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<blockquote data-quote="Steve_Smith94" data-source="post: 1180151" data-attributes="member: 88479"><p>Morning all. I'm wondering if there are any other age grade coaches on here. I coach an U13s team at a fairly small club in Cambridgeshire and regularly come up against a squad size issue. As a small club we have a decent number on our books - 24. With the inevitable absentees, we normally have around 19. At U13s this is a starting 13 with 6 subs.</p><p></p><p>The issue is that we play a lot of bigger clubs that have 30+. This means that we effectively play 2 teams. We have a really good team and are normally up against these teams until the last 10-15 mins, where we become tiered and eventually are overhauled. This is becoming an issue for our boys and frustrating to the coaches. I don't feel its a fitness issue, just playing fresh players when we naturally tire.</p><p></p><p>This seems hugely unfair and I cannot understand why the RFU doesn't have a squad size limit to provide an equal contest. Anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any suggestions on how to tackle this?</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve_Smith94, post: 1180151, member: 88479"] Morning all. I'm wondering if there are any other age grade coaches on here. I coach an U13s team at a fairly small club in Cambridgeshire and regularly come up against a squad size issue. As a small club we have a decent number on our books - 24. With the inevitable absentees, we normally have around 19. At U13s this is a starting 13 with 6 subs. The issue is that we play a lot of bigger clubs that have 30+. This means that we effectively play 2 teams. We have a really good team and are normally up against these teams until the last 10-15 mins, where we become tiered and eventually are overhauled. This is becoming an issue for our boys and frustrating to the coaches. I don't feel its a fitness issue, just playing fresh players when we naturally tire. This seems hugely unfair and I cannot understand why the RFU doesn't have a squad size limit to provide an equal contest. Anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any suggestions on how to tackle this? Cheers, Steve [/QUOTE]
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