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age grade changes

  • 18-01-2012 9:58pm
    #1
    muscleshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭


    proposels in munster to go back to 1st july from 1st jan in age up to u19
    what are the thoughts out there?


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  • #2
    mrpdap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭mrpdap


    muscleshirt wrote: »
    proposels in munster to go back to 1st july from 1st jan in age up to u19
    what are the thoughts out there?
    Heard about this a few weeks back, can't understand the need to change, any ideas?
    Leave it as is, v simple. Surely the whole country never mind internationally should be on the same system?


  • #3
    ormond lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭ormond lad


    muscleshirt wrote: »
    proposels in munster to go back to 1st july from 1st jan in age up to u19
    what are the thoughts out there?
    idiotic if the other provinces dont. it makes it better and easier for picking provincial squads and keeping an eye out for players as this season every player in the u17 league can potentially play for munster next september in u18 interpros(which are based on the jan 1st cut off date).when under the july cut off date you had players split up between different age groups
    Dont think it'll happen.
    Muscleshirt doyou know who are the main people looking for the change back


  • #4
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I had a discussion like this with a youth coach recently, can't remember which club.

    He said that the age grade should be moved to coincide with the school year (ie, September I think?) because that's what defines social groups for kids of that age. That approach would make sense to me.


  • #5
    muscleshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭muscleshirt


    ormond lad wrote: »
    idiotic if the other provinces dont. it makes it better and easier for picking provincial squads and keeping an eye out for players as this season every player in the u17 league can potentially play for munster next september in u18 interpros.while before you had players split up between diffrent age groups
    Dont think it'll happen.
    Muscleshirt doyou know who are the main people looking for the change back
    not sure where it's coming from,something similar happened in scotland this year for 16 to 19 age ,clubs can get another year from the players
    and the schools want to keep the classes playing together,u21 and the inter-prov stays the same


  • #6
    ormond lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭ormond lad


    muscleshirt wrote: »
    not sure where it's coming from,something similar happened in scotland this year for 16 to 19 age ,clubs can get another year from the players
    and the schools want to keep the classes playing together,u21 and the inter-prov stays the same
    The interpros are played off the jan 1st cut off date, club rugby should be the same.
    The change to jan 1st gave plenty of people including myself an extra year of age grade rugby.
    The big problem is keeping lads at 18-21 playing the sport and not giving it up but changing back to july cut off date wont solve that.


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  • #7
    muscleshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭muscleshirt


    ormond lad wrote: »
    The interpros are played off the jan 1st cut off date, club rugby should be the same.
    The change to jan 1st gave plenty of people including myself an extra year of age grade rugby.
    The big problem is keeping lads at 18-21 playing the sport and not giving it up but changing back to july cut off date wont solve that.
    will have to wait and see how it pans out///
    if it goes back guys born from jul to dec 93 would play u19 again next season instead of u21


  • #8
    ormond lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭ormond lad


    muscleshirt wrote: »
    will have to wait and see how it pans out///
    if it goes back guys born from jul to dec 93 would play u19 again next season instead of u21
    You have clearly seen the survey or whatever is going round at the moment... i know nearly 100% that it wont be changing


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