shit fight 100%.Vote 1 George.
Have SJRU or CJRU got a succession plan in place, or is this going to be an sh!tfight to rival NSW Labour party preselections?
From the Constitution:
16 (b) The Annual General Meeting shall be held not later than 30th November of each year, and twenty-eight (28) days notice of the date and place of holding it shall be given by letter to each Member Union.
They will be nearly into the 28 Days notice if they haven't already held their AGM for 2012.
The Accounts should be finalised by now and be undergoing Audit.
Agree Hugh. Actually most of the more efficient (NSW now ARU) community rugby admin staff have moved on, which is a shame. I know of 2 that are in line for the role, and both have family connections working within the ARU. Again, it not whos best for the role, but more who will please the powers to be more. Pulver should look to club rugby for this role, or try to get some of the old NSW staff back... but i don't see that happening. look for little results if its any of the current executive community staff.I haven't received any recent invitations to have a cup of tea at Rugby Central in St Leonards, so I guess I'll have to continue my crusade via the keyboard.
My thoughts on the matter is that an outsider with community rugby nous is needed.
Belly from 2 Blues would be good but that would tear the guts out of what is currently a well oiled machine. In a couple of years, after some succession measures are in place, then by all means conduct a raid on 2 Blues, and extract Mr Bell.
Most other current (and recently non-active) NSW community rugby administrators and leaders are pretty meh, and IMHO are far too tainted with WII-FM and self interest to perform this role.
I hope Mr Pulver has a reasonable budget allocation for remuneration for the GM, as well as some decent $ for him to spend on growing the game.
We all know if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys, and that you have to spend to sell. Without adequate remuneration and operating budget for the GM Participation, the results will be a foregone conclusion.
I was there for both trials, there was at least 220 kids there for the 15's.
I totally understand what you are saying both my boys fit into the exact category, they both played at the state champs and one made a regional team which was great. But they don't come from a district that offers up coaches for these teams, they don't go to a GPS or rugby playing school or a public sports high so they are behind before they start, so I totally get how hard it is for a boy who doesn't make a rep team to get ahead. This isn't sour grages it's just the way it works. at the end of the day people go with what they know not what they see.
Speaking to one of the selectors, they and the ARU guys are very keen to give every boy an opportunity to impress. There was a comment earlier re a few missing out and that sounds about right, but the majority will go through this week. They recognise that one skill drill doesn't always give a true reflection of the player. The selectors have used a rating system that mostly focussed on the weaker and strongest performers. The selection are being done without any bias ( if thats possible). The most pleasing thing for those who love the game was the massive numbers that showed up to trial. The process was done with as much objectivity as possible, with coaches only having a note pad to record numbers of players, ( no names), and the selectors generally only referring to names once the age group had finished and they compared observations and ratings.They felt this was the fairest way to assess the boys. Next week promises to be very busy but hopefully the right players put their hands up and get through.
