That's interesting. Where did/ does your son play?
He played 9 seasons at the Narellan Jets,from 5 to 13’s years , and 1 season at Campbelltown Collegians (u14s) ... however he has also been
playing Union since the 12’s .. training 4 days a week and 2 games, sometimes 3 backing up for older age groups each weekend was taking its toll, he broke his collar bone more to fatigue than a one off impact, seeing him in the hospital all busted up, we came to the realisation that playing 6 days a week wasn’t working, so we made him choose one, he chose Union has been doing the 1 code for the last 3 years and is
trying to workout this year if he plays 18’s, colts or 2nd grade?? ...
The footy community is pretty tight out here, most of the boys have cross coded or played together or against each other at one stage, he
is still best mates with guys in the SG Ball and Laurie Daley cup sides. The guy at Canberra played with him at Collies and at the Rams and with the Illawarra rep squad (Union) in the under 14’s.. Wests stuffed him around and the Raiders
signed him and a few other wests boys up in the 15’s.. they would even pick them up from Campbelltown to take him to training .. this year he has moved down there full time ...
Got to say one thing , so many of the boys
my son had played with are being chewed up
and spat out, plenty of juniors aren’t playing
anymore after sustaining really serious injuries, even the ones still playing are spending weeks
off the paddock with broken bones and ligament damages.. even at junior level, it’s a brutal sport ... these kids are tough ...