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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 586878" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>That argument would be valid if you were specifically talking about producing tight 5 players.</p><p>And that is not down to not having scrum machines, that's down to poor countries not producing lots of fat people.</p><p></p><p>You accept that Fiji produces wonderful players, many of whom would have had no access to specialist equipment, not even balls.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that rugby is mainly entrenched in middle/upper-class/<em>*insert relevant demographic*</em> society in most countries.</p><p>Something like 75% of the England team is privately educated. That means that 7% of the population supplies three quarters of the top players.</p><p>That isn't because working class kids don't have access to scrum machines, it's because they don't even know the sport exists.</p><p></p><p>The answer is getting kids under 10 years old to play 7s/touch/tag rugby. For which all you really need is a ball, but a bottle filled with sand or stones will suffice if you live in poverty.</p><p>Issues regarding specialist equipment don't really exist because by the time they are necessary people are playing at a level where they are being looked after financially by a club or union.</p><p></p><p>I don't know why you are being so cagey about your nationality either, I'm not trying to scam you. </p><p>It's relevant to this argument because I (and others) don't think you understand the development process of junior players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 586878, member: 67273"] That argument would be valid if you were specifically talking about producing tight 5 players. And that is not down to not having scrum machines, that's down to poor countries not producing lots of fat people. You accept that Fiji produces wonderful players, many of whom would have had no access to specialist equipment, not even balls. The problem is that rugby is mainly entrenched in middle/upper-class/[I]*insert relevant demographic*[/I] society in most countries. Something like 75% of the England team is privately educated. That means that 7% of the population supplies three quarters of the top players. That isn't because working class kids don't have access to scrum machines, it's because they don't even know the sport exists. The answer is getting kids under 10 years old to play 7s/touch/tag rugby. For which all you really need is a ball, but a bottle filled with sand or stones will suffice if you live in poverty. Issues regarding specialist equipment don't really exist because by the time they are necessary people are playing at a level where they are being looked after financially by a club or union. I don't know why you are being so cagey about your nationality either, I'm not trying to scam you. It's relevant to this argument because I (and others) don't think you understand the development process of junior players. [/QUOTE]
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