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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 321990" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>There's always gonna be the odd player thats too good to overlook. Dafydd Jones is a good example, as is Ifan Evans. I still don't think it happens early enough though. Once players are old enough to start playing for Llandovery, then things change, but before that that there's almost zero chance for children from Penweddig etc. to be involved with Llanelli youth etc. If they aren't picked up young, then it's often very difficult for those players to catch up with their South Walian equivalents at a later date. Many promising players from my year in school got no chances to develop and most left school at 16, got a job as a brickie, plumper etc. and stopped playing rugby for the most part. I've known other people who moved from Penweddig to Llandovery and got almost instant recognition.</p><p> </p><p>It doesn't help that the youth coaches in these parts aren;t good eough either. Vivian Davies (Penweddig and Aberystwyth youth coach, or he was untill a few years ago) does as much as he can, and has dedicated most of his time to coaching rugby, but he's not a great coach by any stretch. South Wales schools get former Welsh international coaches, that must help hugely to the development of young players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 321990, member: 13739"] There's always gonna be the odd player thats too good to overlook. Dafydd Jones is a good example, as is Ifan Evans. I still don't think it happens early enough though. Once players are old enough to start playing for Llandovery, then things change, but before that that there's almost zero chance for children from Penweddig etc. to be involved with Llanelli youth etc. If they aren't picked up young, then it's often very difficult for those players to catch up with their South Walian equivalents at a later date. Many promising players from my year in school got no chances to develop and most left school at 16, got a job as a brickie, plumper etc. and stopped playing rugby for the most part. I've known other people who moved from Penweddig to Llandovery and got almost instant recognition. It doesn't help that the youth coaches in these parts aren;t good eough either. Vivian Davies (Penweddig and Aberystwyth youth coach, or he was untill a few years ago) does as much as he can, and has dedicated most of his time to coaching rugby, but he's not a great coach by any stretch. South Wales schools get former Welsh international coaches, that must help hugely to the development of young players. [/QUOTE]
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