Just returned from my games. My 13B's ran over top of Grammar 44-12 and our 13A's cruised it in against 58-5. There has been some huge improvements in the confidence of our boy's playing the game and general structures. Our B's in particular contains several kids that just work tirelessly all game which makes a big difference. In our A's there was a bit more of a tendency to spectate purely due to the fact that we were running over them at will. It's something we will need to address. If they had picked the work rate up by 50% the score could have become very ugly for Grammar. Still, good signs. We have a really clever little halves set up, good strong centres and a creative fullback that runs both himself and others into space. The backline play was massively improved. Once we get our pack to run all game we will have a pretty good A's team.
Now, to the not say pleasant bit. I know some may think it rich to complain about the ref after such comprehensive victories but I'm going to anyway. The first ref missed a little bit but wasn't too bad and did a reasonably good job. The second bloke however, was probably the most bias ref I have ever seen. He ping up for a throw in if it wasn't perfect yet they threw is crooked throw after crooked throw. We actually had a number of penalties for tackling too hard. He claimed they were high but neither one of them were unless the shoulder starts at the diaphragm and I was misinformed back in PE. The scrums were a bloody joke. He actually penalised us for being the dominate scrum. Bloody joke. To make it worse, we had a Grammar father actually walk around to our side to have a go at me in particular. Told me to "learn the rules". He clearly had never actually played the game as he would have known that Rugby doesn't have "rules" it has "laws". I left it at that but he continued. He then got read the riot act by one of the coaches who happens to work for the ARU after he played the "you're from the West, what would you know".
I saw the second game.
Speaking of laws: You and your "co coach" are not permitted on the field of play during play - let alone for the purposes of coaching.
You know very well, because one of you yelled out an instruction to get your loose head to bind, that the scrum penalties were for not binding and that grammar were penalised for the same thing.
You omit the fact that one of your boys was carded - you don't complain about that so I assume you accept it was justified.
You set an appalling example to your players by bagging the ref loudly and in front of the reserves. I was sitting behind the dead ball line and you were on halfway and I was able to hear what you or your co coach (because i dont know which was which) said so there is simply no doubt they heard it.
You should be ashamed of yourselves. This is u13 schoolboy rugby: do that in club land and you would be fronting the SJRU on my report.
The grammar father you mention is no better.
Posting this attack on the ref on here is probably the worst effort of the day.
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