No WAY...Rugby is for GIRLS !

We train at field next to a playground/community center in a West Philly neighborhood. Every day there's an interesting assortment of kids out - some love us and are constantly tossing rugby balls around, hitting tackle dummies, etc. Some just see as as people occupying their playground space and interfering with their ability to toss around a football or hit some baseballs any time they want. "PERMIT? Lady, we were here first!" (ie playground rules apply).

Regardless of which kids are out at the playground that day, it's usually an entertaining and highly interactive experience.

Yesterday at training, one of our players was working on her throw-ins (hooker). She was interacting with one of the more colorful kids - (he's about 3 feet tall, sweet as cherry pie one day, and the next - he's got the mouth of a sailor who's having abdominal surgery with no anesthesia).

Dialog follows ...

Player to kid: So, are you gonna play rugby when you get bigger?
Kid to player: No WAY ..... Rugby is for GIRLS

Out of the mouths of babes ... :)

Defense!

I've heard two pretty interesting and very different statements over my career from two VERY successful coaches.

"Sometimes you just have to play defense long enough to figure out how to win".

"I don't coach defense, I coach turning over the ball, and offense."

What do you think? How much of your time is spent during any given session, week, or season on defense?