Re: junior rl 1st summer season : Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:10 am
braytontiger wrote:
i wouldnt disagree at all,i doubt anyside will be able to contain crigg unless complacency sets in or a certain individual misses a few games.
this has got me thinking to how the aussies do things and instead of playing age groups they play to size and weight so that everyone on the field is of simular build,i had a good chat with both lance and gadge after the game at the weekend and they both said we played the better rugby, but ended up on the end of a 32-0 scoreline and i wouldnt disagree that we played the better rugby.
now more than ever at u12s you can see quite clearly that some kids are growing quicker than others and at times it is men vs boys and the men will always win. i can see this trend conituing for the next two years at least until we get the levelling off period at around u15s u16.
i also feel it does the bigger kids no good in the long run has they can rely on there size to just power through teams rather than having to use skillls to open up teams something they will need when they play at a higher level in the coming years,has a kid myself i saw some quite awsome kids at junior level and at the time they seemed unstoppable but i cant remember many of them been any good after everyone else had caught them up in size.
im not having a dig at the kids or the teams they play for has any coach
would love them in there side and use them the same way and its not there fault they are what they are.please take it in the right context.
this has got me thinking to how the aussies do things and instead of playing age groups they play to size and weight so that everyone on the field is of simular build,i had a good chat with both lance and gadge after the game at the weekend and they both said we played the better rugby, but ended up on the end of a 32-0 scoreline and i wouldnt disagree that we played the better rugby.
now more than ever at u12s you can see quite clearly that some kids are growing quicker than others and at times it is men vs boys and the men will always win. i can see this trend conituing for the next two years at least until we get the levelling off period at around u15s u16.
i also feel it does the bigger kids no good in the long run has they can rely on there size to just power through teams rather than having to use skillls to open up teams something they will need when they play at a higher level in the coming years,has a kid myself i saw some quite awsome kids at junior level and at the time they seemed unstoppable but i cant remember many of them been any good after everyone else had caught them up in size.
im not having a dig at the kids or the teams they play for has any coach
would love them in there side and use them the same way and its not there fault they are what they are.please take it in the right context.
See it all the time, Stanley are quite a big set of lads and after containing their pack they couldn't match us for pace and handling. I took a team from 11s through to 16s a number of years ago, up to 14s were physically dominated then after it levelled out we had developed 'rugby playing ability' while other sides whod relied on their size had gone backwards and we were hammering them. Got to be said, it's very short sighted from the coaches.