What sort of tomfoolery is this? Kids rugby reduced to soft play status by banning winning? The better players change sides if they are giving their opponents a thrashing, just so that nobody leaves the field feeling sad.
Diddums! Two of my kids played rugby as infants and they loved it. Brilliant when they won, but good fun the rest of the time too. The point was that they were always striving to win and when they did - YES !!!
These were kids whose progressive school in Brighton made them run in circles on sports day, so that nobody came last. "Did I win?" was always the first thing they asked and my reply, as always, was: " No idea!"
It was like something out of Alice in Wonderland. This new idea for mini rugby is the same. Even babies like to win. Try making a fool of yourself in front of them and see how much they enjoy laughing at you and being top dog.
It's wired into the system. Only losers would try to change it.
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