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Larry Dwyer (12)
They don't need or expect to score a try with ever touch of the ball.
Positional play is tactical.
I should add, apologies, that was poorly written.
Yes I understand your point now, thank you for clarifying.
They don't need or expect to score a try with ever touch of the ball.
Positional play is tactical.
I should add, apologies, that was poorly written.
Exactly what Cranbrook rugby club has done across all years and all grades for 5 years approx(except 1st XV coach has been and is still is a teacher always)
Outside expertise is very much part time and is used across all grades and age groups with the aim of improving standards steadily for all boys who choose rugby
Seems to be a fairer, more worthwhile and longer term approach to allocating limited redources than that which cannot be mentioned - it's certainly within the spirit of schoolboy footy!
God Cranbrook seems to be getting a good wrap here. I mean, their First XV is very strong, but this team won the U16A comp so its kind of to be expected. If you were all actually commenting on the development of the schools rugby, you might take note of the fact that their current 16s have a good crop of players but are absolutely woeful, havent won a match. Similarly, their 14s/15s sides have been on the losing end of 80-0 + results. I don't mean to knock them, because they have produced a fine First XV outfit this year, but its a stretch to say that the school is anywhere near consistently strong like a school such as Knox.
The Waverley rugby i have watched so far this season as a sport enthusiast has left me startled and disgusted at the least, the lack of structure, speed and execution has left me pondering whether i have been watching the wrong game, I never knew the 5th XV kicked off at 3:15. Apparently their soccer budget stands remarkably higher than their rugby counterparts, I have nothing against that as Waverley 1st XI are playing very well from what i have seen and heard, but surely with results like Waverley's 1st XV there needs to be an increase in their budget (no tony abbot reference intended) or we will be seeing the boys kicking the sphere become the men charging out to the sound of drums from the pavilion.
The Waverley rugby i have watched so far this season as a sport enthusiast has left me startled and disgusted at the least, the lack of structure, speed and execution has left me pondering whether i have been watching the wrong game, I never knew the 5th XV kicked off at 3:15. Apparently their soccer budget stands remarkably higher than their rugby counterparts, I have nothing against that as Waverley 1st XI are playing very well from what i have seen and heard, but surely with results like Waverley's 1st XV there needs to be an increase in their budget (no tony abbot reference intended) or we will be seeing the boys kicking the sphere become the men charging out to the sound of drums from the pavilion.
At Waverley the kids are taught to play a loose and unstructured game. Their lack of structure is something they pride themselves on and is seen as a differentiation between the other cas schools. In regards to soccer taking over waverley this will (hopefully) never happen because the game is the seen as something played by pansies
Both these statements are ludicrous.
Can I make a modest proposal which might bring some sense to some of the discussion here? If you want to argue that Rugby is booming at a particular school (say, Cranbrook) or in horrible decline at another (say, Waverley), please do so by reference to at least a three-year time span and with an eye on the results at junior level as well as the 1st XV. It happens that this year, Cranbrook has an excellent group of players, and Waverley a relatively weak one. That just happens sometimes. Neither fact, in itself, is evidence of anything much.
Take Barker. I doubt that they are doing much this year that's all that different from the last two years (two premierships, 19 wins from 20 matches). This year's crop just isn't quite up to the standard of last year's. Now, if Barker don't win for another five years, then, sure, ask what went wrong. But one season is too small a sample size to mean anything at all about the general health of any school's Rugby programme.
Can I make a modest proposal which might bring some sense to some of the discussion here? If you want to argue that Rugby is booming at a particular school (say, Cranbrook) or in horrible decline at another (say, Waverley), please do so by reference to at least a three-year time span and with an eye on the results at junior level as well as the 1st XV. It happens that this year, Cranbrook has an excellent group of players, and Waverley a relatively weak one. That just happens sometimes. Neither fact, in itself, is evidence of anything much.
Take Barker. I doubt that they are doing much this year that's all that different from the last two years (two premierships, 19 wins from 20 matches). This year's crop just isn't quite up to the standard of last year's. Now, if Barker don't win for another five years, then, sure, ask what went wrong. But one season is too small a sample size to mean anything at all about the general health of any school's Rugby programme.
For you Waverley old boys - the behaviour of the boys on the weekend was atrocious
Clapping a guy who hit another player first ..if it were my old school every kid who was clapping would also be suspended
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