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I heard somewhere that in NZ your youth get seperated into size groups as much as age. Is that accurate?
It makes sense in that it helps with skills development; big guys would need to develop skills to dominate other big guys while small guys who have skill don't get discouraged from playing rugby as they can 'catch up' later because lets face it at age grade a big guy can look brilliant while being so far ahead of the pack ITO sheer physical presence but might get found out later when his size advantage becomes more and moer insignificant.
At Junior level, in most Provincial Unions, they have both "open" and "weight" restricted age grades. For example, here in Nelson;
U11 must be less than 65 kg or they go up to U12
U11-W must be less than 43 kg
U12 must be less than 74 kg or they go up to U13
U12-W must be less than 49 kg
U13 must be less than 83 kg or they go up to U14
U13-W must be less than 55 kg
There are no separate "weight for age" grades from U14 upwards, but players under the age of 14 who are over 90kg go up to U15.