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Soccer has been funded up the pipe for a very long time. Rep teams have always been incredibly expensive by comparison to district rep rugby teams, different timing in the program etc granted. I would guess this is where rugby is heading with club team fee's and a JGC $$( SAP/ PL) . If the ARU...

I would be surprised if Harry Chapman from Knox doesn't find his way into the CAS back row somewhere. Played 8 for Knox in 2014 and got a run in the CAS opens teams also. Can play 6,7,& 8.

Quite genuinely this can't be the only road to repairing the financial status of our game, so agreed. However I sense it has to be a starting point. The ARU have cut a lot of jobs, I believe many have taken pay cuts to varying extents, and players have agreed some type of pay freeze ( i think)...

In principal I'm not against what is happening re funding of the game. Something drastic has to happen or we wont have the game of rugby holding any prominence in this country. It seems that in 2012 the ARU had an operating loss of around $8 mil, and a profit of $23 mil in 2013. The profit was...

I agree that the real value in the JGC is the involvement of players from outside the traditional rugby schools. With the exception of the The Nationals, the JGC has the highest exposure to the ARU staffers and scouts. I understand that the ARU allocated scouts to all of the JGC rounds and...

^^^^ There's no doubt that they welcome those players, but I have seen little by way of approach from clubs to the non rep level players. I would be confident that a lot of very good players move straight into subbies because they probably think there is little interest in them from Shute...

^^^^ Interestingly most of the clubs seem fixated with just the top players, which they clearly need to pursue, but given the natural recycle in colts of 40 odd p.a. , you would think that clubs would have a second tier approach program to attract those boys in lower grades in to at least...

Bursaries and Scholarships are very different things. Bursaries are generally provided to students who come from backgrounds of social and financial hardship are are given to provide a better opportunity in life for those lucky enough to receive it. Scholarships are generally awarded to children...

All i can report on is what I believe was the case as recently as last year, and maybe things have changed, which is demonstrated by the JGS/JGC changing. I dont know what they are doing this year but the process seems to have changed again from what I can gather. But one thing is for sure and...

I know a few of the selectors from last years JGC and I want to put up a different perspective on this. The idea on this thread that 1) Boys are marked as not to view or be considered, 2) that some clubs are marked not to engage with, 3) that boys are on some list and accordingly do not need to...

My understanding is the boy turned up to trial for the Presidents (GPS ) team and was injured, knee or ankle ? And had to retire from the trial. If it's anything like the schools opens process then injury is an acceptable excuse for non participation in the tournament and those boys are eligible...

There are of course factors such as many boys do not actually aspire to playing at the top level. Careers etc play a big part. I would suggest that what programs boys are exposed to after school had a bigger influence. Boys that play Australia schools will be chased by clubs with strong...

I would like to endorse your remarks about the family being scrutinised here. I DO know them, and I can say that any insuation that they have used any influence is utter rubbish. In fact my experience with them is they go to lengths to distance themselves from the political influences. What a...

who isn't supporting him. I thought its a mandatory 1 week ..if he doesn't play on Saturday, Aus have 1 specialist 10 in the squad. I feel sorry for JJH, and there was no drive down in the tackle, but seriously if my son was on the end of it, I wouldn't be too happy at all, and 1 week seems...

I think its more they are missing a quality play maker rather than another utility back. As HJ alluded, if O'Shea gets injured or his form is down, they have nowhere to turn. I thought that the #15 was one of the best for Aus, but he didn't look like he could create too much at 10.

Its always a tough call for the coach, but defending the lineout with only 6 backs shouldn't have been an issue with the 10 usually marking one wide of attacking 10. But I don't really understand why our 9 on defensive scrums wasn't defending on NZ 10 giving us even numbers? The Aus back row...

Are you sure they had TV back then?

I can suggest that the ARU and selectors saw last years JGC program as a development opportunity, however many coaches saw it exactly as a competition model, which I guess is only natural for them. I,m not sure if there were any game time and starting opportunity rules imposed on the coaches...

You have to wonder whether the 3 unannounced at the time were always going to be Queenslanders , but they couldn't announce it on the day because there would have been a lynching given the unimpressive performance of qld 1 once they came up against stronger opposition. I agree with Rugby Addict...

No question junior clubs, not all but many, need to do more to recruit. Senior clubs ( colts) also need to be more supportive of their junior clubs by providing support such as coaching education to club land coaches, and accordingly building an identity with their juniors. It's always harder...