Quote: mitie mouse "Spot on,at the amateur club i was coaching at a few years back,my mate and myself only had 4 lads signed,we visited schools around Salford and ended up with 30 training tuesdays,thursdays and sat mornings,and ended with a really top team,so it can be done.I feel its the amateur clubs that need all the help they can get to build changing rooms,clubhouses to make them more player friendly,what gets my goat up is that union mob,we had a lad playing for us who went to a union playing school,he was told off his headmaster that if he carried on playing league he would be banned from all sports at school,true story,anyway after a meeting with his parents,who happened to be solicitors,and myself,he seen the errors of his ways and allowed the lad to keep on playing league.'"
I experienced this as a young lad myself along with a few lads I know. Many of the RL playing lads also played Union on Saturdays and League on Sundays. As soon as the RU Clubs found out we/they were playing RL they threatened them with total Bans from even entering the Clubhouse let alone playing. Very sad that thirteen year olds, who play sport because they enjoy it, get told something as stupid as this. kids should be allowed to enjoy any sport without petty political bias effecting their development.
Nothing surprises me with regard to the way RU sees RL. Scum of the earth.
With the right drive and determination the Amateur game could flourish as kids will always gravitate to the exciting nature of RL.
