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Background
SA Rugby has facilitated an academy program for the past five years. The program has experienced some great success, not only raising the competitiveness of the Junior State Representative Teams in South Australia, but also having a number of athletes offered a higher level of rugby elsewhere.
Chris Seuteni (Academy member for the past three years) recently played for the Brumbies reserve side against the Australian U20’s
Willem Zwaan (Academy member last year) was selected into the southern States Schoolboys team to play in the national schoolboys championship.
The main aim of the academy over the years has been to prepare the athletes to be at the best of their potential prior to competing in the National U16’s and National Schoolboys Championships. These Championships are a fundamental part of elite player pathway within Australia.
SA Rugby views the program as essential to develop our Junior players in South Australia. Whilst the program has achieved its aim over the past five years, we feel that limiting the numbers has lead to certain individuals missing out. These individuals could possibly benefit from the extra coaching and conditioning provided on the program.
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2010 Program
Moving forward we are intending to expand the current program to three zones, catering for 25 athletes in each zone. The program is aimed at the U17 age group for the 2010 season, therefore anyone who is Under 17 (over 15) on 1st January 2010 will be considered (born in 1993 or 1994). The program therefore covering second year U16’s and first year Schoolboys. By providing the program for this age group, it allows the athletes to compete against each other whilst still playing within a two year age window.
Date |
Program Stage |
13 October 2009 |
Information out to all clubs calling for expressions of interest for Players to be considered for the program |
23 October 2009 |
All expressions of interest to be received |
26 – 30 October 2009 |
Review of all expressions of interest |
30 – 31 October |
Up skilling of area coaches by ARU’s High Performance Unit |
2 November 2009 |
Information out to all clubs listing successful players |
14 November |
First group session, testing and information. Distribution of conditioning program |
17 January 2010 |
Session postponed until late February |
18 January – 15 February 2010 |
Skills based sessions every Monday night for five weeks, within zones |
22 February – 22 March 2010 |
Team based training every Monday night for five weeks, within zones |
27 – 28 March 2010 |
Three team competition over two days |
29 March 2010 |
Final squad announcement to tour (TBC) |
6 – 10 April 2010 |
Interstate tour for selected squad |
By increasing the number of participants in this year’s academy we are increasing the skill set across more clubs in addition we will be offering coaches the opportunity to increase their knowledge working closely with the ARU’s High Performance Unit.
The three zones that will be competing are:
North ‐ Elizabeth, NEDs, Vikings
East ‐ Old Collegians, Burnside
South ‐ Southern Suburbs, Brighton, Onkaparinga
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Commitment
Players will be required to commit fully to the program, in addition to their physical commitment there will also be a financial commitment of $250 this will be invoiced at $50 per month over a five month period. Individuals who are not prepared to commit to the program or the financial commitment are not to apply. Players will receive full training kit and a three months gym membership to carry out conditioning programs. The interstate trip at the end of the program will be fully funded.
All expressions of interest are to be sent into SA Rugby by COB 23 October 2009. Once all expressions of interest have been received they will be reviewed along with state coaches and club coaches. A total of 25 names will be selected in each zone.
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Aim
- The overall aim of the program is to raise the competitiveness of the SA Representative teams
- To support and encourage individuals on the Elite Player Pathway
- To provide a pathway for athletes who have potential to be part of the elite player pathway