School sporting scholarships/recruitment

[wisemaan]

Lets get this ball rolling.

1. Harry Davies Yr-7
2. Anakin Richardson Yr-10 (Scholarship/Bursary)
3. Villiami Akauola Yr-10 (Scholar)
4. Daniel Muir Yr-4
5. Kupu M Yr-11 (Scholar)
6. Nathan Perkins Yr-9 (Scholar/Bursary)
7. Ash Thomas Yr-7
8. Dylan Simmons Yr-9 (Scholar/Bursary)
9. Harry Whitaker Yr-7
10. Jarryd King Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)
11. Bailey R-L Yr-6 (Scholar/Bursary)
12. Keone A-T Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)
13. Braith Sloane Yr-11 (Scholar/Bursary)
14. Heamasi Makasini Yr-8 (Scholar/Bursary)
15. Callum Grantham Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)

I am usually not one to comment. Yet it is indicated to me by a lot of individuals on New's approach to rugby compared to your fellow GPS schools.

Would Newington be the most imported school for rugby in the gps?

 

[FNC Rugby]

Lets get this ball rolling.

1. Harry Davies Yr-7
2. Anakin Richardson Yr-10 (Scholarship/Bursary)
3. Villiami Akauola Yr-10 (Scholar)
4. Daniel Muir Yr-4
5. Kupu M Yr-11 (Scholar)
6. Nathan Perkins Yr-9 (Scholar/Bursary)
7. Ash Thomas Yr-7
8. Dylan Simmons Yr-9 (Scholar/Bursary)
9. Harry Whitaker Yr-7
10. Jarryd King Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)
11. Bailey R-L Yr-6 (Scholar/Bursary)
12. Keone A-T Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)
13. Braith Sloane Yr-11 (Scholar/Bursary)
14. Heamasi Makasini Yr-8 (Scholar/Bursary)
15. Callum Grantham Yr-7 (Scholar/Bursary)

I am usually not one to comment. Yet it is indicated to me by a lot of individuals on New's approach to rugby compared to your fellow GPS schools.

also young Kden Carter in the 2s getting the free ride

 

[MaulMasterMind]

also young Kden Carter in the 2s getting the free ride

Oh, no. There's no need to get started on their 2s as well. Many boys there are not paying school fees. It's sad that they can't develop and yet rather look to bring in players.

 

[Mule]

Oh, no. There's no need to get started on their 2s as well. Many boys there are not paying school fees. It's sad that they can't develop and yet rather look to bring in players.

shame that now many schools are in an arms race - there's places that opportunities can be helpful for especially disadvantaged students but that is best discussed here ;-) https://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/school-sporting-scholarships-recruitment.5780/

 

[bomber06]

Oh, no. There's no need to get started on their 2s as well. Many boys there are not paying school fees. It's sad that they can't develop and yet rather look to bring in players.

This buying comps was the strategy of the previous DOR. The new DOR is focused more on developing players with better coaching and culture. It's not going to happen overnight but he is committed to it.

 

[Mule]

This buying comps was the strategy of the previous DOR. The new DOR is focused more on developing players with better coaching and culture. It's not going to happen overnight but he is committed to it.

Went to a seminar last night featuring Newington DOR; very impressive approach that in sorely needed it seems, but will take a lot of time and cohesion to embed!

 

[Crashy]

Worked with Shore after some pretty dark days. It can be done.

 

[bomber06]

Went to a seminar last night featuring Newington DOR; very impressive approach that in sorely needed it seems, but will take a lot of time and cohesion to embed!

Yep. he's a breath of fresh air after the previous charlatan. Won't happen overnight and he knows that, but he's a good rugby man and very committed.

 

[twister29]

How do we feel about Newington's $3.5 million back line? Considering the likely chance they win the premiership this year, is it a good return on investment, or does it not quite balance?

 

[Joker]

How do we feel about Newington's $3.5 million back line? Considering the likely chance they win the premiership this year, is it a good return on investment, or does it not quite balance?

Newington didn't pay for them. The leagues club do. It is their way to skirt the rule that students cannot be paid. But if a parent was told we will give your son 2 years in a top school with only obligation is that they play with us after leaving school. Parra and Balmain are spending money on retaining these kids services for the two years after school. Newington still get school fees jut not paid for by the family but a league club. This happened at Scots years ago and set the template.

 

[twister29]

Newington didn't pay for them. The leagues club do. It is their way to skirt the rule that students cannot be paid. But if a parent was told we will give your son 2 years in a top school with only obligation is that they play with us after leaving school. Parra and Balmain are spending money on retaining these kids services for the two years after school. Newington still get school fees jut not paid for by the family but a league club. This happened at Scots years ago and set the template.

I understand this, rather than the school paying $3.5 million, the players as a collective asset have a value of approximately that number. This investment from the clubs into sourcing players, this sourcing seems to be getting earlier and earlier. I wonder if club management sees this way of sourcing as a way to go around caps.
Are these players getting their school fees paid AS WELL as a contract salary, or just one or the other? I know of some boys on bursaries AND contract salaries but unsure about this dynamic.
Also, do we have a little list of the movements & arrangements of these boys? (Knowing Heamasi is infamously on his $3m Tigers track)