Quote: Saddened! "Only problem with that is that almost all young people who get into RL are runts. They are poor physical specimens on the whole and will never be great at RL simply because they've not got the required attributes naturally. What league should be doing is actively going into Primary schools and identifying the top athletes, not only the big oversized monsters but also the ones with the natural ball skills and co-ordination and those with pace. If they can get kids playing RL at 5 or 6 and get them interested it should stop the current situation where our Greg Inglises and Jonathon Thurstons are playing football instead of RL.'"
I agree with what you're saying. I don't think we produce the kind of athletes the Australians produce mainly down to weather, as daft as that may sound.
A little kid opens his curtains in St.Helens and the likelihood is that the weather will be crap and cold. And they end up watching telly etc
A little kid opens his curtains in Australia and the weather is stunning....again. The kid goes out, plays ball games, better metabolism, ends up growing up fitter, stronger, faster...
I'm probably simplifying it too much.
