Round 2 vs Souths

[maestro1]

It's not my list. It's the SMH list. They compiled it. I'm just presenting the figures as they stated them. If you have better figures, please provide them. People often state what a great junior nursery we have, but when you look for data, there's no evidence that this is in fact the case.

It's irrelevant whose list it is as it is wrong. They need to add the Wollongong city and surrounds to the South Coast numbers to give you the total numbers. Of course we sit at 10th if more than half our junior numbers ARE NOT counted. I don't know how to say it any other way for you to understand that South Coast Group 7 is just ONE junior area in the Illawarra. This doesn't include the far South like Milton, Moruya, etc and it definitely isn't counting Wests, Dapto, Corrimal, Thirroul, Helensburgh, Collegians, Wollongong, Berkeley, Windang. All of which have juniors that DO NOT fit under the South Coast Group 7 umbrella.

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

It's irrelevant whose list it is as it is wrong. They need to add the Wollongong city and surrounds to the South Coast numbers to give you the total numbers. Of course we sit at 10th if more than half our junior numbers ARE NOT counted.

I see you like making assertions without providing any evidence. Juniors from Wollongong city and surrounds must number less than 4330, or they would be on the list in 10th place. They're not on the list, so there's less juniors there than in Cronulla. They're a long way from being a powerhouse junior nursery.

 

[maestro1]

I see you like making assertions without providing any evidence. Juniors from Wollongong city and surrounds must number less than 4330, or they would be on the list in 10th place. They're not on the list, so there's less juniors there than in Cronulla. They're a long way from being a powerhouse junior nursery.

No, I don't have numbers. Why would I. I'm not currently involved. But are Collegians juniors from under 9s to under 18s invisible. A lot of these clubs have so many juniors that have multiple teams in each age group. Wests, Dapto, Thirroul, etc would have similar. When I coached a team for about 3 seasons, they had 4 teams competing in the age group. Other age groups and other clubs were similar. As an example Dapto had Dapto under 14 Golds, under 14 Blues, etc. Juniors from Wollongong city and surrounds like South Coast Group 7 juniors need to be added together to give you the total numbers. They are not competing for a position on that list as they ARE ALL Illawarra junior. The two sets of juniors need to be + added together. So let's say hypothetically, Wollongong has 5000 juniors and SCGroup 7 have 4330 then Illawarra's total junior numbers are 9330. The Wollongong numbers have been left of the total numbers. It isn't one or the other. The formula for number of juniors in the Illawarra is ..... SCG7 + Wollongong = Illawarra.

It isn't ...... SCG7 or Wollongong = Illawarra

 

[Victoire]

I see you like making assertions without providing any evidence. Juniors from Wollongong city and surrounds must number less than 4330, or they would be on the list in 10th place. They're not on the list, so there's less juniors there than in Cronulla. They're a long way from being a powerhouse junior nursery.

What he's saying is that Group 7 does not include Wollongong. It's from Shellharbour down to Ulladulla or something. So if you add Wollongong to it (I presume it's 2 thousand at a very low estimate) it would bump the greater Illawarra catchment up the list a few spots

 

[John moz]

Agree 100% hasn't helped Brisbane over the years bringing success and they are on top .
Look at Melbourne how successful they are with out juniors it comes down to coaching and development

 

[maestro1]

What he's saying is that Group 7 does not include Wollongong. It's from Shellharbour down to Ulladulla or something. So if you add Wollongong to it (I presume it's 2 thousand at a very low estimate) it would bump the greater Illawarra catchment up the list a few spots

Yes. Alleluia

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

No, I don't have numbers. Why would I. I'm not currently involved. But are Collegians juniors from under 9s to under 18s invisible. A lot of these clubs have so many juniors that have multiple teams in each age group. Wests, Dapto, Thirroul, etc would have similar. When I coached a team for about 3 seasons, they had 4 teams competing in the age group. Other age groups and other clubs were similar. As an example Dapto had Dapto under 14 Golds, under 14 Blues, etc.

What he's saying is that Group 7 does not include Wollongong. It's from Shellharbour down to Ulladulla or something. So if you add Wollongong to it (I presume it's 2 thousand at a very low estimate) it would bump the greater Illawarra catchment up the list a few spots

Yeah I get that. But then you could also say Hunter should include Upper Hunter and North Coast, Penrith includes Group 10, Canberra includes Group 9 etc.

Agree 100% hasn't helped Brisbane over the years bringing success and they are on top .
Look at Melbourne how successful they are with out juniors it comes down to coaching and development

That's the real issue. Even if we do have a big junior nursery (which I doubt) it hasn't led to any sustained success.

 

[RedVee]

Yeah I get that. But then you could also say Hunter should include Upper Hunter and North Coast, Penrith includes Group 10, Canberra includes Group 9 etc.


That's the real issue. Even if we do have a big junior nursery (which I doubt) it hasn't led to any sustained success.

The actual nursery is large. There is another thread that shows the 2024 junior numbers.

But I agree that we have needed to do much better in bringing the right juniors through to NRL.

 

[maestro1]

Yeah I get that. But then you could also say Hunter should include Upper Hunter and North Coast, Penrith includes Group 10, Canberra includes Group 9 etc.


That's the real issue. Even if we do have a big junior nursery (which I doubt) it hasn't led to any sustained success.

Two different discussions. Our junior nursery is large and has loads of talent.

What we do with it is a separate issue.

My guess is that we'd have similar numbers to Newcastle.