You are on the money Paul

Have to agree with you Paul, Aust looks like it is heading for a very lean decade given our juniors are just not pushing up, the responsibility for this falls to the AIS,
yes ?

Is the AIS program past it I ask ?

Is the program still standing still in the mid to late 90's whereas the game has moved on in such a big way which has left the AIS techniques floundering ?

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I am positive the sport needs exposure at GRASS roots... kids. We need kids playing and although Comm Games exposure would have been nice for those of us that love the sport and already play.... it is not the reason for a decline in #'s... nor a lack or juniors joining the sport.

Ultimately the $$'s spent on our Comm Games team would be FAR better off being spent pumping the sport into schools... ensuring centre operators are skilled in retaining the kids bought in.. and the right coaches with the right intentions put in place to direct the kids that want to play.
We can say that we need to get the exposure first.. we need to have people watching on tellie... but I can guarantee that most would just walk away bored. It is not a good spectacle for the average Joe Blow that does not play the sport or understand it.
We need to worry about the kids... the beginners... we need the right programs in place. Without a larger and more successful junior base this countries juniors will soon become nothing more than a big fish in a very small pond.
England has 9 u/23's in the top 30. Austrlaia has 2 and only ONE junior in the top 30 Under 19's.
When Rach and Nat move on their is not the depth to cover the loss.
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