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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 828155" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>That's what I was getting at. By the time I was 16, I was the third best second row in the youth team I played for, in part because I was behind two good players, in part because I wasn't much cop. Just because I was pretty average didn't mean that I wasn't fiercely competitive, so accepted my place in the pecking order and went so far as telling a coach not to send me on in a tour friendly when I could see that both starters were having a good game. Maybe this attitude has changed in the intervening 20 or so years, within reason, I suppose things were fairly "old school" coaching wise. Ultimately, an individual who doesn't put the needs to the team above those of his own isn't much of a team player or asset to his team.</p><p></p><p>To reiterate my other point, if the raison d'etre of this team is to give everyone an equal crack of the whip, then sit in a circle in the bath and sing Kumbaya, then why enter a league?</p><p> </p><p>@<a href="http://www.therugbyforum.com/member.php?u=61187" target="_blank">Zootalaws</a>, your comments may make for tough reading, I don't think that anyone could dispute that they're honest and with perspective. I suspect that access to better coaching and a more cut throat, competitive ethos are <em>part</em> (there are plenty of others) of the reason that public schools are still a disproportionate breeding ground for sporting talent in this country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 828155, member: 58362"] That's what I was getting at. By the time I was 16, I was the third best second row in the youth team I played for, in part because I was behind two good players, in part because I wasn't much cop. Just because I was pretty average didn't mean that I wasn't fiercely competitive, so accepted my place in the pecking order and went so far as telling a coach not to send me on in a tour friendly when I could see that both starters were having a good game. Maybe this attitude has changed in the intervening 20 or so years, within reason, I suppose things were fairly "old school" coaching wise. Ultimately, an individual who doesn't put the needs to the team above those of his own isn't much of a team player or asset to his team. To reiterate my other point, if the raison d'etre of this team is to give everyone an equal crack of the whip, then sit in a circle in the bath and sing Kumbaya, then why enter a league? @[URL="http://www.therugbyforum.com/member.php?u=61187"]Zootalaws[/URL], your comments may make for tough reading, I don't think that anyone could dispute that they're honest and with perspective. I suspect that access to better coaching and a more cut throat, competitive ethos are [I]part[/I] (there are plenty of others) of the reason that public schools are still a disproportionate breeding ground for sporting talent in this country. [/QUOTE]
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