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This comment belongs in your favourite schools thread IS... But private school is where a lot of current senior grade players earn their stripes? As much as it sucks, this is the rugby landscape in Australia (and generally, the rest of the world) and as much as the Super Rugby franchises and...

What did Vinny Munro do to get shafted from the panel? Or what didn't he do? I liked the way he reffed and thought that he was an up and comer?

Righto, now for the silly season... Following the post season celebrations, there has already been some considerable movement at the station as far as coaching goes. There are also player movements out of the zone that will make the competition much closer next season (particularly bring...

Good to see Empire!! I'm excited about the Super Rugby season and am looking forward to the Brumbies showing some ticker. The thing that has been really disappointing over the past few seasons has been the lack of heart show by these guys. I think that's why Git's "Captain" call to Moore was...

That's it mate, we get the Brumbies Country visits on the bye week which generally happens midweek. It would be great to tie something like that in with a club training session or something similar. We had the trial match v Chiefs in about 2005 (i think) which was great, but Wagga doesn't have a...

I agree, sensational idea and one that shows that Jake White has some sense about him. I think the franchises in general tend to focus too much on themselves when the reality of professional sport is that without the general public, they don't have a job. Good work Jake. It'd be great to see...

I think the College likes to keep things in house. I'd be surprised if you found many boys that were allowed to participate in extra-curricular rugby activities that clashed with College commitments.

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Grammar have been poor for decades. That's life, try coaching a junior rugby team in regional NSW mate. You can guarantee that there are players playing rugby until around the under 16's age group. They go to boarding school for the final 2-3 years of school and leave their local comp...

It's been done in the past...

Is this a suggestion that the ARU should tell the GPS, CAS, ISA schools where they should be playing their rugby? In terms of playing numbers? Rugby is the number one winter sport in NZ, Australia has more competition for numbers with winter sports (AFL, League, Union, Soccer) and will...

Thanks fellas. Chances are, there won't be anyone to take over the role when he leaves. This was one of the most heart breaking things about being a DO, without that contact inside the school driving things for you, you're buggered. What that comes back to though is the local clubs driving...

Not bad. There is a video of Matt Burke in his schoolboy days where he kicks the ball at the posts from the same point - he hits the goal post and gets the ball to bounce back to him.

NT is a tough gig Ruggo. Not a traditionally rugby oriented state, AFL would easily be the number one sport in the Territory, tyranny of distance etc etc. It seems strange though that given a good local contact, the DO hasn't followed up on it. Rugby will always play third fiddle to AFL and...

As a former DO, I know that they do target all schools. It's not as simple as ringing the school and booking them in for some clinics and then the kids show up at their local club to play rugby. Many schools only have a small number of male teachers which makes life really hard for sport in...

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Aspiring regional sports stars will play for their local club/s on a Saturday/Sunday as well as the league/union/AFL midweek school based competitions as well as the respective statewide knockout competitions for the winter sports. If a kid is handy enough at 17 years old he could well be...

That's crazy, the schools must be looking for a law suit. Smart Rugby is the absolute minimum qualification to be covered for insurance purposes and is essential for all referee's, players coaches etc. It's not only the schools where the upskilling needs to occur, there are heaps of...

Unsupervised, unstructured touch football is possibly the worst thing you can let your players ‘run in their own time’. From experience as a player, coach and development officer it is one of the biggest mistakes coaches make. Generally, players use it as a social exercise rather than for...

Burgo is a champ. I had the pleasure of meeting him here in Wagga when he was just starting out at the Brumbies. He is an easy going, approachable and very likeable bloke. On the field he has always been great to watch. I hope he enjoys his time in France and does well in whatever he turns his...