The idea of the scheme has been to introduce youngsters to the game of rugby and then keep them in the sport through club links. By doing this, we are providing the youngsters with an excellent route into rugby, which will hopefully encourage them to keep playing the game.

He has to learn the defensive scheme of the pro game.

He was a linebacker at one point and is still learning the nuances of our scheme and what it takes to be as consistent as possible. He has a tremendous work ethic.

The one redeeming factor with this scheme is the claim that it will create 800 jobs. But most of those jobs will be for people with specialist and specific skills that we do not have in this location. We also have full employment in our community so the opportunities would not be beneficial for us.

We have had to bring in the youngsters,

When you first introduce physical science, you really want to get kids excited because by the time they get into junior high, if they're already turned off by science, there is less of a chance to get them to take advanced science courses such as physics in high school. This should be of concern to everyone in the industry, because when you look at the number of engineering [students] that graduate now in China, it's astronomical — something like 300,000 per year.