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<blockquote data-quote="O&#039;Rothlain" data-source="post: 164703"><p>The problem we face is amateurism. It would be interesting to see some of our top clubs take on some of the top UK and Irish amateur club teams. </p><p>I think we're heading in the right direction. Even though a lot of these players are foreign born, they do play their rugby here...this adds greatly to the wealth of knowledge at their home clubs. The Rugby Super League is great, but you can see a difference between the clubs with money and those without. When I lived in San Diego, I got to train some with OMBAC...they have money, great coaching and great facilities. I then played with the Sain Louis Bombers. We had a great coach, but struggled with facilities. OMBAC had international position coaches, while STL had coaches who had grown up in the program. I am not knocking our coaches, they are all great, but they do it for free after their full time jobs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="O'Rothlain, post: 164703"] The problem we face is amateurism. It would be interesting to see some of our top clubs take on some of the top UK and Irish amateur club teams. I think we're heading in the right direction. Even though a lot of these players are foreign born, they do play their rugby here...this adds greatly to the wealth of knowledge at their home clubs. The Rugby Super League is great, but you can see a difference between the clubs with money and those without. When I lived in San Diego, I got to train some with OMBAC...they have money, great coaching and great facilities. I then played with the Sain Louis Bombers. We had a great coach, but struggled with facilities. OMBAC had international position coaches, while STL had coaches who had grown up in the program. I am not knocking our coaches, they are all great, but they do it for free after their full time jobs. [/QUOTE]
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