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I was going to make the same point, although I think that there is more than one who has made the firsts. But the point is that the bursaries are a social justice activity of the school and the law of averages says that some of them will be ok at sport. Some ignorant folk make the same...

That's the point, it's not professional sport. They get resilience from things such as working harder to improve skills and learning from the occasional defeat. Bringing kids into a team to fill a perceived weakness is the exact opposite of instilling resilience. As I said earlier, we'll...

School sport, or to use the traditional name “games”, is primarily undertaken for educational objectives, and the prime purpose is to provide wide participation at a good level for all boys throughout the school. These objectives include the development of a healthy lifestyle, teamwork...

Most private schools have a cut off of March 31, which means that almost all of them would be 18 before university starts. I've had/have kids in the State sytem, the private system and the catholic system at various points. The vast majority start school so that they are in the 13s age group...

With someone of your obviously high intellect involved, it's a wonder that Balmain Subbies aren't playing in and winning Shute Shield by now. A pity that Geography isn't your strong point though, we're actually in Australia and talking about the Australian high school system and what's...

Then we agree to disagree.

I'd assumed that somebody had hacked his account.

The broader question is that those who see the scholarshipping of students as a way to save Australian rugby are running against the evidence. The time of recruting elite athletes into a small number of private schools in Sydney and Brisbane has co-incided with the general decline in Australian...

In NZ schools are now refusing to play others who recruit/scholarship. The ethical quagmire that is schoolboy rugby has been further muddied with Auckland powerhouse St Kentigern College being excluded from next year's Auckland 1A First XV competition. The stunning turn of events has seen a...

Rubbish, the vast majority of students admitted to university in Australia have already turned 18. The small minority who were still 17 at the end of Year 12 would have nearly all turned 18 by the time first year university commences inlate Feb/early March.

I know exactly what it's called. I just don't lower myself to your level.

Don't call me champ, and I'm not your mate either.

see post 7188. You realise that the NSW government runs sports high schools for people who want their kids to take that route?

And you're no doubt aware also that NCAA rules mean that such scholarships have fairly strict GPA requirements? Even today that is the case, as I know a number of people whose kids are/were at US universities. You have to produce school reports and grades back to Year 9 and the academic...

Because the rules of the association specifically prohobit them. Because sport is supposed to complement the academic life of schools not take it over. They're schools not sports academies. If people want elite sports training for their offspring, there are plenty of places they can get it.

Even if they never play in a 1sts sporting team? Presumably you would apply a similar description to anyone attending any school under similar circumstances.

We're not talking about professional rugby, we're talking about school children.

They did with basketball. Whether they would risk the same thing with rugby is interesting.

There's not enough unstructured scrimmage-type play with the ball IMO (either touch or tackle). It makes boys think on their feet and react to a mulitude of different situations (at speed), rather than endless repetition of mind-numbing drills which coach such thinking skills out of young players.