well with the australian cricket team falling apart the mighty VRU in their infinite wisdom have switched the focus back to rugby by calling a junior coordinators meeting in december.
we had a great presentation from an ARU rep talking us through a number of pathways rugby trial rules that were analysed from last season. this has resulted in some significant rule changes that will greatly increase the participation levels of all players. another breakthrough is the under 10 age group will be broken out of pathways and included in home and away scheduling!
in addition there were several suggestions proposed by the VRU including the introduction of an under 13 saturday morning competition and an under 15 sunday afternoon competition. this is obviously music to the ears of clubs like ours. what was even better was there was general consensus in the room that this was a good path forward! the under 13 was nominated due to the highest player numbers being in the under 12 age group this season. the under 15 comp has been designed to encourage the smaller kids in the under age group of the under 16 to stay involved in rugby. it is also on a sunday to encourage private schoolboy rugby players to stay involved with club rugby. the afternoon was nominated due to the nigh proportion of islanders in the game and their religious commitments on sunday morning.
there were a number of other points raised that i will circulate once i receive the presentations from the evening. the ball is clearly rolling and the VRU are embracing the changes necessary without making potentially destructive wholesale changes.
stay tuned folks - 2011 is gunna be a great year for rugby in melbourne!!
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