Touch/Tag Rugby League TTRL

[Man of Kent]

Aussie try in the Men's 40s final vs Ireland. Final play after the half-time hooter. They were an unbelievably good side.  

 

 

[Man of Kent]

In the end, the Tagaroos won 11/13 golds.

GB Women's 30s won gold with their #7 Phoebe Robins (big Roosters fan) running the show like a female Andrew Johns.

[OriginalMrC]

37 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Aussie try in the Men's 40s final vs Ireland. Final play after the half-time hooter. They were an unbelievably good side.  

 

 

I expect most of them grew up playing RL so have much higher skill levels than other countries 

[Man of Kent]

23 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

I expect most of them grew up playing RL so have much higher skill levels than other countries 

You're not kidding!! 

One of their players was Michael Buettner, who played for Australia, NSW Origin, North Sydney, Parramatta and Wests Tigers!!! 

[unapologetic pedant]

7 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

I expect most of them grew up playing RL so have much higher skill levels than other countries 

Think it's more than skill levels. Saw a number of plays, some try-scoring, where an Aussie dummy-half took the marker out thus creating a 3-on-2 or 2-on-1. If the marker forces the dummy-half to pass behind the gain-line those become 2-on-2, 1-on-1.

The British and Irish dummy-halves just routinely got the ball away from the ruck. No attempt to engage or beat the marker. 

[OriginalMrC]

43 minutes ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Think it's more than skill levels. Saw a number of plays, some try-scoring, where an Aussie dummy-half took the marker out thus creating a 3-on-2 or 2-on-1. If the marker forces the dummy-half to pass behind the gain-line those become 2-on-2, 1-on-1.

The British and Irish dummy-halves just routinely got the ball away from the ruck. No attempt to engage or beat the marker. 

True but also likely learned from playing RL from a young age 

[Man of Kent]

2 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Think it's more than skill levels. Saw a number of plays, some try-scoring, where an Aussie dummy-half took the marker out thus creating a 3-on-2 or 2-on-1. If the marker forces the dummy-half to pass behind the gain-line those become 2-on-2, 1-on-1.

The British and Irish dummy-halves just routinely got the ball away from the ruck. No attempt to engage or beat the marker. 

In the 40s, I found the Aussie ‘pack’ - left rover, left middle, right middle, right rover - played as a unit that were devastatingly effective at moving us around one way then back the other, sucking in defenders, then leaving a 3v2 or 3v1 on the outside for the links/wings to score. 

Most other teams played one side of the ruck rather than with a connected ‘pack’ moving both ways.
 

 

[jacobus]

Interesting move from England Touch... 

Seems there are plans to commercialise the game and bring in the business sector. 

Promoting touch as a team building, social sport might just work. 

https://www.englandtouch.org.uk/news/posts/2023/august/england-touch-and-in2touch-to-deliver-touch-rugby-to-uk-civil-servants-to-support-mental-and-physical-wellbeing/

[unapologetic pedant]

18 minutes ago, jacobus said:

Interesting move from England Touch... 

Seems there are plans to commercialise the game and bring in the business sector. 

Promoting touch as a team building, social sport might just work. 

https://www.englandtouch.org.uk/news/posts/2023/august/england-touch-and-in2touch-to-deliver-touch-rugby-to-uk-civil-servants-to-support-mental-and-physical-wellbeing/

I've lost touch as regards who's who in this saga.

Just remind me - Are England Touch the Touch People's Front or the People's Front of Touch?

All looks a bit dark side.

[EggFace]

1 hour ago, unapologetic pedant said:

I've lost touch as regards who's who in this saga.

Just remind me - Are England Touch the Touch People's Front or the People's Front of Touch?

All looks a bit dark side.

My Fijian friend call's Touch Rugby in England Snowflake Rugby....just chuck the ball about and stop acting like nerds.

[Man of Kent]

The Tag World Cup is featured in the September issue of Forty20.

[The Rocket]

The Dolphins introducing the uninitiated.

Introducing new players to the game through League Tag has already been successful.

“We have been able to create some really good relationships with local leagues, schools and clubs within the Wide Bay region,” said Blair.

Our League Tag days are really popular for the sport for those looking at getting into the game, and it is usually the first steps for them.

“The idea was that we would put in a Dolphins League Tag to get people involved on Friday afternoons as part of their school sport.

“There were five schools involved and 24 teams across boys, girls and mixed teams and they played over five weeks.”

[The Rocket]

Shows the potential of this form of the game, 81 000 thousand senior clubs and 95 000 plus junior clubs, 551 000 participants all up.

 

Touch Football Australia
Financial year 2022-2023

Total Participants 551k
Total club adults 81.2k, down 2.6%
Total club Jnrs 95.7k, up 14.7%

Snr teams
Qlnd 3,759
NSW 3,572
WA 509
Vic 389
NT 265
Tas 242
ACT 235
SA 225
 

https://touchfootball.com.au/media/15193/tfa-2023-annual-report.pdf

 

Even in fumbleball strongholds like Tasmania and South Oz there are still over 200 senior Touch Football teams in both states.

[jacobus]

Does anyone on the forum have any views, ideas or experience in launching coroporate rugby? 

We see an opportunity to grow our social touch playing pool by running corporate sessions for local businesses and getting them friendlies and in our summer league. 

This will get them networking and offer team building experience whilst we get the chance to nab the best players and run them through our pathway. 

Just wanted to understand if this had been tried and what the pitfalls might be. 

[Coggo]

6 hours ago, jacobus said:

Does anyone on the forum have any views, ideas or experience in launching coroporate rugby? 

We see an opportunity to grow our social touch playing pool by running corporate sessions for local businesses and getting them friendlies and in our summer league. 

This will get them networking and offer team building experience whilst we get the chance to nab the best players and run them through our pathway. 

Just wanted to understand if this had been tried and what the pitfalls might be. 

There’s corporate tag rugby in London. https://www.trytagrugby.com/news/corporate-challenge-london-2023-review/

And a Property League

https://www.trytagrugby.com/play/about-our-leagues/property-league/

I’d ask there for tips. Will Shepherd is a good guy. 

[The Rocket]

In partnership with the RFL.

Try Tag Rugby expands to Newcastle and York (rugby-league.com)

RFL partner, Try Tag Rugby, have announced the expansion of its leagues to two exciting new regions in 2024: Newcastle and York. 

Tag Rugby League is a fun and exciting minimal contact social sport suitable for all adults, no previous experience is necessary and it’s a sport that can be enjoyed by beginners and seasoned players alike.

 Anyone interested can Give Tag Rugby a Try before committing to a league by attending a free taster.

Good stuff.

 

 

 

[N2022]

On 23/03/2024 at 03:00, The Rocket said:

In partnership with the RFL.

Try Tag Rugby expands to Newcastle and York (rugby-league.com)

RFL partner, Try Tag Rugby, have announced the expansion of its leagues to two exciting new regions in 2024: Newcastle and York. 

Tag Rugby League is a fun and exciting minimal contact social sport suitable for all adults, no previous experience is necessary and it’s a sport that can be enjoyed by beginners and seasoned players alike.

 Anyone interested can Give Tag Rugby a Try before committing to a league by attending a free taster.

Good stuff.

 

 

 

Genuinely get on board with this if you are anywhere near it. Played on Leeds for a few years, now not living near a league and miss it both as a sport and for social.

[The Rocket]

10 hours ago, N2022 said:

Genuinely get on board with this if you are anywhere near it. Played on Leeds for a few years, now not living near a league and miss it both as a sport and for social.

Sorry mate had to laugh, I`m about an hour and a half from Newcastle, but not the Newcastle you`re thinking of. Hope you find something a bit closer to home anyway. 

[N2022]

15 hours ago, The Rocket said:

Sorry mate had to laugh, I`m about an hour and a half from Newcastle, but not the Newcastle you`re thinking of. Hope you find something a bit closer to home anyway. 

Thanks. Think a local club is running touch, but it seems a bit formalised, part of a regional league, and I always liked that with tag there was a league set up on site, in one case 4 minutes from home, and you could form a team with mates or sign up as individual and meet new people. Also no need to train, be a certain standard to get picked for match time, travel to away games on a weekend. I think I was a bit spoilt with tag, just seemed very easy and inclusive, enjoyable for all but the absolute extremes. Anyone who could just about jog and catch a ball occasionally, and wasn't a professional rugby player wanting something at that level would have fitted in.

[N2022]

15 hours ago, The Rocket said:

Sorry mate had to laugh, I`m about an hour and a half from Newcastle, but not the Newcastle you`re thinking of. Hope you find something a bit closer to home anyway. 

Out of interest. Guess you mean Aus. Have you got leagues near you? Is it an urban thing there like here? Something run through the clubs or mainly done informally?