Junior rugby teams : Tue May 17, 2011 1:15 pm  

What does the ages start from and what are the options,clubs etc,Plenty of teams,Got a lad who's coming up to 3 Got to plan his future
Is it around the 8 year old mark?

Re: Junior rugby teams : Tue May 17, 2011 2:04 pm  

Get him some golf bats. Much more opportunity to make a few quid.

Re: Junior rugby teams : Tue May 17, 2011 6:56 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Get him some golf bats. Much more opportunity to make a few quid.

Or a tennis bat. He could be six hundred and seventy fourth in the world (equal to the British number one) and still be a milliionaire.

Re: Junior rugby teams : Tue May 17, 2011 7:42 pm  

deluded pom? wrote:

Or a tennis bat. He could be six hundred and seventy fourth in the world (equal to the British number one) and still be a milliionaire.

Take 670 off your estimate and you'd be nearer the mark.

Apart from Mr Murray there ain't many millionaires in British tennis - unless you're in the top 200 it's a hard life going round low level tournaments where the winner gets about £5K. You have to pay your own way and if you lose, you get nothing. players from virtually every country in the world are after the same prize. You have to train anything up to 4 hours a day throughout your teenage years and then even more when you go pro. It's not an easy way to make money in sport.

Anyway, the Chargers start at year 5 (U10)

Re: Junior rugby teams : Tue May 17, 2011 10:54 pm  

That is one hell of a bite

Re: Junior rugby teams : Wed May 18, 2011 5:30 am  

tim2 wrote:

Take 670 off your estimate and you'd be nearer the mark.

Apart from Mr Murray there ain't many millionaires in British tennis - unless you're in the top 200 it's a hard life going round low level tournaments where the winner gets about £5K. You have to pay your own way and if you lose, you get nothing. players from virtually every country in the world are after the same prize. You have to train anything up to 4 hours a day throughout your teenage years and then even more when you go pro. It's not an easy way to make money in sport.

He could always become a pro at a tennis club with all the feminine benefits that brings

Re: Junior rugby teams : Wed May 18, 2011 8:40 am  

E.S.O wrote:

That is one hell of a bite

At least it makes a change from mentioning overpaid prima donnas who claim to be "tired" when they play twice a week and spend most afternoons on the golf course.

Oh no, I mentioned it.

Re: Junior rugby teams : Wed May 18, 2011 9:11 am  

tim2 wrote:

At least it makes a change from mentioning overpaid prima donnas who claim to be "tired" when they play twice a week and spend most afternoons on the golf course.

Oh no, I mentioned it.

Re: Junior rugby teams : Wed May 18, 2011 4:52 pm  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

What does the ages start from and what are the options,clubs etc,Plenty of teams,Got a lad who's coming up to 3 Got to plan his future
Is it around the 8 year old mark?

Can't help with info around your way, (the RFL website has a club finder) but in the Northwest counties, they can start training whenever you/they feel they're ready, but can't play until they are 6, so most start around 5.