Junior Rugby: Tim Rapp On the NSW Waratahs’ Next Generation
by Paul Cook -
While the NSW Waratahs fix their sights on defending their inaugural Super Rugby title, the work going on behind the state’s premier team towards ensuring they are banging on the door of success on a regular basis, is in full swing.
The Generation Blue program has just kicked off its second year in search of the next batch of Waratahs, pooling the cream of the state’s young talent and giving them the very best rugby education in terms of coaching, conditioning, skills and game knowledge.
Under the auspices of former Waratah Tim Rapp, the program garnered immediate results in year one, the U20s side lifting the inaugural National Championships title in Canberra. But while further titles would certainly be a pleasing yardstick by which to measure the progress being made, there is a bigger picture at play