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How many of all the touch footy players are Union players?
As I said, strategically it's good, because it's great for speed work and ball skills. All forms of footy play it. Now they can all fall under the umbrella of Rugby League. Including the people who play other sports etc etc.
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| As of now they are all RL players 
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WARL Chairman Richard Campbell believes it will be big for Western Australia.
“Participation in our sport is very important and the partnership will give us better representation in developing facilities for the game. Local government support is critical in our ability to deliver for the community. It could not have come at a better time for the growth of the game in WA. | | |
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The RFL have missed a trick with this, but the clubs are also to blame. Hull FC and Hull KR have and continue to run touch rugby tournaments, with participation made up mainly of local amateur players. 2 years ago, HKR had a large tournament played in a round robin format over 12 weeks with large participation, the following year the turn-out was far less because it simply wasn't publicised.
Hull continue to do touch rugby sessions, but because of the times they are run, it's difficult for many people to get to.
Touch rugby is a fantastic way for people of all ages, abilities, genders and fitness levels to get a rugby ball in their hands and express themselves. There's far less chance of injury in comparison to contact too. Contact rugby isnt for everyone, and touch gives an opportunity for people who are new to the game to experience it without fear of being wiped out. It also provides an opportunity for guys like me, who's body's simply cannot take anymore impacts. Most of all, its great fun.
In contrast, the RFU run a touch rugby tournamnet on the hull university fields every summer, for free (both hull clubs charge participants), at a reasonable time with good facilities. They even set up a touch rugby tournament in the city centre to encourage participation. They advertise in my gym, giving details of local clubs and events too.
Some of the skills of the youngsters coming through touch rugby are fantastic, its a game that encourages running, passing, expansive rugby, and I fear that a lot of these players will choose a path of RU rather than RL.
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| Quote: easthullwesty ".
Some of the skills of the youngsters coming through touch rugby are fantastic, its a game that encourages running, passing, expansive rugby, and I fear that a lot of these players will choose a path of RU rather than RL.'"
Why, so they can stop running, passing and playing expansive rugby? | | | |
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| Quote: Horatio Yed "Maybe if we [the whole rugby community] grew up a little we'd all benefit, instead we all play silly games, i hate union for it's history and the way it's belittled our game but maybe we should all grow up, let bygones be bygones and work together.
After all we might have created Touch rugby but RU created rugby and RL spawned from that.
TR could be the glue that helps brings us together, rather than get into the politics of who created what and blah blah, work together.'"
I'd argue that point!
The Rugby Union was split in 1895 and went in two separate directions but the history of the game pre 1895 belongs to both Rugby Unioon and Rugby League | | |
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The game before the split, of the modern games which one is more representative of the original?
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| Quote: Horatio Yed "The game before the split, of the modern games which one is more representative of the original?'"
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TOUCH football has long been a breeding ground for NRL stars such as Benji Marshall, Jamie Soward, Scott Prince and Matt Bowen.
Now Touch Football Australia has further strengthened its connection with the NRL with an exciting partnership that will bring the two bodies under a joint NRL-TFA banner.
Mackay Cutters fullback and touch player Liam Taylor said the partnership was huge for touch football and it would offer a new doorway into the NRL for talented young players.
"There are a lot of good touch players out there," Taylor said. "If they just get a chance they could turn out to be great rugby league players as well."
Taylor played touch football before he started rugby league and before long he was playing in the National Touch League.
He said the reason so many touch players had gone on to become NRL stars was because of the skills touch taught them.
"I represented my state, which was ACT at the time, from under-12s to open men's in the NTL," Taylor said. "That was the same league Benji Marshall, Jamie Soward and a few others played in and they've gone on to play in the NRL.
"It improves everything - your speed, your agility, ball handling, basic skills.
"And it helps with your decision-making in attack, the three against twos, drawing players and putting guys through gaps."
Touch expert Matt Geiger said the amalgamation would be hugely beneficial and attract greater support for touch football.
"The new exposure that this agreement brings with it can only benefit the sport," he said.
"Increased opportunities to showcase the sport at the elite level, increased marketing opportunities, a more valuable product for potential sponsors, therefore bringing more resources into the sport.
Geiger also said the new partnership was expected to include elite-level touch games as curtain raisers for select NRL, State of Origin and Test matches.
www.dailymercury.com.au/news/nrl ... d/1986475/ |
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TOUCH football has long been a breeding ground for NRL stars such as Benji Marshall, Jamie Soward, Scott Prince and Matt Bowen.
Now Touch Football Australia has further strengthened its connection with the NRL with an exciting partnership that will bring the two bodies under a joint NRL-TFA banner.
Mackay Cutters fullback and touch player Liam Taylor said the partnership was huge for touch football and it would offer a new doorway into the NRL for talented young players.
"There are a lot of good touch players out there," Taylor said. "If they just get a chance they could turn out to be great rugby league players as well."
Taylor played touch football before he started rugby league and before long he was playing in the National Touch League.
He said the reason so many touch players had gone on to become NRL stars was because of the skills touch taught them.
"I represented my state, which was ACT at the time, from under-12s to open men's in the NTL," Taylor said. "That was the same league Benji Marshall, Jamie Soward and a few others played in and they've gone on to play in the NRL.
"It improves everything - your speed, your agility, ball handling, basic skills.
"And it helps with your decision-making in attack, the three against twos, drawing players and putting guys through gaps."
Touch expert Matt Geiger said the amalgamation would be hugely beneficial and attract greater support for touch football.
"The new exposure that this agreement brings with it can only benefit the sport," he said.
"Increased opportunities to showcase the sport at the elite level, increased marketing opportunities, a more valuable product for potential sponsors, therefore bringing more resources into the sport.
Geiger also said the new partnership was expected to include elite-level touch games as curtain raisers for select NRL, State of Origin and Test matches.
www.dailymercury.com.au/news/nrl ... d/1986475/ | |
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