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Chris McKivat (8)
I think his point was more - how many actual randwick Juniors were in the starting 15? i would probably say a few players (maybe 5/6 came through colts) - but actual Randwick juniors, rather than players their colts system signed from being in good schools?Hey HooperPockockSmith,
I would like for you to understand the immense development of juniors and constant building Randwick have undergone to win this years Shute Shield and further win 3/4 grade competitions plus a well deserved Club Champions. For instance this years, voluntary and self-funded program by Randwick Juniors is the 'Randwick Junior academy' est 2014, is a 10 week summer program (ages 10- 18) that encompasses beach work, S & C sessions, Wednesday trainings session by 33 coaches including 14 Ex-Wallabies as coaches, twice week and Saturday morning fitness at several locations eg; Coogee Beach, South Coogee Stairs, Clovelly cemetery running, Wanda Sand Hills and Clovelly Run/Swim-Run. (All Coaches are Ex-Club players) .The fact that the academy is free is the cherry on top.
For instance this year the program received 374 applications in 3 days, impressive and shocking that even clubs like Gordon who have the biggest junior bases in Australia don't have anything hat funnels juniors and success.
Another being key recipe to the success is, Randwick's teenage club. The Randwick Warriors who out of 6 teams in SRU A div. Comps won three in the 15's, 16's and Opens. The clubs coaches are brining them through to the colts as well and Randwick are being pro-active sacking the current head of Colts who haven't offered results at the end of this year. These efforts offer both results, a club to be proud of and builds a winning culture.
Ultimately this success filters into the senior club.
The clubs commitment to hire Steven Hoiles and his coaching staff is a credit the board. Who made sure to employ a successful young coach who connects with the players while also delivers obvious results (Prems.), he is also an Ex-player at the club and knows to build a strogn 1st grade team requires the lower grades to also be strong (an important recipe for success) The clubs commitment to also establish the Elite Player Development program as well keeps players in the club. This success will last now since the drought is broken
Premierships are built not bought (@SYDUNI)
I think to win a shute shield, you need a combination of everything, overseas players, super rugby players and the local players, so i think randwick did great. Wicks have clearly spent a bucket load of money but they also have a pretty fantastic system to be able to be so successful this year throughout the grades, so good on em.