NH Ditch Junior rep sides
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There’s some reasonable correlational evidence to suggest a Mathew effect in other sports, so I’m not entirely against steps to combat that - assuming that they’ve identified it in rugby and it relates to younger players getting better coaching due to attributes that aren’t related to rugby skill (primarily age and size).
Whether this is a good response or not to that, I’m not sure, and if also like to see the studies, because as @Kirwan points out, they could be based on bogus science.
Personally, I don’t think it’s the end of the world, as long as the games themselves remain a contest.
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I've listened to this on RS all day, still hasnt changed my opinion, it does seem a bit of a 'well we gotta try something different' angle, but by the same token, I think maybe in my experience (which obviously drives my thinking) I have been lucky with the kids and parents I have been involved with (well 1 dad was a dick, but so was his son, and not a good player either...) as I can see that some parents are likely to be a big part of the problem.
Still like to see more around thier 'research' and the questions asked, how etc.
I have always dreamed of being an AB, but when I was about 15 I realised I would never achieve that goal, I didnt give up rugby
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Not rep rugby, but thought this was the best place to post this.
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@JK said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
I think its just ripper rugby but for older kids who aren't keen on the contact?
What kids who want to play rugby aren't keen on contact? I had two friends at primary/intermediate whose Mum's wouldn't let them play rugby when they were kids (as they were small) and they were the roughest little buggers when playing league at lunch time.
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@Nepia said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
@JK said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
I think its just ripper rugby but for older kids who aren't keen on the contact?
What kids who want to play rugby aren't keen on contact? I had two friends at primary/intermediate whose Mum's wouldn't let them play rugby when they were kids (as they were small) and they were the roughest little buggers when playing league at lunch time.
No idea eh! When my lad played ripper (4,5 and 6 years old) he was gagging to play tackle asap. His whole team were. But had to wait until was 7 before they could. Cant imagine any of them not wanting to go to tackle. It was hard enough stopping them from tackling while playing ripper!
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@Nepia yeah IMO you teach the kids the right technique when they are 20kg dripping wet and the opposition are all mostly similar sizes it sets them up better for when they get into thier teens and facing kids over 100kg.
My sons U14 team has a kid who is 39kg, facing a kid last weekend who is 104kg, he made a copy book tackle on him...I dont expect that would have happened if it was his first year of contact rugby.
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@taniwharugby said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
@Nepia yeah IMO you teach the kids the right technique when they are 20kg dripping wet and the opposition are all mostly similar sizes it sets them up better for when they get into thier teens and facing kids over 100kg.
My sons U14 team has a kid who is 39kg, facing a kid last weekend who is 104kg, he made a copy book tackle on him...I dont expect that would have happened if it was his first year of contact rugby.
That's the unintended consequence of these sorts of rules, technique gets learned later and we'll end up with more injuries.
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@JK they have a nationwide Primary Schools Rippa tournie...or maybe they dont in NH
AFAIK this doesnt go beyond Primary School though, which is odd.
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@taniwharugby said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
@JK they have a nationwide Primary Schools Rippa tournie...or maybe they dont in NH
AFAIK this doesnt go beyond Primary School though, which is odd.
Yeah they still got that. My lad does it (year 5)
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Ta$man opted out too now
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230388
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@JK I had heard it has been tabled at NRU too, from what I gathered one of the bigwigs announced NRU was following suit of NH, but hadnt done due process or consulted the right people and was promptly told yeah nah.
The 2 Whangarei sub-union U13 rep teams up here had trials over the weekend.
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The Wellington Rugby Football Union will become the latest province to disband their under-13 representative teams. The move follows on from North Harbour, Canterbury, Auckland, Southland, Otago, South Canterbury, Taranaki and Ta$man, which have all done away with the youngest of their rep teams. The youngest rep team in all of these regions, including Wellington, will now be under-16. It is expected this will be the status quo for every provincial union eventually..
It will be interesting to see what's going to happen in other provinces. I know that Hawke's Bay has already planned U14 selection and training camps for mid-July, and they usually play at least 3 games each year (last year, two against Manawatu and one against Waikato). -
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@mikedogz said in NH Ditch Junior rep sides:
Rumour going around that this the last year for Waikato Under 13 rep teams.
at the risk of kicking this thread off again, I think I'm pretty ok with no rep rugby for under 13s. It's still primary school stuff, and seems to have little to no correlation to future success.
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@nzzp nitpicking...U13 is intermediate.
It looks like it will soon be rolled out nationwide anyway, and even for the unions that opt to keep it, they probably wont have anyone to play.
With no NH and article stating Auckland out, must put Roller Mills in doubt this year too?
