Genge in the Telegraph
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It really annoys me too JohntheGriff. I wouldn’t say Williams was bad recruitment, it was because of injuries and bad coaching he was played in the wrong position.
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Add Cockers and you have a point
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Also in the Daily Wail, easier than behind the Telegraph wall.
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/artic ... rugby.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby ... Genge.html
Enjoy, we need to keep players like Gengie let him speak and tell the Board what is wrong and not lose him to Bristol.
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/artic ... rugby.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby ... Genge.html
Enjoy, we need to keep players like Gengie let him speak and tell the Board what is wrong and not lose him to Bristol.
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Agree with Genge, the academies all around England are private school focused mainly because it is the most cost effective, Schools hire ex players to coach, Schools give scholarships to best club players, ex players have links with Prem clubs etc etc.
And I'm not against picking players from private schools, but their is a lot of talent all over.
I would like to see some of the potential £18 million going into improving the local clubs scouting infrastructure, and also look at the athletics and football academies and seeing who has the raw talent but won't make their chosen sport.
And I'm not against picking players from private schools, but their is a lot of talent all over.
I would like to see some of the potential £18 million going into improving the local clubs scouting infrastructure, and also look at the athletics and football academies and seeing who has the raw talent but won't make their chosen sport.
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Good call for the use of the money. IMHO the RFU could do much more to create a development structure for state schools. The issue in our local area is rugby is an extra-curricular activity, and so relies on an enthusiastic teacher running training after school. If that teacher moves on or gets a management role, the impetus is lost.RagingBull wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:02 am Agree with Genge, the academies all around England are private school focused mainly because it is the most cost effective, Schools hire ex players to coach, Schools give scholarships to best club players, ex players have links with Prem clubs etc etc.
And I'm not against picking players from private schools, but their is a lot of talent all over.
I would like to see some of the potential £18 million going into improving the local clubs scouting infrastructure, and also look at the athletics and football academies and seeing who has the raw talent but won't make their chosen sport.
IMHO the local rugby development officers (assuming they haven't all gone in the recent redundancies at the RFU!) should be providing coaching support to state schools. Add a tie in to local accredited clubs and you might well have the bones of a development programme.
The RFU have done some work in this direction (they have developed teaching resources to help schools), but I wonder whether the will is really there to challenge the current culture.
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Very interesting interview from Burns.
https://youtu.be/zvxoU1ayzrw
Hats off to the guy, seems a sound bloke who loved playing for the Tigers. Plus he played his best rugby of his career at Welford Road.
https://youtu.be/zvxoU1ayzrw
Hats off to the guy, seems a sound bloke who loved playing for the Tigers. Plus he played his best rugby of his career at Welford Road.
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For me the moment when the spirit died.Leicestertinytiger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:35 pm Very interesting interview from Burns.
https://youtu.be/zvxoU1ayzrw
Hats off to the guy, seems a sound bloke who loved playing for the Tigers. Plus he played his best rugby of his career at Welford Road.
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Plenty if name checks for Simon Cohen but no mention of Ged Glynn. Freddie says rugby has changed but Tigers seem to have been involved in the 2 biggest swaps. Betham, Petersen and McCathrey all discarded too. Who is leaking to JP Petersen?
Team cohesion seeems to be the cornerstone of team performance and we have undermined ourselves.
Interesting times
Team cohesion seeems to be the cornerstone of team performance and we have undermined ourselves.
Interesting times
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U19 squad, 50% private/independent school.
In English education, 7% taught outside what was the state school system (sport even worse with academy chains).
In English education, 7% taught outside what was the state school system (sport even worse with academy chains).
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A game played on grass in the open air by teams of XV.
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A game played on grass in the open air by teams of XV.
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Private schools have professional sports teachers and have more sport periods per week, including Saturdays, state schools have mostly dual purpose teachers and probably only 1 double period a week.
I realise you work in state education and have a very big down on private schools. Hope you watched Maro on Rugby tonight, he showed how brilliantly educated guy he is!
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The problem with that statistic is it's not unheard of for the good guys from what would typically be a state background to get sponsorship/scholarship to go into the private system.
I know two people who got into private school on full scholarships this way, and another that got about half of the fees paid. None of them could have afforded it in any other way.
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What the stats don't tell is that private education takes lads out of the real world into a bubble, and mentally conditions them with repetitive drills and playing instructions that destroys independent thinking, and attempts to physically condition them before they are even full grown.Tiger_in_Birmingham wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:25 amThe problem with that statistic is it's not unheard of for the good guys from what would typically be a state background to get sponsorship/scholarship to go into the private system.
I know two people who got into private school on full scholarships this way, and another that got about half of the fees paid. None of them could have afforded it in any other way.
I remember catching my lad cycling down the road with his front wheel in the air for a quarter of a mile, scuffles over the park playing footie etc, boundaries being pushed and the limits being explored.
My lad also had the opportunity to expand his sporting knowledge by taking part in other sports that a scholarship or a strict rugby only timetable won't allow.
I used to see private schoolboys fake injuries to get out of training sessions because they were bored, and I often recognise a similar boredom in the Premiership.