Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
Ideas to improve the standard of rugby in the NH
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 516480" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>It's still an amusing name - you are aware of the word's most common useage in English language right?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Amongst my various uni friends was a guy who'd been first XV at Sedgefield. He'd basically been a semi-pro rugby player there in terms of amount and quality of training.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Methody cup winning team of 3 years back (I think) look on path for something similar - Niall Annett, Adam Macklin, Michael Heaney, Paddy Jackson, Craig Gilroy and Blaine McIlroy all on one team, with a few others who appear to be getting lost in the churn but might yet bounce back.</p><p></p><p>If anything, the impression I get is that schools rugby is too big in Northern Ireland. You get kids coming out age 18 who've effectively been semi-pros and they've had enough. If they can't go higher than where they were - basically, more or less straight into the pro game - they're not interested. Obviously I wouldn't know myself but I've heard the story plenty of times, including from lads who basically did that. It doesn't help the cause of Ulster rugby that a lot of lads move out of the province for uni either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 516480, member: 42330"] It's still an amusing name - you are aware of the word's most common useage in English language right? Amongst my various uni friends was a guy who'd been first XV at Sedgefield. He'd basically been a semi-pro rugby player there in terms of amount and quality of training. The Methody cup winning team of 3 years back (I think) look on path for something similar - Niall Annett, Adam Macklin, Michael Heaney, Paddy Jackson, Craig Gilroy and Blaine McIlroy all on one team, with a few others who appear to be getting lost in the churn but might yet bounce back. If anything, the impression I get is that schools rugby is too big in Northern Ireland. You get kids coming out age 18 who've effectively been semi-pros and they've had enough. If they can't go higher than where they were - basically, more or less straight into the pro game - they're not interested. Obviously I wouldn't know myself but I've heard the story plenty of times, including from lads who basically did that. It doesn't help the cause of Ulster rugby that a lot of lads move out of the province for uni either. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
Ideas to improve the standard of rugby in the NH
Top