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<blockquote data-quote="racingmetrofan" data-source="post: 497532" data-attributes="member: 51232"><p>As a player</p><p></p><p>I haven't played for two seasons, but when I did, the biggest problem all the club teams faced from U14s to Academy (up to 19) was all the public school lads being around for half/a quarter of the season, then not being able to play for us for the rest as they played for their schools. As far as I know the situation hasn't improved</p><p></p><p>And the public school kids were generally much better as they trained a lot, so it was difficult for the coaches not to select them when they were available, and it fragmented the team and the selection a bit. </p><p></p><p>Also the nature of county and public school rugby which openly dictated to lots of pretty good players 'if you play for this club team which is in this league instead of that or which is at the bottom of the top league, you'll probably lose your place'. Which completely sucked and lead to one particularly successful team finishing academy level with a squad of 90 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> A good deal of which were players who were told to go play their by their schools or the county.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="racingmetrofan, post: 497532, member: 51232"] As a player I haven't played for two seasons, but when I did, the biggest problem all the club teams faced from U14s to Academy (up to 19) was all the public school lads being around for half/a quarter of the season, then not being able to play for us for the rest as they played for their schools. As far as I know the situation hasn't improved And the public school kids were generally much better as they trained a lot, so it was difficult for the coaches not to select them when they were available, and it fragmented the team and the selection a bit. Also the nature of county and public school rugby which openly dictated to lots of pretty good players 'if you play for this club team which is in this league instead of that or which is at the bottom of the top league, you'll probably lose your place'. Which completely sucked and lead to one particularly successful team finishing academy level with a squad of 90 :rolleyes: A good deal of which were players who were told to go play their by their schools or the county. [/QUOTE]
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