SCHOOL OF RUGBY 2009-10
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Under 13
Harry Ash
Michael Barham
Callum Burn
Callum Chick
Liam Cosgrove
Jamie Fenwick
Scott Harvey
Johnny McPhillips
Charlie Moorby
Joe Nicholson
Tom Rickards
Jamie Robson
Bruno Smith
Jamie Taylor
Harry Thompson
Fergus Watson
Daniel Whitaker
Jonathan Wilkes
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Under 14
Gus Antons
Edward Bilclough
Andrew Bradley
Kieran Brown
Callum Burgess
Greg Chambers
Owen Clemett
Nick Clugston
David Cook
Greg Henderson
Matthew Jenkinson
Anish Maitra
Josh Nearney
Oliver Nesbitt
Theo Nwosu Hope
Callum O'Rourke
Haakon Pedersen
Oscar Redman
Alex Richards
Michael Searle
Jack Tallantyre
Courtney West
Dylan Yau
Joe Young
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Under 15
Joseph Atkinson
Nick Cairns
Leo Caulfield
Callum Duncan
Richard Elliott
Robert Gilhespy
Michael Grove
Liam Hart
Ben Jones
James Jordan
Rhys Main
Tom Penny
Robert Reid
Jake Sloan
Martyn Steel
Connor Tubman
Dan Ward
Ollie Warner
Adam Wilkinson
Tommy Williams
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Under 16
David Ainslie
Max Antons
Nathan Bailey
George Bilclough
Jonny Burn
James Carding
Jack Dale
Louis Frankland
Robbie Gray
Jack Harding
Blair Hutchison
Aaron Knox
Robert Lenderyou
Matthew Lowes
Callum Maguire
Cameron Martin
Hugh Mongan
Simon Ord
Sandy Robson
Oliver Walker
Scott Wilson
Nick Wright
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SOR Training Sessions 2009-10
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Under 13s/U14s
At Druid Park from 6.30 to 8.30 pm
Monday 21st September 2009
Monday 19th October 2009
Monday 16th November 2009
Monday 14th December 2009
Monday 11th January 2010
Monday 8th February 2010
Monday 8th March 2010
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Under 15s/Under 16s
At Druid Park from 6.30 to 9 pm
Monday 14th September 2009
Monday 12th October 2009
Monday 9th November 2009
Monday 18th January 2010
Monday 22nd February 2010
Monday 15th March 2010
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What is the Northumberland School of Rugby?
Background
CB Schools of Rugby along with the CB age group squads are the building blocks of the performance development pathway in England.
The programme is designed to identify and support the development of talented 13 – 16 year old players who show the potential to be very good performers.
Each CB School of Rugby will deliver a programme based around a National
Core Curriculum developed by the RFU’s Coaching Departments.
15-25 players from each age group should be invited to attend the SoR which will operate alongside the existing CB programme
These players should demonstrate the potential to perform at the elite level and be drawn from existing CB Development Squads.
The focus of the Schools of Rugby is to develop core technical skills together with tactical appreciation of the game. Players will also be educated on the key fitness, lifestyle and mental components which will help them reach the highest levels of performance.
The programme forms part, and is indeed the start, of a single elite player development structure for the game in England, developing core skills away from the pressures of preparing young players for the next game.
Players might progress from the CB School of Rugby into the [CB representative XV] and may then progress on to regional, National or even] an England Rugby Academy Elite Player Development Group, to become a member of an England Rugby Academy
What does this mean to players, parents, teachers and coaches?
A School of Rugby player IS NOT in the Falcons Academy.
A small percentage of players will progress from SOR to Falcons EPDG. This is earned through hard work and not a formality.
A School of Rugby player is required to train for the CB squads as they are not guaranteed a place in the team.
Indeed they may not be at the stage of development where they are deemed ready to be selected for the CB representative side.
The majority of SOR players will be involved in area & CB fixtures but only if they train and become involved the same as every other player in the county. Players who do not involve themselves in CB squads may be removed from SOR and vice versa. As already mentioned some SOR players will not play for CB squads as they are involved for long term developmental reasons.
A School of Rugby player will have to be re-nominated each season by either club or school to remain in the programme.
The CB selectors and SOR coaches may also decide that a player needs additional experience with his school / club side or that his development has not gone as well as expected
Each player involved in School of Rugby will be nominated in May/June by their club/school coach. Only the most gifted or potentially gifted individuals within their squad will be nominated.
This is part of the ‘revolving door’ policy used where no player is in for life which allows us to monitor changes in physique, fitness, speed and playing developments across the 4 year cycle.
Those who under perform or are slower to develop will always be encouraged to continue to play and be involved in the game but MAY be asked to leave the SOR system for a period. This is not failure but part of the individual’s development and there is every possibility that, with hard work, they will re-enter the system further along the line.
Pathway
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