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<blockquote data-quote="powerfulduck" data-source="post: 575520" data-attributes="member: 58567"><p>There's nothing wrong with that aspiration and to some extent I agree with you. Realistically though the game is growing around the world and in order to compete long term so must we grow to. I'd like to see the game protected across the board with wage caps and other systems etc. But Rugby isn't going to grow larger than soccer at least not in our lifetimes anyway. I'd prefer rugby to learn from soccers mistakes going forward, soccer is in a huge mess with agents & lack of domestic talent and has become a sideshow off the field. I pray that rugby doesn't follow that route as it grows.</p><p></p><p>with the closed shop thing, I'm of the belief that in order to produce world class players you need them to learn their craft from a young age and I just don't think this attitude of if they want to play they can do it themselves is acceptable. You have to get a selection of sports in all schools that's paramount for me. Sadly I have an arm injury which pretty much renders me useless from contact sports but even so I'd have been 19 in '03 that's just to late for somebody like me to learn there craft IMO (I'd have prob been **** anyway lol) but hopefully you see my point. Who's to say the next Jonah lomu isn't 11 not very good at soccer in a ****ty school in Manchester,Birmingham,Liverpool etc he just doesn't know it because he's never even held a ball?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="powerfulduck, post: 575520, member: 58567"] There's nothing wrong with that aspiration and to some extent I agree with you. Realistically though the game is growing around the world and in order to compete long term so must we grow to. I'd like to see the game protected across the board with wage caps and other systems etc. But Rugby isn't going to grow larger than soccer at least not in our lifetimes anyway. I'd prefer rugby to learn from soccers mistakes going forward, soccer is in a huge mess with agents & lack of domestic talent and has become a sideshow off the field. I pray that rugby doesn't follow that route as it grows. with the closed shop thing, I'm of the belief that in order to produce world class players you need them to learn their craft from a young age and I just don't think this attitude of if they want to play they can do it themselves is acceptable. You have to get a selection of sports in all schools that's paramount for me. Sadly I have an arm injury which pretty much renders me useless from contact sports but even so I'd have been 19 in '03 that's just to late for somebody like me to learn there craft IMO (I'd have prob been **** anyway lol) but hopefully you see my point. Who's to say the next Jonah lomu isn't 11 not very good at soccer in a ****ty school in Manchester,Birmingham,Liverpool etc he just doesn't know it because he's never even held a ball? [/QUOTE]
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