Part of the RFU Women and Girls player pathway.
Nomination of Players from U18 CB Rugby to Centre of Excellence Assessment Days
This is a very important part of the RFU Women and Girls player pathway and the CB coaches play a lead role in the nomination process. Players should be assessed during training and in matches using the Assessment Criteria on the next page.
Coaches are not expected to assess players on every aspect of the selection criteria and should use their coaching experience to make an informed decision based on the evidence they see during all sessions and matches.
The Performance Pathway Officers (PPOs) are available as support in this process but the CB coaches are expected to carry out the assessment process and final nominations should be submitted by CB managers by Friday 8th December 2017.
All nominations should be emailed to playerpathway@rfu.com
A standardised Nomination Form is attached below and when this form is returned nominated players should be ranked using the information gained by coaches throughout the CB programme.
It is vitally important that all nomination forms are completed fully and with the correct details for all players as RFU staff do not have the extra capacity to chase up incorrect details.
There is no limit on the number of players that can be nominated by CBs for Centre of Excellence assessment days. We are very much concentrating on potential at this stage of the pathway and support coaches who nominate the border line players rather than not doing so.
The U18s Talent Development Group (TDG) players will automatically be selected for the CoE programme and will be expected to attend these sessions in addition to the TDG camps that are planned throughout the calendar year. The TDG players should be part of CB rugby as this will help to drive the standards of the across the country.
When making your nominations please include the TDG players in your overall numbers so that we make sure we have a consistent approach across all CBs. If a 17 year old has been given dispensation and is playing senior rugby then they will not play U18s CB rugby and as a consequence you will not be able to be nominate them for the U18 Centre of Excellence programme. If these players are part of the U18s TDG or England U20s programmes then they remain part of those.
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