My lad plays rugby once a week at his local club. He's 8 and starts full-contact in September. He's desperate to do more.

There appears to be zero opportunity to do more training than that and his school doesn't play it either.

In football, training seems loads more frequent and the opportunity to train at an appropriate level for your skills is far more widespread.

So...is anyone into their rugby sufficiently to know how I could get him more training on a regular basis?

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

West Wickham. So that would fall into the slight-ballache-but-not-impossble category.

Do you know if they train more than once a week?

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

Good luck to him anyway. It’s a great game to play.

My lad liked going to Rugby but he used to play pranks on everyone.

He liked Twickenham..

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Hi try Beccehamians at the bottom of Corkscrew Hill, my son played juniors and seniors there and really enjoyed it, so did I it's a very friendly club.

The great thing with rugby, unlike football is that you can actually start playing at any age..
I played football from the age of 6 and stopped playing at 28.. I then started playing rugby and loved it and wished I had started playing earlier... Its very deceiving how fit you actually have to be to play the game but I love the respect that comes with it towards the officials and opposition players after the match.

Not sure where you live but I played at Old Reigations in Reigate.. Very good club with a great youth set up. Good luck to your boy.

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