By the end of the week, I’ll have been involved in three rather large sevens tournaments for Middle School (approx. 11-14 year old) students on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Sevens is relatively new to schools rugby around here, but with it’s recent admission to the Summer Olympics in 2016, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rants’
The Magnificent Sevens?
Posted in News / Issues, tagged issues, rants, sevens, women on 12/05/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Focusing on the Basics, Positively
Posted in Technical, tagged catching, drills, issues, passing, philosophy, rants, technique, training on 03/04/2011 | Leave a Comment »
As someone who’s always trying to perfect his craft, I try and keep abreast of what’s going on and what’s being said in the rugby world. One great resource where some clever discussion always takes place is the Australian Green and Gold Rugby blog. They’ve got so big in recent years, that they’ve latched onto [...]
Training Rant!
Posted in General Posts, tagged motivation, philosophy, rants on 16/11/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Despite loving my rugby and being such a passionate coach, I’ve resisted getting back into playing the game because I can’t stand boring and pointless practices run by others. Yes, such arrogance is definite minus on my part, but if I’m to commit time and money I want to enjoy myself and be challenged. This [...]
Women’s World Cup Final!
Posted in News / Issues, Refereeing / Laws, tagged issues, philosophy, rants, women on 06/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’d had been looking forward to this tournament all year, and not only because I love rugby playing women … uh, I mean coaching them … I continue to coach the female game for several reasons, and one is that without all that bulk and bullheadedness, women are more likely to look for space than [...]
Enough with the Law trials already!
Posted in News / Issues, tagged rants, safety, tackling on 18/03/2010 | 1 Comment »
Seriously, there’s nothing wrong with rugby as it is … yet people in positions of power are talking about yet another amendment to a game which is going pretty good as it is. Today I read that the English RFU is going to trial ‘rolling substitutions’ like they have in Rugby League. The trial would [...]
Promoting Canadian Rugby
Posted in News / Issues, tagged issues, rants on 24/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
It seems Rugby Canada have embarked on a campaign to get the Minister of Sport on our side with a little email campaign. Click on the link and send a message! Support Rugby.ca Here’s what I wrote, if anyone’s interested, but which I fully believe and outlines one of the many reasons I love this [...]
Stop the Clock! You’re wasting time!
Posted in News / Issues, Refereeing / Laws, tagged history, issues, rants on 04/02/2010 | 1 Comment »
Sydney Morning Herald columnist Greg Growden seems to find ways of stirring rugby controversy every now and then and his latest article is true to form. The media Down Under have reported in recent times that fans attending matches are down (while ignoring how many are watching at home and via the web in other [...]
