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David Codey (61)
According to this https://outline.com/aTD44w RA are looking to head off the like of League and AFL by bringing Rugby talent over three different stages starting from 15 years old and above. Thoughts?
Restructuring of the Academy set up
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Bob Loudon (25)
I read that this morning. Are the academies currently operating? As per the NRC/pathways discussion on the Roar that you have been commenting on, there are challenges with cotton wooling some of these young players and only playing them against their age group vs the 18+ year olds playing against men in club comps where older guys don't care about schoolboy reputations etc.
Certainly there needs to be a way to hold onto young talent that is getting poached but there are also questions about identification of that talent - are we selecting kids who through physical size dominate over those who develop the skills but don't get noticed because of the size issue? What happens with the kids who don't get picked up by academies - are the selectors/talent developers open minded enough to look at the late bloomers?
Certainly there needs to be a way to hold onto young talent that is getting poached but there are also questions about identification of that talent - are we selecting kids who through physical size dominate over those who develop the skills but don't get noticed because of the size issue? What happens with the kids who don't get picked up by academies - are the selectors/talent developers open minded enough to look at the late bloomers?
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
The Brumbies reintroduced their academy this year, but I'm not sure how the other teams are operating.........
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