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ncart

Roar Rookie

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Member Since:: June 2010
Based In:: Brisbane
Favourite Sports:: Rugby,

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My experience at the Queensland Reds' Fan Day

19 Feb 2012

On Saturday the 18th of February, I went along with my five year old daughter and four year old son to the Queensland Reds’ Fan Day at Ballymore in Brisbane.

Rugby youth development programs

13 Jun 2011

It is often seen that rugby lacks the development programs and talent identification of other codes, but a recent article on the Rugby Heaven website seems to indicate that it is better developed than many think, just not perhaps publicised as much.

What is being done to grow local rugby?

10 Feb 2011

A new rugby season is upon us, with an exciting Super Rugby season about to start. So what is being done at a local level to grow interest and participation in the game?

IPL-style rugby comp could be a hit

23 Jun 2010

I have just read about Rassie Erasmus’ involvement in a proposed new Super Rugby comp in 2012, which will be modeled on the very successful Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.

Rugby Union needs better local development

5 Jun 2010

I’ve long had concerns that the rugby union state/national unions are not putting enough emphasis on development and growth of the game beyond their traditional catchments.

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My experience at the Queensland Reds’ Fan Day

Hi Rhino, good to hear your daughter has joined up. One of the female volunteers at Easts when we signed up told me that her son played Under 8's last year and the boys are afraid to tackle the girls, but the girls don't care, so they have a pretty good run of it. My wife's GP, a real rugby fan said that when his sons were young players at GPS there was a girl who was the best player in one of the son's teams. I think the more that we can encourage girls to play and get more of them along then the more we will overcome the Mum's fear of their kids playing and getting hurt. We saw a few girls playing last year when we went down to Easts one morning to watch the young kids play - get your daughter to encourage her school friends to give it a go too.

21 Feb 2012

Life is about to start for the Melbourne Rebels

Roscoe, that is a very short sighted view that was expressed to you. I am a Kiwi living in Brisbane and I support the Reds because I live here. If I was in Melbourne I would definitely support the Rebels - hell I am supporting them anyway but they would be my Number 1 team if I lived there. I think most expats would be like that because the local team is what you are exposed to. I hope that having the Rebels there will help to expand the interest to locals with no previous rugby links and get more local kids and adults playing the game - it has certainly worked for AFL in Brisbane with the Lions.

18 Feb 2011

Waratahs looking for new boss

Wouldn't it be great if they made part of the new applicant requirement for the job to present a plan for how they are going to grow rugby in NSW and specifically how they are going to address some of the problems that the game has there? Then, if the successful applicant had as part of their contract KPIs around meeting the points in their proposal, it might make them all think carefully about what they can bring to the job and actually get someone who really adds value.

4 Jun 2010