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Yes it is. Unfortunately all the A teams are taken up with sponsored boys. You pay your $47k in school fees in year 8 and your boy doesn't get a look in. Crazy. As a result the percentage playing the sport is dropping. Rugby is no longer compulsory in years 11 and 12.

former flanker unfortunately in TSC case that could not care a rats about particular kids. its about their brand and overall results. Its a events management company where the kids are locked into a school costing 48k in year 7 as they are in a parents competition to ensure there kids are up...

Coaches can have favourites. You need to accurately assess your skills and your potential. Ask people with knowledge you trust and who care for you to give their opinion. Then if the coach you have can't make the most of what you have then find another. Don't be a door mat for any club. Your...

We need to create pathways so the public school boys get a chance to represent and increase their standard. At the moment they feel locked out of the private school system. It will create competition for places and raise the standard from school boys all the way to Wallaby level. It will also...

I think its a game for big people now. If your boy is not going to be big, his future will be very limited. Sure there may be a massively skilled exception in the future. I think that is one of the reasons for the rise of soccer in the schools. Schools and clubs year to year have massive imports...

I thought that the one of the great attractions for rugby was that it was a game for all shapes and sizes. Realistically how many 60kg 12 year olds are actually recruited into year 7 at GPS schools. Of the schools that do recruit (whether they admit it on or not), wouldn't it make more sense to...

Randwick would retain a lot more kids if their games did not clash with junior league. Stay with Friday night or Saturday afternoon from U13 onwards. The parents were all told that Friday night would not work so they made other commitments I hear.

Behindtheshed. All those boys mentioned from Waverley were approached to go to those schools on scholarship. Why do they move? well no school fees. I think Waverley's are 12k+ pa, plus the GPS pathway into representative Rugby teams. Plus the perceived connections in business in later life.There...

Interesting news is that Scots have made sport non compulsory for years 11 and 12. If you take the view that Scots want to headline in everything they do. Then this seems an effort to bolster their academic results by using those not so inclined to sport.What will that mean down the track? Well...

Marcus was a good guy and is going to a non elite rugby school with just a few teams but an emphasis on academics. The cost in senior school starts in low 40ks and climbs rapidly. Scholarship boys get preference in teams and academics. Fee paying Parents are crazy to support this model with so...

Times have changed. There is hardly any money around in club land. The board room is changed. There are a lot more business types there. On reflection they have had the skills to get the sponsorships going and the smarts to not blow our money on the NRC. So ok. But I'm told we lost practically...

There are a number of smaller schools who would love to be competitive in rugby but they just don't have the numbers. why isn't there a permanent weekly 7's competition in Terms 2 and 3. They could muster the numbers for that and gives them the chance to stay in the game. It also helps the boys...

In all codes if a dad is the coach you expect their son to be in the team. Otherwise why are they the coach. You also expect that their boy will get the position the coach wants him to have. It always is and always will be. Its the same in ALL the codes. That is my experience and I have nothing...