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https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...ve-with-rugby/
"When Harry Scoble told his dad he wanted to play rugby because he was fed up getting scolded for being too rough in Auskick, his first question to his eight-year-old son was, “what’s rugby?”
But when your dad’s uncle was AFL Hall of Fame legend “Mr Football” Ted Whitten his stunned response was not so surprising.
Dad Chris and mum Karen certainly know plenty about rugby now and were pitchside when Scoble made his Force try-scoring debut against the Waratahs.
They have nurtured him from under 9s to Junior Wallaby at the 2014 Junior World Cup, into the first intake of the Future Force academy and now Super Rugby.
The last few weeks have been a blur for the 21-year-old UWA engineering student.
Three weeks ago he was playing local club rugby for UWA against Kalamunda, a week later he scored against the Tahs with just his second touch after coming off the reserves bench.
Last week he started his first Super Rugby match and now he is in Tokyo preparing for Saturday’s clash with the Sunwolves."
The rest at the link above. Time for a Harry Scoble sub-forum too, me thinks
Last edited by blueandblack; 05-05-16 at 14:02.
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Great story.
Exactly what the doctor ordered as far as getting our story out in the wider community that was the theme in another thread
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”
THIS is why we love our game so much and are rusted-on (get it?!) Force supporters! And it's success stories like Harry's that should underline to the ARU why they must keep - and better support - a SuperRugby franchise in this great State of ours!
Proudly Western Australian; Proudly supporting Western Australian rugby
Who's this Ted Whitten bloke? Never heard of him.
I do agree with the posts above, the AFL is great at getting puff pieces about their players out into the media and Rugby should be doing the same.
Edward James "Ted" Whitten was an Australian rules footballer and media personality who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League. Whitten is a Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and became known as "Mr Football".
Wikipedia
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”