Jurie Linde. Photo: Gallo Images
The physical conditioning of school rugby players has improved in the last few years and, although some teams are clearly tactically superior, as far as physical strength and condition are concerned, the gaps between provinces have closed.
The provincial high performance programme requires each province to identify a squad of at least 30 under-15 players and at least 50 under-17s each year and to begin preparing them for the next year’s Coca-Cola youth weeks – Craven Academy Week.
The South African Rugby Union’s (Saru) junior high performance manager, Herman Masimla, spoke to Talk Radio 702′s Udo Carelse about the state of the programme.
Masimla said players are getting bigger every year and there has been noticeable improvement in physical conditioning.
“We’ve been doing research over the past 10 years at Craven Week and last week we had under 16s and they look great.” – Eye Witness News
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