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Sid James
World Cup Winner Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 1667 |
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Wasn't Ampthill's early rise through the leagues based on a hand full of Tongans, who also sold cars??
At that time ,we used to know Ampthill as 'Old Tongonians'! I believe that they were promoted to Nat 1 through the play-off system and then picked up following cash injections. The cash will run out when those putting in move on or lose interest.
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Sid James
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I think you mean 'the National Leagues' rather than simply 'Nat 1.'. The majority of Nat 1 & 2 Clubs run 3-4 Senior Men's teams, a Women's Team and a full range of MJ's from U5's to U19's but, we are seeing an increase of 'one team' Clubs, who of course are run on the whim/cash of some personal ego/egos and give nothing back to the game. Here again, eventually the cash will run out, leaving no foundations etc!
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FHLH
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I meant National One is the top of club rugby IMHO Edited by FHLH - 1 hour 39 minutes ago at 09:57 |
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Baggins
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Feb 2013 Location: Ampthill Status: Offline Points: 620 |
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It was basically based on getting a very high quality head coach early on and letting him get on with things. That included getting in a few Tongans because Paul Turner was a fan of their attitude to Rugby, training and staying fit, Molitika staying fit and playing into his 40s is a great role model to young lads and clubs thinking about loaning good academy lads to lower clubs probably think about those sorts of things along with the quality of coaching they will get and having Paul Turner there is obviously a massive plus point in that. And all that is probably based on the money of the DoR and his companies sponsorships etc I doubt there is any side in the Championship and few in the premiership who would survive if key people pulled the plug; Jersey, LI, Worcester and Wasps all show that quite clearly; Ampthill are no different in that respect from anyone else bar a small number of Prem clubs.
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