abigroup National Rugby Camp”. Imagine how the ARU would react if the press started refering to our national team as “The Wallabies” instead of “The Qantas Wallabies”…

  P.S. Not only did the ARU get the name of the camp wrong, they got the ages of the campers wrong too. The camp is open to boys and girls from 8 – 17 years of age.

  Credit where credit is due, ARU (13)
  January 24th, 2010

• The problem with statistics is that there are always more…

  It seems that of all students in Australia, 32% go to private schools, with most private schools in NSW playing rugby.

  On the other hand, of the 68% of other students, you might assume that less than half of those schools actually play rugby. Which means that say 34% of students go to rugby playing public schools. So, of all rugby playing schools, it’s about a 50:50 split of public:private.

  Which means that the public school system is over represented at Waratahs level, with a 60:40 split of players coming from public:private schools. And that is despite private schools offering scholarships to promising rugby kids…

  ARU need to allocate more resources to schoolboy rugby (24)
  November 13th, 2009

• Awesome article.

  Sums up perfectly all that’s good about rugby…

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  November 13th, 2009

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