Just stumbled acrosss a match report from an Under 8's game and was stunned by both the tome and content of it and wondered what other people think.

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hullwykea ... _id=690370

Is this right for a team of 8 year old to be obsessed with winning and putting derrogatary comments about the opposition on a publically accessible forum.

Incidentally putting the score on site like this is in direct contravention of the RFL's Child protection guidlines as well.

My thougts are that kids rugby at this age should be about fun and developing skills and team work not simply about creating a win at all costs mentally. The match report talks about " focussing on the job in hand" and describes the opposition as "looking all washed out".

Am I overreacting or is this part of where we go wrong in this country?

Just stumbled acrosss a match report from an Under 8's game and was stunned by both the tome and content of it and wondered what other people think.

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hullwykea ... _id=690370

Is this right for a team of 8 year old to be obsessed with winning and putting derrogatary comments about the opposition on a publically accessible forum.

Incidentally putting the score on site like this is in direct contravention of the RFL's Child protection guidlines as well.

My thougts are that kids rugby at this age should be about fun and developing skills and team work not simply about creating a win at all costs mentally. The match report talks about " focussing on the job in hand" and describes the opposition as "looking all washed out".

Am I overreacting or is this part of where we go wrong in this country?