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Are my stats good enough for an academy?
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 1065648" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>I'd try asking Alex Shaw on Twitter, he's involved with Ealing's Academy, so would probably be able to tell you what you need to do to put yourself in the shop window. When I was your age, the pathway was to get selected for your county by playing well for your school, county players would go in to divisional, then national honours, but that was before academies existed. In my day, club rugby was a definate step up from school rugby and would imagine that this is still the case, so would definately advise you to find a local club with a successful team in your age group. As BrokenWing says, clubs take talent identification pretty seriously these days, so if you put yourself out there and play well, I'd expect academies to come looking for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 1065648, member: 58362"] I'd try asking Alex Shaw on Twitter, he's involved with Ealing's Academy, so would probably be able to tell you what you need to do to put yourself in the shop window. When I was your age, the pathway was to get selected for your county by playing well for your school, county players would go in to divisional, then national honours, but that was before academies existed. In my day, club rugby was a definate step up from school rugby and would imagine that this is still the case, so would definately advise you to find a local club with a successful team in your age group. As BrokenWing says, clubs take talent identification pretty seriously these days, so if you put yourself out there and play well, I'd expect academies to come looking for you. [/QUOTE]
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