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I think the lad with the ball isnt helped either by squatting flies around him opposed to having bigger kids than can challenge him.
It's like a grown up sitting a year 2 test. Will pass with flying colours but will it help him in the long run? How hard can adding 1 and 2 be, identifying a color or an animal?
You could see that no kid dared to run up in front of him and take him head on. Most of the kids were a little overhis waist height too.
totally agree - is it any wonder nobody want's there kids playing Rugby league anymore. what a joke.
I started playing league when I was 6 - for the mighty Ellerslie Eagles - in Auckland back in the seventies. Every year on registration day you had to front up and be weighed in by a fella with a set of those old scales where he tapped the weights along until it balanced. Then you would be listed in the correct team for your weight.
The reason for this was predominantly because NZ had a huge Poly population and alot of the kids simply got bigger (ALOT bigger) faster. Some white kids got bigger too and alot of Poly kids weren't that big - but mostly it was the Poly kids that filled the higher divisions. This was in no way a racist thing - it was just a fact of life.
As the kids got older, and naturally tougher, things evened out and weight divisions were overtaken by graded ability.
Australia now has a huge Poly population as well - and they love their league. The authorities should have adopted such a system years ago. By not doing so they are simply turning a lot of kids off the game.
No foresight or common sense from the rugby league powers that be - what a surprise.
That boy cannot surely be 8....I have seen some big-uns in juniors but he is def one big boy. It does little for skill development for anyone. Question, what is the fairest way?