MY son had a choice!

[UndertakerMike]

It's not that bad.
I'm only 180cm tall and I can only remember being hammered bad enough to end up going off the field twice (in the same game).
I played from 10yo to 18yo in Victoria against mostly Maori and Islander opposition and I certainly never struggled. Again, that's just another excuse.
If the clubs marketed themselves better, they would pick up a lot more kids. Sadly, most are happy to just exist with ex-pats playing for them, be it Kiwi's Islanders or Northerners rather than go out an actively promote the game.

Too True.

 

[Hoops]

Junior rugby league has the best organised pathway for juniors. Junior Unionis a joke with it being virtually touch football until U/12's, and Auskick lifted its program from the Kids 2 Kangaroos with a few editions. But still looks like throwing a ball into a cage of monkeys!

Auskick or Vickick as it used to be known has been around ever since I was young, at least 20 years. A lot longer I suspect than the "Kids 2 Kangaroos"

 

[IanG]

not when I lived there, it was AFL or nothing

no soccer played anywhere near where I lived

and most Vics don't wanna know abot RU or RL, most dont even know the difference

Exactly. The Southern States have that seige mentallity. They take the attitude of if it aint AFL We don't wanna know about it