eligible to play??

haranlina

In a nutshell... getting conflicting replies on this one.
We are a very small rural club. gotta good kid 10 year old,birthday 12/03/1998. haven't got an under 12 team....can he play in competitions for us at under 14 level?
help greatly appreciated.

future_plans

Don't see why not.

premierstone

Dont think he can, he was 9 on the 1st of january and so still u-10 and can only play one grade above he's age (u-12) the only possibility here is if u-10 is considered an officail age group or not??

lil-buttons

Yes I was 14 and played at senior level for the senior team ! Theres no age line really if the child is younger !

Imposter

Some counties and clubs will put restrictions on this. Check with the club first and if you don't like that answer check with the county board.

Mushy

lil-buttons wrote: »

Yes I was 14 and played at senior level for the senior team ! Theres no age line really if the child is younger !

Ah but they have a ruling in place now where ya cant play to a certain age roup over your own one. For example, if I was 13, my age group would be under 14, then I couldnt play minor. Its only a recent enouh ruling too.

to the OP, check with county board, cos as you said, theres no U-12 team, so he may be able to play.

Zzippy

haranlina wrote: »

In a nutshell... getting conflicting replies on this one.
We are a very small rural club. gotta good kid 10 year old,birthday 12/03/1998. haven't got an under 12 team....can he play in competitions for us at under 14 level?
help greatly appreciated.

I think the question should be.... should you play him in under 14 competitions? I don't think putting a 10 year old up against 14 year olds, much stronger and bigger than him, will be good for his development. A few heavy tackles might put him off the game altogether.

Stealdo

Totally with Zzippy on this....if that was my boy you were considering putting in with kids 4 years older than him you'd be getting an earful. Regardless of how good he is you're talking about putting a 10 year old in against kids that are massively more physically mature. It would be totally irresponsible to do it in my opinion.

thirdmantackle

I wouldn't even let him go to U14 training.

i wouldn't let him onto a pitch in a serious game situation. He'd get hurt.

He should be playing with his own age group - U10. if the club don't have a team, then make a complaint to the club. if that doesn't change, find a new club.

kmart6

Thought you can't play two age groups above your proper group?!

deisedevil

Stealdo wrote: »

Totally with Zzippy on this....if that was my boy you were considering putting in with kids 4 years older than him you'd be getting an earful. Regardless of how good he is you're talking about putting a 10 year old in against kids that are massively more physically mature. It would be totally irresponsible to do it in my opinion.

Putting a 14 year old in with under 18's would be alright. But at 10 a child is still a hell of a lot less stronger than a 14 year old, he'd get destroyed.

kmart6

deisedevil wrote: »

Putting a 14 year old in with under 18's would be alright. But at 10 a child is still a hell of a lot less stronger than a 14 year old, he'd get destroyed.

Not true,a friend of mine played U-14 when he was 10 and had to be marked by 2 lads cause he was destroying them from corner forward!

sgthighway

In Galway he could play but if he was U16 he cannot play U21. Thats the only cap here.

thirdmantackle

also, forgot to mention

what about the less athletic 12,13 and 14 year olds who might not get to play because of this 'brilliant' 10 year old.

let him play with his own age, and the older kids with their own age

end of

pinty52

As far as i know there is no age restriction upwards - When i was 14 i was playing u14 u16 minor and senior for club and u14 u16 minor and Junior for the county. If the lad is strong enough and shows an interest let him play. My nephew is 7 and is playing on the club u10 team. Chances are if he is only 10 he will spend some time on the subs bench regardless. But nevertheless it will give him a good understanding of the game.

future_plans

In an ideal world, yes every child plays with their own age group. But when clubs are struggling for numbers (and the OP said there is no u12 team) then there is not much else they can do. What's the alternative, not play him and risk losing him to another sport?

Stealdo

future_plans wrote: »

In an ideal world, yes every child plays with their own age group. But when clubs are struggling for numbers (and the OP said there is no u12 team) then there is not much else they can do. What's the alternative, not play him and risk losing him to another sport?

Would rather lose him to another sport than see him seriously hurt, or put off the game because of this outing. A quick search gives the following for an average 10 yo versus 14 yo...

10
Height - 4' 7'' (139 cm)
Weight - 5st (32kg)

14
Height - 5'5'' (165cm)
Weight - 8st (51kg)

This doesn't even take into account the disparity of physical maturity in terms of general development either. Putting those two kids in a tough physical match with eachother when the 10 year old has only played U10 before. I refereed U10 - U14 for years and the difference between the physicality in the games is huge.
Without knowing the kid in question it's impossible to know how they'd get on, but say things turn nasty in a game, how would you like to be hit by someone 20% taller and 60% heavier than you?
To be honest I think it's bordering on criminal neglect.

JamieK

The child may not be up to playing at an age like that as the difference between U-10 and U-14 is greater than the difference between U-14 and minor but if the club is that small they may not have an option....it used to happen all the time but I'm nearly sure there is a rule saying you're not allowed to play 2 grades above your own that is to say he would be allowed to play U-12 but not U-14...hope that helps a bit???

premierstone

JamieK wrote: »

The child may not be up to playing at an age like that as the difference between U-10 and U-14 is greater than the difference between U-14 and minor but if the club is that small they may not have an option....it used to happen all the time but I'm nearly sure there is a rule saying you're not allowed to play 2 grades above your own that is to say he would be allowed to play U-12 but not U-14...hope that helps a bit???

Ur right about that rule JK, it came into effect at the start of last year but afaik u-10 is not an official age group so the young lad is technically an u-12 player and u-14 is only one grade above he's age group