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<blockquote data-quote="mania" data-source="post: 869309" data-attributes="member: 75051"><p>yes this goes hand in hand but grassroots is primary and has to happen first. heroes come and go, but the next gen is the key. they can still succeed without looking up to heroes, it just makes it harder. but you already have rugby heroes. aus has loads of them. gregan, eales, chrisLatham, the ella's, campese,poidevin etc.</p><p>grassroots is key. if u dont have that then youre wasting your time.</p><p>i lived in NSW for a few years and i was appalled by the lack of grassroots for rugby. the pathways for league are awesome and they engage everyone. rugby just caters to the private school.</p><p>in mtDruitt of all the millions of kids that have gone through there in the past 10-20 years, beale is the only one to play rugby for aus and thats only because he got a rugby scholarship to go to a private school. </p><p>u look at the amount of league players and its very one sided.</p><p>start a grassroots that encompasses every class of people. then have the heroes go to the grassroots and start giving back.</p><p>then poach administrators and planners from the NRL because they really know what theyre doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mania, post: 869309, member: 75051"] yes this goes hand in hand but grassroots is primary and has to happen first. heroes come and go, but the next gen is the key. they can still succeed without looking up to heroes, it just makes it harder. but you already have rugby heroes. aus has loads of them. gregan, eales, chrisLatham, the ella's, campese,poidevin etc. grassroots is key. if u dont have that then youre wasting your time. i lived in NSW for a few years and i was appalled by the lack of grassroots for rugby. the pathways for league are awesome and they engage everyone. rugby just caters to the private school. in mtDruitt of all the millions of kids that have gone through there in the past 10-20 years, beale is the only one to play rugby for aus and thats only because he got a rugby scholarship to go to a private school. u look at the amount of league players and its very one sided. start a grassroots that encompasses every class of people. then have the heroes go to the grassroots and start giving back. then poach administrators and planners from the NRL because they really know what theyre doing. [/QUOTE]
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