Quote ="braytontiger"Cas rugby union seams to be really taking off with many rl players giving it a go,I must say it is something that I would never before considered but no competitive rl while march and then you start to see the attraction.'"
We hit a bit of a milestone today, every age group played at home and all 5 pitches got used, + we had 3 games of tag going on down the side of the main pitches. If you have a child who plays bring them down Wednesday about 6.10 and ask anyone in the clubhouse for the correct coach and they will point you in the right direction.
If they are backs they pick it up within a session or 2, the forwards take a few more sessions. The ethos is all around developing the players so no pressure to pick it all up instantly.
Quote ="kinleycat"They also learn some different skills.
Played them both as an adult and enjoyed my time in both.
I would recommend any youngster to give it a try, it's usually coaches that aren't keen because they risk losing kids to another club/code.
Equally died in the wool RL parents can be off putting.'"
Kinleycat very well put, this really is the case that it is the parents and coaches who aren't keen, the parents as they don't like/understand union and the coaches for fear of loosing players. We have examples of clubs and age groups working brilliantly together, the Union lads who don't play league then go and have a try in the Union off season and bolster the league numbers. All ages below seniors play on Sundays.
Also if any of the parents want a run out we have 3 senior teams and a veterans team so we have a level for everyone.
