T1 Rugby - Introduction Europe

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe video features a comprehensive overview of T1 Rugby, a new non-contact version of rugby introduced by World Rugby to broaden participation and accessibility to the sport. Presented by Greg Woods, the session outlines the purpose, development, and implementation strategy of T1 Rugby. Unlike traditional rugby, T1 Rugby is designed to be an inclusive and simple format, incorporating crucial rugby components like scrums and line-outs but without physical contact. The game aims to mimic the feel of Rugby Union, making it appropriate for mixed-gender play and across various age groups. The presenter elaborates on the two-year development journey, emphasizing the importance of making rugby accessible and engaging, even for those unfamiliar with the traditional game. He highlights how the format is designed for global implementation, with materials available in French, Spanish, and English. Further emphasis is placed on the flexibility of T1 Rugby rules to adapt to local requirements, making it suitable for schools, community events, and even professional training sessions as a supplementary game. The presentation concludes with future plans to extend the resources and adapt the game further. The session includes participant feedback, indicating positive reception and significant potential impact on rugby's global reach.

Mitbringsel

  • 🏉 Introduction of T1 Rugby as a non-contact rugby format.
  • 🌍 T1 Rugby is globally designed to increase accessibility to rugby.
  • 👥 It's suitable for mixed-gender play and various age groups.
  • 📜 Retains rugby's core components like scrums in a non-contact way.
  • 🛠️ Significant resources are available for implementation.
  • 🎓 Ideal for educational settings to introduce rugby basics.
  • 🌐 Currently adopted by over 60 unions globally.
  • 🆓 Flexible rules allow local adaptation for different environments.
  • 🤝 Encourages community and club participation in rugby.
  • 🚀 Future developments include additional resources and apps for better integration.
  • 📄 The presentation and resources are available in multiple languages.
  • 💡 Positive feedback highlights its potential impact on widening rugby's reach.

Zeitleiste

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The session is focused on T1 Rugby, with emphasis on gathering insights and spreading awareness. Greg, the head of participation programs, is introduced as the speaker. The intention is to provide more insights especially for those unfamiliar with T1 Rugby. Attendees are encouraged to use the chat for questions.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The focus is on creating a non-contact rugby format, T1 Rugby. This was initiated as a need for a rugby variant without contact, to broaden participation. Key principles were accessibility, simplicity, and maintaining the look and feel of Rugby Union. The format aims to be legitimate and credible, integrating elements of Rugby Union.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    T1 Rugby is outlined as a non-contact version aiming to be a credible evolution. The game includes touch and tag modes, maintaining key rugby components like scrums and line-outs. The narrative stresses the game's credibility and its place as a legitimate version alongside traditional rugby formats. A global and cohesive branding is pivotal.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Emphasizing the universal applicability of T1 Rugby, it's noted as a format with three core pillars: kicking, scrums, and line-outs. These elements are adapted to enhance accessibility and authenticity. The strategic components, such as breakdowns and flexible rules, are designed to echo traditional rugby's complexity and embrace localization adaptations.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The importance of maintaining fundamental rugby components in T1 Rugby, like breakdowns and set pieces, is highlighted. This preserves the game's integrity and facilitates skill development. Resources available include infographics and detailed rule documents to assist in game's rollout and integration at various levels of play.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Developments in T1 Rugby focus on adaptability and resource provision, such as educational curricula being crafted for schools and potential plans for a T1 Rugby app. Other efforts include improving referee training and preparing event organization materials, aiming at broader engagement and operational ease.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    The session outlines plans for increasing accessibility and engagement through translation of materials, digital resources, and potential commercial opportunities. T1 Rugby's integration into various settings, from schools to international platforms, is stressed as a priority for growing the game and reaching new demographics.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:43:02

    Preparations and ongoing projects for T1 Rugby are shared, illustrating its promotion and assimilation into global rugby culture. The emphasis is on continuous feedback and collaboration with unions, highlighting successful implementation stories and encouraging regional adaptations. The overarching aim is widespread adoption and participation growth.

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  • What is T1 Rugby?

    T1 Rugby is a non-contact version of rugby developed by World Rugby to make the sport more accessible and inclusive.

  • How does T1 Rugby differ from traditional rugby?

    T1 Rugby is a non-contact game that incorporates elements like scrums and line-outs but is designed to be simpler and playable by everyone, including mixed-gender and various age groups.

  • Why was T1 Rugby created?

    T1 Rugby was developed to provide a global non-contact rugby format that maintains the essence of Rugby Union while being inclusive and easier to understand.

  • What are the key rules of T1 Rugby?

    The game includes key rugby elements like scrums and line-outs in a non-contact format. It's designed for quick play with simplified rules and is played on half a rugby pitch.

  • Can both men and women play T1 Rugby together?

    Yes, T1 Rugby is designed to be played by both men and women, making it an inclusive format.

  • How has T1 Rugby been received globally?

    Since its launch, T1 Rugby has been adopted by over 60 rugby unions, and the feedback has been positive, with various regions implementing it in schools and clubs.

  • What resources are available for implementing T1 Rugby?

    World Rugby provides resources like game rules, explainer videos, and infographics. Additional resources are being developed for educational purposes.

  • Is T1 Rugby suitable for introducing people to rugby?

    Yes, it's designed as an entry-level game to introduce new players to rugby through a non-contact format.

  • How can T1 Rugby be adapted locally?

    While T1 Rugby has a core set of rules, there is flexibility for local adaptations, such as the pitch size and number of players, to suit different environments.

  • Are there plans to translate T1 Rugby materials into more languages?

    Currently, materials are available in English, French, and Spanish, with possibilities for local unions to translate them further using available tools.

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    we're going to try to record the call
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    here now so I have with me as you saw on
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    my first slide GRE who is uh the head of
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    of our participation programs and then
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    greig I think most people here on the
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    call know me the uh the regional uh
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    partnership manager for Europe uh I know
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    a lot of you or most of you I see
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    there's a few names I haven't met before
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    the call and U the sole purpose really
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    of the call today here is really to give
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    you some more insights on T1 rugby I
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    know a few of the people on their list
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    here already knows a bit about the T1
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    and have seen introductions uh done
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    before when we first launched it uh but
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    I felt there was an opportunity to some
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    of the calls I've had with with some of
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    our unions in Europe that certainly
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    people could benefit from more insights
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    uh into this and uh who's better at
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    doing that than the guy who was part of
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    the development team of uh of the T1 and
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    that is Greg so Greg I guess that's part
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    monitor that and I'll keep uh also an
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    eye out for for any hands that you are
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    raised for any questions uh and then
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    but uh Greg I think I'm going to hand
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    over to you as a start here now and then
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    let you uh take us away we great and I
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    have discussed we're going to leave
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    plenty of room for questions at the end
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    so uh but if there's something really
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    beginning then just as I said use the
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    hands function or or write a question in
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    the chat but over to you Greg thanks end
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    and can you see my
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    screen yes I can certainly see it yeah
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    great well good morning everyone and and
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    and thank you Yen and thank you uh rugby
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    Europe for for the invite today I'm
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    going to take about 25 minutes uh going
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    through some slides around T1 rugby and
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    we'll have plenty of opportunity then to
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    have some question answers you know
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    around that my name is Greg Woods
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    participation programs manager working
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    under Jason Lewis in the team and my
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    fellow colleague Nanette uh from Cape
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    Town is is on the call as well today so
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    pleasure to meet you all I know some of
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    you might have seen some of these slides
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    before but I've also put in since uh
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    January as well so we'll write up the
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    date around where T1 rugby is across the
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    the world and happy to share everything
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    that we have that
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    today so just to give you a bit of a
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    context around and the sort of agenda
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    for the presentation I think it's really
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    important when I've done this with other
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    Regional associations to give some
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    background and context around T1 rugby
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    to give you the
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    narrative of course the bulk of the the
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    session will be around the game design
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    okay and The Branding and T1 rug be
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    explained so hopefully you go away after
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    this hour doing a lot more around T1
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    rugby than when you did at the start
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    also then highlighting the resources
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    that we have available I'll give you a
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    brief update of the current picture
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    where we feel the next steps next steps
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    this presentation already so after the
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    after the call you know he'll happily
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    free don't don't need to take
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    photographs or anything like that you
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    will have a copy of the of the full
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    presentation as we as we go forward
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    there are a few videos embedded in it
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    and our learnings from doing the whole
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    project around T1 rugby Sometimes using
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    video through a teams or Zoom type of
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    format doesn't do the videos justice so
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    I'll skip the videos and you can watch
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    them in your own Leisure Time you know
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    you know post the call but it's it's two
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    or three included in the presentation
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    which you will have access to post post
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    this
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    session so T1 rugby we launched it to
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    the membership doing General assembly in
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    in Rugby World Cup 23 in October uh it's
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    a it's been a huge priority program for
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    for World rugby to create a non- cont
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    product and I was very fortunate to to
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    be uh quite a quite a key figure really
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    in the development of the of the format
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    working with certain unions to make sure
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    that we get it to the position that is
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    currently in
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    today you know basically we we identify
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    the need for a non- contct game you know
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    the broad and the reach you know we got
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    a fantastic product around 15s and
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    sevens you know we don't want to deta
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    from that but what we wanted to do is to
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    increase our sort provision and increase
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    our markets now you know like like I saw
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    really around there hundreds of
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    different formats out there in the
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    market you know different providers
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    providing alternative formats but
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    there's nothing that world rugby had as
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    his as his own product and at the start
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    of the journey we we done a huge amount
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    of desktop research around is it one out
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    there already that we could use
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    but it was you know and around the
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    consultation that we had with all unions
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    that it feel that none of them really
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    out like Rugby Union lots of the
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    products out there doesn't really do
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    justice to the great game of ours so we
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    feel that we we had to get into this
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    space and we have to work really hard to
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    make sure we put it there we have a
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    group within World rugby called the game
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    group that meet weekly really to discuss
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    all topics uh around rugby across the
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    world and they give four guiding
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    principles to myself and the and the
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    project group really that you know
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    creating this non- cont product had to
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    have a couple of guiding principles one
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    it has to be accessible and no entry is
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    entry the barriers it has to be easy to
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    understand okay looks like Rugby Union
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    and and it was an energy towards touch
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    now easy to understand rugby is a
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    complex game okay we're the only sport
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    that runs forward passes back we have
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    lots of instances like set pieces
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    breakdown areas very tactical and
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    Technical elements of our game so trying
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    to something easy and something quite uh
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    simplistic for people to pick up is
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    quite a difficult task looks like Rugby
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    Union and I'll talk about this quite a
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    lot throughout the presentation and I
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    make no apologies around it lots of our
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    alternative Provisions have key
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    principles of other sports so lots of
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    alternative games potentially could pass
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    the ball forward you could put put your
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    ball between the legs you know like a
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    roll Ball but that doesn't happen in a
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    rugby union game there's very few
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    instances that that that would happen so
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    we want to make sure that our T1 rugby
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    product really looks and feels like
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    Rugby Union and from the initial
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    feedback that we had so far that's
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    probably been his key strength as we go
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    forward you know the two words that I
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    highlighted in this slide really and it
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    come from the New Zealand Rugby Union as
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    part of the working group you know lots
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    of we didn't want people to feel that
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    playing a non- contct version of game
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    year on the outside of our rugby family
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    and you're not part of the of the Rugby
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    Club and the and and the rugby the rugby
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    establishment so we needed to make sure
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    there was a legitimate and credible
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    version of our game so when we had
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    decisions to make around the game design
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    and when we had decisions to make around
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    the look and feel of the game does it
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    look legitimate and does it look
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    credible you know and I think it's
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    really important that you know that
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    context and background from the four
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    guiding principles but also from a
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    legitimate incredible point of view and
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    me it make it look and feel like Rugby
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    Union so we so this is it and I think
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    Jason Lewis my line manager is on the
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    call you know we say we have three
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    formats of rugby we have 15s aside we
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    have seven aside and we have T1 rugby
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    you know and that's our vision going
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    forward so it is part of it you know
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    that you're not a T1 rugby player you're
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    just a rugby player and it's a game for
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    everyone played by
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    anyone just theot next couple of slides
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    really is the sort of Journey that we
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    went on so this is not something that
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    was just put together really quickly it
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    was around a 2-year program that
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    involved around 15 for sorry about 14 15
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    unions heavily involved in technical
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    staff coming on board to do that it
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    started with a members uh Union
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    questionnaire that went out to all of
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    you and said is there a need for a non-
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    contct version and the answers from that
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    question here really set this game uh
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    game group project up you know we
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    done hours and hours of global Pilots
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    you know so we we we tried and errored
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    lots of the sort of game design and the
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    processes that we had to do you know
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    around there so from the from the fields
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    of Stelling BOS and South Africa to the
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    home unions in Europe um to LA and and
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    Singapore in Asia and Vietnam you know
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    we we we done lots of global Pilots
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    around that just to make sure that we we
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    tried it with different
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    demographics um different ages Etc on
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    that so from us we really comfortable
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    around that we really tried and tested
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    you know that process the constant
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    consultation was really important to
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    make sure that we brought member unions
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    on board with us you know throughout
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    that the game design and probably where
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    I probably spent a lot of my time that's
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    that's the easy bet you know that's
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    that's rugby people being in the room
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    and looking at the analysis and the
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    Insight that you're getting one of the
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    real difficult parts of this program was
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    obviously the naming and branding of
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    that you know the Unicorn name is not
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    out there you know and and we're pretty
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    you know we've been pretty clear on that
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    but you know we' done a lot of work and
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    we and we and we tried and tested again
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    and kept to the same guiding principles
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    that we landed on T1 rugby and I'll talk
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    around that narrative around the name as
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    that's really important if you're going
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    to be launching this in your unions and
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    when you're embedding it into your rugby
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    Pathways from there and obviously we
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    launched it in October just some of the
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    figures for you you know and and all
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    this footage is available if people
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    wanted to look at the pilot sessions and
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    look at all the game analysis and the
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    and the and the Insight that we gain
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    from that you know that that was a real
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    good piece of work from us as a as as a
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    working group because we felt that
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    everyone had a voice everyone listened
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    everyone contributed um and we really
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    believe that this is a real joint effort
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    to create T1 rugby the way it is
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    today just to touch now on the on the
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    narrative and The Branding of of of T1
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    rugby you know it's touch it can be
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    played in The Touch version it can be
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    played in the tag version but it is one
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    rugby you know it's you know any
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    decision we had to make around the game
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    we know we always landed back to what it
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    looks like in the 15er side and sevener
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    side you know game of that and making
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    sure is's legitimate and credible but
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    you got to build your own narrative
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    around that you know touch together one
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    game you know it's just rugby you know
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    but also as World rugby have a
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    responsibility across the world it has
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    to be globally recognizable and
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    translatable so we landed on T1 rugby we
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    tested that out into the market we felt
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    that it fitted it's a little bit
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    different as well it's a bit sexier it's
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    a bit is a bit more edgy you know to
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    compared to what we probably have in our
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    own portfolio currently and it's
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    something that we want around that so
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    like I said we keep going back to 15er
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    side s side and T1
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    rugby you see some of the branding
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    images and and I'm more than happy to
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    share when when Yen sends out the
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    presentation I'll send out the brand
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    guidelines for you guys to to use and
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    and maximize and utilize you know
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    throughout your programs some of you are
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    already using it which is which is great
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    to see um but you know we got this real
  • 00:11:53
    look and it looks a little bit different
  • 00:11:54
    than what we currently have you know and
  • 00:11:55
    that's something that was really
  • 00:11:56
    important you know for us so hopefully
  • 00:12:00
    that covers off the sort of background
  • 00:12:01
    and context you know and I'm more than
  • 00:12:03
    happy to pick up individual
  • 00:12:05
    conversations with unions if you wanted
  • 00:12:07
    to go a little bit more deeper into that
  • 00:12:09
    but really now we come on to the sort of
  • 00:12:11
    game itself you know and you know we're
  • 00:12:14
    extremely happy with the way that this
  • 00:12:16
    has played out and the feedback that
  • 00:12:17
    we've had already from 60 plus unions
  • 00:12:20
    that already put T1 rugby into the into
  • 00:12:23
    the rugby landscape since October has
  • 00:12:26
    been fantastic so it's s aside played on
  • 00:12:28
    half a pitch
  • 00:12:29
    it's our only format the game that males
  • 00:12:31
    and females can play together you know
  • 00:12:33
    and that was really important for us to
  • 00:12:35
    make it really accessible uh you know
  • 00:12:37
    for all and I'll touch on some of the
  • 00:12:39
    key elements which I'm sure the rugby
  • 00:12:42
    technical experts in your Unions would
  • 00:12:44
    really like to see but it's our own
  • 00:12:46
    breakdown it's our own kick in it's our
  • 00:12:48
    own a setpiece element which we you know
  • 00:12:50
    really pleased that is is embedded in
  • 00:12:53
    into this all these resources that I'll
  • 00:12:55
    be shown in the next couple of slides
  • 00:12:57
    they're on a they're on our website for
  • 00:12:59
    you to download and use they're in uh
  • 00:13:01
    French and Spanish currently but I know
  • 00:13:04
    other unions have already translated
  • 00:13:05
    them into their own languages to help
  • 00:13:07
    with the ease of of roll out but just uh
  • 00:13:11
    just to touch on we felt as a working
  • 00:13:14
    group that rugby has certain DNA you
  • 00:13:16
    know and it's really important that this
  • 00:13:18
    is this looks and feels like Rugby Union
  • 00:13:20
    and these were the the sort of four key
  • 00:13:22
    areas uh kick in scrums and line outs
  • 00:13:26
    now as a as an ex front row forward I
  • 00:13:28
    didn't do much kicking in my Rugby
  • 00:13:30
    career but lots of people tell me that
  • 00:13:32
    kicking is a real fun part of the game
  • 00:13:34
    and you know is a real enjoyable part
  • 00:13:36
    for that so we tried it without kicking
  • 00:13:39
    we tried it with kicking the one thing
  • 00:13:40
    that kicking does provide is the actual
  • 00:13:42
    skill itself you know so wherever you're
  • 00:13:45
    placing it into your pathway having the
  • 00:13:47
    ability to kick in a non-c cont format
  • 00:13:49
    without that pressure of contact it's a
  • 00:13:52
    it's a fantastic asset but also it
  • 00:13:54
    creates space and it m relates the
  • 00:13:56
    defensive lines you know you know around
  • 00:13:59
    that non-c contct space traditionally in
  • 00:14:01
    in traditional touch games it's very
  • 00:14:03
    much uh line online defense so it's
  • 00:14:06
    really you know not much space there but
  • 00:14:08
    the ability to put the ball through and
  • 00:14:10
    behind uh a defensive line you know
  • 00:14:13
    really changes the the characteristics
  • 00:14:15
    of the game now as a front row forward I
  • 00:14:17
    love scrums and line outs so it's really
  • 00:14:19
    important that they were in there but
  • 00:14:22
    this this comes into really making it
  • 00:14:24
    look credible and legitimate so it's a
  • 00:14:26
    it's a restart it's as simple as that
  • 00:14:28
    you know we could have quite easily
  • 00:14:29
    tapped them past and and played but you
  • 00:14:32
    know forming a line out a three on three
  • 00:14:34
    line out a three on three scrum
  • 00:14:36
    uncontested you know using the
  • 00:14:38
    fundamental skills of throwing the ball
  • 00:14:40
    in uh placing the ball into the scrum
  • 00:14:42
    hooking the ball in the scrum to come
  • 00:14:44
    back you know they are excellent
  • 00:14:46
    examples where this could be placed in
  • 00:14:47
    any part of your pathway of introducing
  • 00:14:49
    the game to players that that never
  • 00:14:51
    played before but also then for players
  • 00:14:54
    that you know are coming back into the
  • 00:14:56
    game so they really you know they they
  • 00:14:58
    understand what we're trying to do we
  • 00:15:00
    probably spent around six months looking
  • 00:15:02
    at the breakdown area that was the
  • 00:15:04
    fundamental part of of how this game
  • 00:15:06
    works and we created a situation where
  • 00:15:09
    it's two attackers and three Defenders
  • 00:15:11
    and and lots of the resources you see we
  • 00:15:14
    talk around this Golden Triangle where
  • 00:15:16
    there's more defenders in it than than
  • 00:15:18
    than attackers So that obviously
  • 00:15:20
    automatically helps the the attackers in
  • 00:15:23
    this space you know so we're always
  • 00:15:25
    creating overload situations to do that
  • 00:15:27
    and we spent lots of analysis time
  • 00:15:30
    looking about the sort of flow of the
  • 00:15:32
    game to make sure that you do that so
  • 00:15:34
    every breakdown area instead of putting
  • 00:15:36
    the ball on the floor and and putting it
  • 00:15:37
    through your legs and running back five
  • 00:15:39
    10 Metter which we don't do in in 15
  • 00:15:42
    aside and S aside rugby we actually
  • 00:15:44
    create a breakdown area uh you know on
  • 00:15:46
    that the ball is kept off the floor
  • 00:15:48
    which is great for if you're playing the
  • 00:15:50
    game in in grass or in concrete or in
  • 00:15:52
    sports halls or on beaches um you know
  • 00:15:56
    it's a it's a sport that can be played
  • 00:15:58
    above that so you know please have a
  • 00:16:01
    look at the videos around the breakdown
  • 00:16:02
    area online it explains it really well
  • 00:16:05
    um and and it makes the game really
  • 00:16:07
    exciting from an attacking point of
  • 00:16:10
    view just I put this line I put this
  • 00:16:12
    slide in really just it's a breakdown of
  • 00:16:15
    the breakdown of the of the rules but
  • 00:16:17
    the the bit I want to draw your
  • 00:16:19
    attention to really is the bit on the
  • 00:16:20
    right so we have our game on uh
  • 00:16:23
    flexibility uh across our 15s and sens
  • 00:16:26
    games now in the community rugby space
  • 00:16:28
    where you you know you can match numbers
  • 00:16:30
    um you can fix the sort of pitch sizes
  • 00:16:32
    Etc so we want to make it have a global
  • 00:16:35
    feel but b a local flexibility towards
  • 00:16:38
    that so it can be played in touch and
  • 00:16:39
    tag you know some count said to us that
  • 00:16:42
    potentially we could go a one-on-one
  • 00:16:44
    lineup contest with no lift you know the
  • 00:16:47
    breakdown area you know if the three
  • 00:16:49
    Defenders are in before the two
  • 00:16:51
    attackers go in could we potentially
  • 00:16:52
    turn the ball over in a breakdown like
  • 00:16:54
    it happens in the normal 15 as side or
  • 00:16:56
    seven side game of rugby you know
  • 00:16:59
    it could have two players having two
  • 00:17:00
    touches before stopping but you know
  • 00:17:03
    from our point of view we've created a
  • 00:17:04
    core set of rules which is T and rugby
  • 00:17:07
    but we have you have the ability and
  • 00:17:09
    power then to flex to suit your
  • 00:17:10
    environment which I think is really H
  • 00:17:13
    Forward Thinking and and a really
  • 00:17:15
    adaptive adaptive approach that we've
  • 00:17:16
    taken so take some time to have a look
  • 00:17:18
    at those game on and and and some of
  • 00:17:21
    that as an example the breakdown area
  • 00:17:24
    contest if you put that in the speed of
  • 00:17:26
    the game is so much quicker on that
  • 00:17:30
    so that's the game itself moving on to
  • 00:17:32
    the sort of resources that we' provided
  • 00:17:34
    we wanted to get enough resources out
  • 00:17:36
    there from for the start of this year so
  • 00:17:38
    people can start using it and utilizing
  • 00:17:40
    it so we have the game infographic we
  • 00:17:42
    have a rules infographic we have a short
  • 00:17:45
    rules document if you're like for myself
  • 00:17:47
    that just wants to get out there and
  • 00:17:48
    start playing but also then we have long
  • 00:17:50
    long rules document which is I think I
  • 00:17:53
    got our laws department down to seven
  • 00:17:55
    pages you know so that we really tried
  • 00:17:57
    and tested you know these these these
  • 00:18:00
    rules we have lots of explainer videos
  • 00:18:03
    and every part of the game broken down
  • 00:18:05
    we have a match manager sheet we didn't
  • 00:18:07
    want to be too formal around refereeing
  • 00:18:09
    we just wanted people to get out there
  • 00:18:11
    and and and to help just facilitate
  • 00:18:14
    games and then also then we're going to
  • 00:18:16
    be building more resources as we go so
  • 00:18:19
    these are examples that you can download
  • 00:18:21
    for yourself on on the
  • 00:18:23
    website I just want to touch on the
  • 00:18:25
    right hand side of this slide since
  • 00:18:27
    we've launched in October
  • 00:18:29
    unions already come back to us and said
  • 00:18:31
    that you know it's going down really
  • 00:18:33
    well but we need some more resources so
  • 00:18:36
    we're currently probably 60% in of
  • 00:18:39
    building a full schools curriculum
  • 00:18:40
    around T1 rugby so that will be for
  • 00:18:43
    primary school age secondary school high
  • 00:18:45
    school age and University where that
  • 00:18:47
    will be six to eight weeks lesson plans
  • 00:18:50
    with around 30 activities around lesson
  • 00:18:52
    organizers assessment grids everything
  • 00:18:55
    that you would need to go into a school
  • 00:18:56
    or educational setting that would be a
  • 00:18:59
    huge amount of resource which we're
  • 00:19:01
    going to be putting online in in the
  • 00:19:03
    summer which I'm sure that you could
  • 00:19:05
    adapt to your educational establishments
  • 00:19:07
    in your countries but the work will be
  • 00:19:09
    done for you every session every
  • 00:19:12
    activity up to what T1 rugby is that is
  • 00:19:16
    that'll be created ready for the summer
  • 00:19:18
    we're exploring around the T1 rugby app
  • 00:19:20
    you know just so that we can get the
  • 00:19:22
    information out there to the people who
  • 00:19:24
    are running the WhatsApp groups to get
  • 00:19:26
    these activities running but also then
  • 00:19:28
    actually collecting data around that
  • 00:19:30
    that's probably a longer project and and
  • 00:19:32
    we're exploring that will Rugby of how
  • 00:19:34
    we can utilize that for our unions do
  • 00:19:37
    that another one that will be up by the
  • 00:19:39
    summer will be lots of people already
  • 00:19:41
    running T1 rugby events you know through
  • 00:19:44
    a multiple settings um so we got an
  • 00:19:46
    events checklist that we're producing
  • 00:19:48
    that you can download use give to your
  • 00:19:51
    volunteers that are running those events
  • 00:19:53
    to make sure that you cover off
  • 00:19:54
    everything uh that you need to to make
  • 00:19:56
    it a fantastic um spec
  • 00:19:59
    also then we've had feedback saying um
  • 00:20:02
    it's a great referee tool to develop
  • 00:20:04
    referees within unions because obviously
  • 00:20:06
    we have a breakdown we have a set piece
  • 00:20:08
    we have the flow of the game which is
  • 00:20:10
    needed so we're looking at developing a
  • 00:20:12
    more of a a user friendly rugby referee
  • 00:20:15
    resource you know around that because T1
  • 00:20:17
    rugby is not also developing players and
  • 00:20:20
    and engaging players it can also help
  • 00:20:22
    with match officials which we have found
  • 00:20:24
    out and also people have come back to us
  • 00:20:26
    and said look we just want to see full
  • 00:20:27
    games in action
  • 00:20:29
    so next Friday we're already starting to
  • 00:20:31
    to to film some live games just so that
  • 00:20:34
    people can see the game in in full flow
  • 00:20:37
    so you know we believe we have a full
  • 00:20:39
    comprehensive list of resources there
  • 00:20:41
    which is plenty enough for you to get up
  • 00:20:43
    and go in and start working but like
  • 00:20:45
    always throughout this project we all
  • 00:20:47
    listen to the membership and if
  • 00:20:48
    membership is asking us for more
  • 00:20:50
    resources or different ones that we're
  • 00:20:52
    not thinking around we'll certainly
  • 00:20:53
    explore and see if that could
  • 00:20:56
    happen you know this is probably the
  • 00:20:58
    most important slide of the presentation
  • 00:20:59
    for people who don't know about T1 rugby
  • 00:21:02
    this is the link that everything is on
  • 00:21:04
    and like you said over the next couple
  • 00:21:05
    of months more resources more videos
  • 00:21:08
    will be going on onto that please feel
  • 00:21:11
    free to send any sort of footage um
  • 00:21:14
    social media coverage to yens that is
  • 00:21:16
    happening in your unions we just love to
  • 00:21:19
    to to to bank that and to load and to
  • 00:21:22
    and to keep a record really of
  • 00:21:24
    everything that is happening you know
  • 00:21:25
    across the world and and and it's
  • 00:21:27
    fabulous to see but you know for us I
  • 00:21:30
    would recommend for all your staff
  • 00:21:31
    within your unions or your coaches you
  • 00:21:33
    know please ask them to to go there at
  • 00:21:35
    the moment like I said is in French
  • 00:21:37
    Spanish and English and some other
  • 00:21:39
    countries have already translated into
  • 00:21:41
    their into their
  • 00:21:42
    language the last couple of the slides
  • 00:21:45
    really is around and I we always put
  • 00:21:47
    this in as a participation team really
  • 00:21:49
    just thinking about the art of the
  • 00:21:51
    possible of T1 rugby because although
  • 00:21:53
    it's really important for where it fits
  • 00:21:54
    into your union you know I just want to
  • 00:21:56
    give you that sort of global approach
  • 00:21:58
    you know you know we believe this is
  • 00:22:00
    another format of the game which will
  • 00:22:03
    definitely give us 1 million new
  • 00:22:04
    community social players you know and
  • 00:22:07
    that that's really important for us to
  • 00:22:08
    grow that fan base to grow that
  • 00:22:10
    participation element of the game you
  • 00:22:12
    know we've really got to maximize the
  • 00:22:14
    mix playing opportunity and it's the
  • 00:22:16
    first and now game the males and females
  • 00:22:18
    of all ages can play together you know I
  • 00:22:21
    have no doubt and Jason will be pushing
  • 00:22:22
    me on this where does it look around
  • 00:22:24
    cross border and international
  • 00:22:25
    opportunities going forward you know
  • 00:22:28
    that you know that's a real um piece of
  • 00:22:31
    work that we that we'll be exploring and
  • 00:22:33
    and working with unions on that what
  • 00:22:35
    that looks like I don't know but I think
  • 00:22:37
    it's important to state that that
  • 00:22:39
    potentially that could happen I have no
  • 00:22:41
    doubt that commercial opportunities will
  • 00:22:43
    arise from T1 rugby because of the the
  • 00:22:45
    accessible nature of it and the amount
  • 00:22:47
    of people that be playing it and I'm
  • 00:22:49
    certainly something that you could put
  • 00:22:50
    in your portfolio uh to to try and grab
  • 00:22:54
    but also then just to try and grab some
  • 00:22:56
    new you know whole community of new fans
  • 00:22:59
    so that's the art of the possible to
  • 00:23:00
    bring this game you know game to life
  • 00:23:03
    and this is where we're working as World
  • 00:23:04
    rugby on
  • 00:23:05
    that and I just put it then from a
  • 00:23:08
    global point of view to a to a regional
  • 00:23:10
    and and and a union you know where does
  • 00:23:12
    T1 rugby fit now I could to put five or
  • 00:23:15
    six boxes you know even more on on this
  • 00:23:18
    slide but you know the the easy pickings
  • 00:23:20
    for us would be around the educational
  • 00:23:22
    establishments but it's got to be more
  • 00:23:24
    than that we don't want T1 rugby to be
  • 00:23:26
    seen as a sort of X sens that he just
  • 00:23:28
    sits on the shelf and he gets brought
  • 00:23:30
    out when it needs to you know does can
  • 00:23:32
    it be really embedded into your rugby
  • 00:23:34
    landscape and your development Pathways
  • 00:23:37
    is it in a club or School setting are
  • 00:23:39
    you going to put it as a as a sort of
  • 00:23:42
    regular activity within no settings is
  • 00:23:45
    it one that you're going to use at a
  • 00:23:46
    social level that you know for adults
  • 00:23:48
    only uh to come together never played
  • 00:23:51
    game before it it it lends perfectly to
  • 00:23:54
    those Mass participation events and I'll
  • 00:23:56
    talk about some of the events that I've
  • 00:23:58
    seen across the world already you know
  • 00:23:59
    to do that but really give us some
  • 00:24:02
    thought around that placement now I
  • 00:24:03
    probably spoke to around 12 to 14 unions
  • 00:24:06
    in Europe already about where they see
  • 00:24:08
    it around referee development around the
  • 00:24:11
    school setting around the Vets product
  • 00:24:13
    around the social summer league you know
  • 00:24:16
    it's all different types of the people
  • 00:24:18
    are really thinking around but where do
  • 00:24:20
    you think it's best placed and where do
  • 00:24:21
    you think you can grow the game of rugby
  • 00:24:23
    using T1 within your
  • 00:24:26
    union so the last bit really of the of
  • 00:24:28
    the of the slide deck before we get into
  • 00:24:30
    some questions is around just just a bit
  • 00:24:32
    of an update so we've created another
  • 00:24:35
    new working group really around just a
  • 00:24:37
    roll out and looking at different
  • 00:24:38
    opportunities for to making sure that
  • 00:24:41
    that you know it's get it's it's having
  • 00:24:43
    the impact that it needs to have you
  • 00:24:45
    know around the world we've done some
  • 00:24:48
    huge participation events which you
  • 00:24:49
    might have seen through social media
  • 00:24:51
    channels around the Cape Town 7s and we
  • 00:24:53
    got ones planned for n next running a
  • 00:24:55
    huge win in Singapore and obviously
  • 00:24:57
    we'll be hopefully doing something
  • 00:24:59
    around the Madrid sevens events we've
  • 00:25:01
    also looked at some commercial
  • 00:25:02
    opportunities around Cape Town 10s as an
  • 00:25:04
    example to do that and get around all
  • 00:25:07
    the regional engagement workshops just
  • 00:25:09
    to make sure because our aim is very
  • 00:25:11
    simple in U1 we want to get T1 rugby
  • 00:25:14
    into every Union's hands you have to
  • 00:25:16
    make sure that like I said I could put
  • 00:25:18
    60 examples down there as Union
  • 00:25:20
    adoptation but the reality is is where
  • 00:25:22
    you see it best placed you know and
  • 00:25:24
    there's been some great examples you
  • 00:25:26
    know across the world where you ions are
  • 00:25:29
    thinking around what to do with T1 rugby
  • 00:25:31
    where can they get benefit from it and
  • 00:25:33
    how can they maximize
  • 00:25:35
    it for us it's you know like I said we
  • 00:25:38
    got some huge events that are coming up
  • 00:25:40
    now around the spring summertime you
  • 00:25:41
    know to do that I'm spending a lot of
  • 00:25:43
    time around the resource development to
  • 00:25:46
    make sure that you got more than enough
  • 00:25:47
    resources to go into any environment uh
  • 00:25:50
    to to to deliver T1 rugby you know on
  • 00:25:53
    that which I spoke about already we're
  • 00:25:55
    going to plan some real big highlight
  • 00:25:57
    events you know just to show the art of
  • 00:26:00
    the possible of what what could be done
  • 00:26:02
    you've probably seen already from our
  • 00:26:04
    world rugby participation projects our G
  • 00:26:07
    2.0 our girls participation program our
  • 00:26:10
    work with charitable Partners like Chun
  • 00:26:12
    rugby a lot of it now is all endorsed
  • 00:26:14
    through T1 rugby you know making sure
  • 00:26:17
    that you know they're all aligned to
  • 00:26:18
    make sure that we're all working
  • 00:26:20
    together on that and also we keep on
  • 00:26:22
    working around that legal and Commercial
  • 00:26:24
    discussion around roll out because in
  • 00:26:26
    some countries I have no doubt that the
  • 00:26:28
    commercial opportunity around T1 rugby
  • 00:26:30
    you know will be huge so that's a real
  • 00:26:32
    snapshot the flavor of where we
  • 00:26:34
    currently
  • 00:26:36
    are and just to finish really you know
  • 00:26:39
    I'm more than happy and I'm designated
  • 00:26:41
    lead role on this to to talk to
  • 00:26:43
    individually as a union you know around
  • 00:26:44
    T1 rugby which I've done with so many
  • 00:26:46
    unions already in Europe you know and if
  • 00:26:49
    you'd like to spend an hour we can book
  • 00:26:50
    some time in just to talk about you know
  • 00:26:53
    what you see the future plans of T1
  • 00:26:55
    rugby and where we could potentially
  • 00:26:57
    help so thank you for
  • 00:27:01
    listening thank you Greg fantastic to
  • 00:27:05
    work with a frro who actually delivers
  • 00:27:07
    what he promised 25 minutes exactly that
  • 00:27:09
    was I wasn't always used to that in my
  • 00:27:11
    playing
  • 00:27:12
    time uh well done um I haven't had any
  • 00:27:15
    questions coming up in the chat yet now
  • 00:27:17
    I can say from personal experience I
  • 00:27:19
    actually did Implement T1 rugby in my
  • 00:27:23
    little Club here in Denmark as soon as
  • 00:27:25
    we launched it and I've had great
  • 00:27:26
    success keeping uh
  • 00:27:28
    my uh my players busy over the winter we
  • 00:27:31
    only in Denmark have access to
  • 00:27:33
    artificial Fields where we can't do
  • 00:27:35
    anything contact wise so for us it has
  • 00:27:37
    been a way of actually staying uh
  • 00:27:40
    staying fit over the over the the winter
  • 00:27:42
    time or the winter period and we've
  • 00:27:44
    actually introduced as you said Greg uh
  • 00:27:46
    we' joining us as well and parents that
  • 00:27:49
    have never played rugby before I think
  • 00:27:50
    it's a a great way of actually getting
  • 00:27:52
    to another another understanding of our
  • 00:27:55
    game which I think T1 actually does
  • 00:27:57
    other and just playing touch so so well
  • 00:28:00
    done in uh in coming up with this game
  • 00:28:02
    I'm going to ask the floor here whether
  • 00:28:05
    there's any good questions for Greg or
  • 00:28:07
    any questions really so please raise
  • 00:28:10
    your hand or write any comments you
  • 00:28:12
    might have in the chat here we've got uh
  • 00:28:15
    Mark so Mark's got the first question so
  • 00:28:17
    Mark you can just unmute and ask the
  • 00:28:18
    question if you want oh hi yeah good
  • 00:28:21
    afternoon and uh firstly Greg I'd like
  • 00:28:23
    to say this is a for us it's a fantastic
  • 00:28:27
    initiative um um we we followed it when
  • 00:28:30
    it when it first came out um we've
  • 00:28:33
    already implemented it with in clubs
  • 00:28:36
    with under 12s and under
  • 00:28:38
    14s um and they're just about to start
  • 00:28:40
    it as a a mixed social um adult game to
  • 00:28:46
    to um bring new players in and also to
  • 00:28:50
    retain some of the the the players who
  • 00:28:53
    have who've left um the sport uh here um
  • 00:28:57
    one of the things we found we are
  • 00:28:59
    finding is is how uh important where the
  • 00:29:04
    where we have the set pieces now um the
  • 00:29:07
    line outs and the scrums and the
  • 00:29:09
    breakdown uh how this is really
  • 00:29:13
    improving the game understanding and
  • 00:29:15
    let's say the muscle memory of the young
  • 00:29:18
    players when they then move into into
  • 00:29:20
    contact and move into um the yeah into
  • 00:29:24
    sevens primarily for us so so this I I
  • 00:29:28
    think the real highlight for us of this
  • 00:29:30
    game is with the line outs with the
  • 00:29:32
    scrums with the breakdown is the kids
  • 00:29:35
    unlike with Touch where they just run
  • 00:29:36
    around in circles they're actually
  • 00:29:39
    getting the structure and an
  • 00:29:41
    understanding of the game and then as we
  • 00:29:42
    progress into competing for line outs or
  • 00:29:46
    competing at scrums or whatever excuse
  • 00:29:48
    me uh they already know where they
  • 00:29:50
    should be and I think this is one thing
  • 00:29:52
    that really should be highlighted and
  • 00:29:54
    it's already starting to see uh not
  • 00:29:58
    quite a specialization in positions but
  • 00:30:00
    more of an understanding in positions so
  • 00:30:02
    we really welcome what this has done and
  • 00:30:05
    it and it has really filled a gap um for
  • 00:30:08
    us because we had we had well we used
  • 00:30:12
    with tag not with touch it so we had
  • 00:30:15
    just mad tag and then we had the
  • 00:30:18
    structured game and and this is really
  • 00:30:21
    I'd just like to tell everybody this has
  • 00:30:22
    really filled a gap and has been really
  • 00:30:24
    important for a development in a in a
  • 00:30:27
    young
  • 00:30:28
    and and small count such as
  • 00:30:32
    ours
  • 00:30:34
    please yeah J I just I'll just respond
  • 00:30:36
    to that um one of the one of the key
  • 00:30:38
    things that we don't flex you know
  • 00:30:40
    around T1 rugby and what I've advised
  • 00:30:42
    the unions is that the set piece restart
  • 00:30:45
    and the breakdown is is not for
  • 00:30:47
    negotiation that is T1 rugby because you
  • 00:30:49
    know to keep it credible to keep it
  • 00:30:51
    legitimate to keep back to those four
  • 00:30:53
    guiding principles of the game group you
  • 00:30:56
    know that's what it makes look and feel
  • 00:30:57
    like rugby
  • 00:30:58
    so you can Flex numbers you can Flex pit
  • 00:31:01
    sizes you can put some contestable areas
  • 00:31:03
    in if you if you really want to but you
  • 00:31:06
    know the bits that you're talking around
  • 00:31:07
    sorry the key elements of rugby that
  • 00:31:09
    you're talking around is why we designed
  • 00:31:11
    the game you know and and like I said
  • 00:31:13
    it's great to hear that you got it at
  • 00:31:15
    under the 12's level but also then
  • 00:31:16
    looking at an adult level because you
  • 00:31:19
    know we we we solely believe as well rby
  • 00:31:22
    that we just don't want to see this as a
  • 00:31:23
    as a children's and as a kids product
  • 00:31:26
    you know this is a this is across all
  • 00:31:28
    the development Spectrum around
  • 00:31:29
    especially our adults and and and vets
  • 00:31:31
    rugby so yeah really pleasing Mark what
  • 00:31:33
    what unions
  • 00:31:36
    yourself sorry in Kosovo Ando nice to
  • 00:31:39
    meet you also we've also started to
  • 00:31:41
    introduce it in the schools in North
  • 00:31:43
    Macedonia but they're not a federation
  • 00:31:46
    yet but yeah so we're doing it there in
  • 00:31:47
    the schools program also thank you Mark
  • 00:31:52
    B off Mark um I will give the word to
  • 00:31:54
    Chris and then I'll take a few comments
  • 00:31:56
    from the chat so Chris you
  • 00:31:59
    are yeah so I was having trouble I've
  • 00:32:03
    switched to zoom web because I had to
  • 00:32:05
    update so I was having trouble finding
  • 00:32:07
    where the raise hand so I put a question
  • 00:32:08
    in the chat so you can ignore it because
  • 00:32:10
    I'll ask it now um first off really
  • 00:32:14
    really great I've been looking into this
  • 00:32:16
    since I've heard about it and I've only
  • 00:32:18
    heard about it a week ago so this is
  • 00:32:20
    fantastic and I'll be implementing it
  • 00:32:22
    here in Norway uh as much as I possibly
  • 00:32:25
    can but what I wanted to ask you Greg is
  • 00:32:28
    did you guys because a lot of the rules
  • 00:32:31
    and a lot of the breakdowns seem to be
  • 00:32:33
    around the same structure as rugby 7s
  • 00:32:36
    did you guys look into an experiment
  • 00:32:38
    with rugby
  • 00:32:39
    15s uh playing so that you have like a
  • 00:32:42
    full field with 15 players on the field
  • 00:32:44
    but still have the same breakdown Styles
  • 00:32:46
    I just wondering if that's been explored
  • 00:32:48
    a little bit Yeah Chris we you know
  • 00:32:51
    throughout the the game design we
  • 00:32:52
    probably took 12 months really looking
  • 00:32:54
    at all different sizes of pitches uh but
  • 00:32:58
    I'll summarize we probably created a
  • 00:33:00
    game that was too quick you know and
  • 00:33:03
    because that turns a lot of people off
  • 00:33:05
    so sens now is a is a very conditioned
  • 00:33:08
    highly highly skilled sport so you know
  • 00:33:12
    it's really difficult to create a non-
  • 00:33:14
    contct version because what contact does
  • 00:33:15
    is slow the game up okay contact
  • 00:33:18
    provides elements of the game that
  • 00:33:19
    provides a a a slower Pace um or the
  • 00:33:23
    flow of the game doesn't go as quick so
  • 00:33:25
    we we Tri in error a lot right so so the
  • 00:33:28
    biggest point and I probably skipped
  • 00:33:30
    this over in the presentation one of the
  • 00:33:32
    key strengths of T1 rugby is the
  • 00:33:34
    attacking side can control the speed of
  • 00:33:36
    the playe so you can wait until the
  • 00:33:39
    third Defender comes in so the person
  • 00:33:42
    who plays the ball away dictates the
  • 00:33:43
    speed of the game so if you want to play
  • 00:33:45
    quick you can but if you want to slow it
  • 00:33:47
    down that's fine and the feedback that
  • 00:33:49
    we had from participants a lot of the
  • 00:33:52
    alternative games out there and the non-
  • 00:33:53
    contct games were too quick so take me
  • 00:33:56
    as an example as a retired front or
  • 00:33:58
    forward I'd love to play touch rugby but
  • 00:34:01
    it could be too quick you know but
  • 00:34:02
    because we can control the speed of the
  • 00:34:04
    game so you can dial it up or you can
  • 00:34:06
    dial it down but the time that you play
  • 00:34:08
    the ball away that makes it more
  • 00:34:10
    accessible for people to play and we've
  • 00:34:12
    done a great pilot and I see some of the
  • 00:34:14
    scotch Rugby Union guys here we went up
  • 00:34:16
    the at the curry up in Scotland and we
  • 00:34:19
    used a youth team okay so quite a good
  • 00:34:21
    standard youth team and we were playing
  • 00:34:23
    all different variations of of rules Etc
  • 00:34:26
    we wanted to make sure sure that the
  • 00:34:28
    game is played at the right speed so we
  • 00:34:30
    don't want it too quick and we don't
  • 00:34:31
    want it too slow the only way you can do
  • 00:34:33
    that is having the person who's playing
  • 00:34:35
    the ball away dictate that and we just
  • 00:34:37
    felt that that was the way and on your
  • 00:34:40
    question on the chat we we listened to a
  • 00:34:43
    lot of the participant feedback during
  • 00:34:45
    all the pilots and currently as people
  • 00:34:47
    are playing um it's interesting what
  • 00:34:50
    Mark said we don't really want to create
  • 00:34:52
    positions in T1 rugby so you know if the
  • 00:34:55
    ball is knocked on and it's a scrum we
  • 00:34:57
    just want nearest three people to go
  • 00:34:59
    what will be finding already people are
  • 00:35:01
    say oh I'm a back so I stand out there
  • 00:35:03
    we want to create this environment where
  • 00:35:05
    everyone's just playing in every
  • 00:35:06
    position but you know as we evolve and
  • 00:35:08
    as we get more feedback in the first
  • 00:35:10
    year we we'll look into situations like
  • 00:35:13
    that but is really a game for everyone
  • 00:35:15
    and we want everyone to play all
  • 00:35:17
    positions yeah because as uh as someone
  • 00:35:19
    who normally plays rugby 15s um I can
  • 00:35:23
    see easily adapting this into uh just
  • 00:35:26
    getting positional
  • 00:35:28
    practice into play a lot of it is very
  • 00:35:31
    very very good for getting the position
  • 00:35:34
    whereas in traditional touch rugby it is
  • 00:35:38
    not there's there's no Union 15 or Union
  • 00:35:41
    sens even
  • 00:35:43
    positional teaching done and involved so
  • 00:35:46
    this is this is really great I really
  • 00:35:47
    like it and I I was speaking to a
  • 00:35:50
    country in in South America Union in
  • 00:35:52
    South America and they they using T1
  • 00:35:54
    rugby as a sort of girls introductory a
  • 00:35:56
    female introductory game because of the
  • 00:35:58
    fundamental parts of throwing the ball
  • 00:36:00
    in at the scrum the hook in passing the
  • 00:36:03
    ball away from a scrum half type of
  • 00:36:05
    action you know so they're seeing some
  • 00:36:07
    of the key elements to do that so that's
  • 00:36:09
    where they're placing it but like I said
  • 00:36:10
    take your time as a union think where
  • 00:36:12
    you feel is best placed and where you
  • 00:36:14
    think the best markets are for you know
  • 00:36:16
    for that but what I'm trying to do in
  • 00:36:18
    these calls is give you examples of how
  • 00:36:21
    unions are are utilizing T1 rugby no
  • 00:36:24
    this is perfect thank you very much for
  • 00:36:25
    this I appreciate the answer
  • 00:36:29
    yeah I think you've answered Frederick's
  • 00:36:31
    uh comment about actual feedback from
  • 00:36:33
    players great because you have
  • 00:36:37
    that um then Michael has asked a
  • 00:36:41
    question here from Denmark and that
  • 00:36:43
    might be hinted that his his a country
  • 00:36:47
    fellow Countryman
  • 00:36:49
    here how are we going to make this
  • 00:36:51
    accessible in local languages not only
  • 00:36:52
    Denmark I assume but uh so he wants the
  • 00:36:55
    material translated into Danish
  • 00:36:58
    uh so I don't think we have any plans
  • 00:37:01
    right now it's in Spanish and French
  • 00:37:03
    right yes we got we as a as a as a
  • 00:37:06
    company and as an organization we we
  • 00:37:08
    translate everything into French and
  • 00:37:10
    Spanish and hopefully that Unions would
  • 00:37:12
    take that on board and and utilize their
  • 00:37:14
    channels to you know to translate that
  • 00:37:16
    um you know that's how we can answer
  • 00:37:18
    that Yen but you know I think we looking
  • 00:37:20
    into there has a lot of AI tools at the
  • 00:37:23
    moment that can uh that can actually
  • 00:37:25
    help us translate probably even some of
  • 00:37:27
    the the video material or or even
  • 00:37:29
    countries can do themselves so so the AI
  • 00:37:32
    we looking into how can we do that and
  • 00:37:34
    help make that access in all languages
  • 00:37:37
    and the other part the answer there we
  • 00:37:38
    are exploring that T1 rugby app which
  • 00:37:40
    would solve those type of issues around
  • 00:37:42
    the resourcing so you know but like I
  • 00:37:44
    said that's a longer term project in
  • 00:37:46
    2024 but we s we certainly started that
  • 00:37:49
    so you know I think the T1 rugby app
  • 00:37:51
    would would be a potential solution to
  • 00:37:54
    that Michael you want to add something I
  • 00:37:56
    see you came online yeah it's just uh it
  • 00:37:59
    would be really helpful and if if we can
  • 00:38:01
    get it in our local language and uh I
  • 00:38:04
    understand that it's will be difficult
  • 00:38:07
    to translate into all languages for your
  • 00:38:10
    for World rugby but perhaps the cost of
  • 00:38:13
    that could be covered locally but it
  • 00:38:15
    would be nice if there was uh some sort
  • 00:38:18
    of a setup where we could access the
  • 00:38:20
    material and know that you got to
  • 00:38:22
    contact these people and they can help
  • 00:38:23
    you out that would be yeah that's a
  • 00:38:26
    point Michael yeah real good point yeah
  • 00:38:28
    I mean I actually see in the chat rck uh
  • 00:38:31
    I might chat with him on Sunday about
  • 00:38:33
    this but uh so so actually he's
  • 00:38:35
    suggesting to use chat gbg for this and
  • 00:38:37
    and that's what I'm saying we are
  • 00:38:38
    looking into how help
  • 00:38:41
    us we we need the files we need all the
  • 00:38:44
    Practical stuff on how do we do this so
  • 00:38:48
    yeah thanks
  • 00:38:50
    thanks um I think that was it for
  • 00:38:53
    question in the uh in the in the chat
  • 00:38:56
    for now is there any other yes Neil
  • 00:38:59
    Johnson the word is yours go
  • 00:39:04
    on
  • 00:39:06
    hello yeah I was going to say I've
  • 00:39:08
    worked in the business with the
  • 00:39:09
    translation and basically I think uh
  • 00:39:12
    you're talking about resources out the
  • 00:39:14
    way I would say this is one of the most
  • 00:39:16
    important resources you can have because
  • 00:39:19
    as Greg pointed out this can be used at
  • 00:39:21
    the top level or at the absolute bottom
  • 00:39:23
    level in schools that have no idea of
  • 00:39:26
    rugby no culture Trad
  • 00:39:28
    and a lot of the the teachers in the
  • 00:39:30
    schools that's what that's what you meet
  • 00:39:32
    like it's a language problem you know
  • 00:39:33
    you can't read it you won't buy into it
  • 00:39:36
    um I know that world rugby can actually
  • 00:39:38
    translate straight from their database
  • 00:39:40
    because I've worked with that with them
  • 00:39:42
    and I I I would suggest if you could
  • 00:39:45
    just work off that T1 side of the side
  • 00:39:48
    of the the database and just get those
  • 00:39:50
    translated I think it'd be great to be
  • 00:39:52
    honest I think that would that would be
  • 00:39:54
    a huge breakthrough and it wouldn't be a
  • 00:39:56
    high cost resource
  • 00:39:58
    wise without going down to AI because AI
  • 00:40:01
    is a bit like Google translate it can be
  • 00:40:05
    gibberish
  • 00:40:07
    yeah yeah we have people that know more
  • 00:40:10
    about that than I do but I think there's
  • 00:40:12
    some really good AI help tools actually
  • 00:40:14
    at the moment that are a lot better than
  • 00:40:16
    Google translate used to be in the
  • 00:40:17
    beginning but again I'm not the expert
  • 00:40:19
    on that but we're looking into
  • 00:40:23
    it all right any more uh questions for
  • 00:40:27
    for Greg or
  • 00:40:30
    myself no just to reiterate Yen that you
  • 00:40:33
    know like I said if individual unions
  • 00:40:36
    wanted to to have some time with us to
  • 00:40:38
    to talk around where they fitted into
  • 00:40:39
    their rugby development I probably like
  • 00:40:42
    I said all you know 60 plus unions
  • 00:40:45
    already adopting it our aim is to get in
  • 00:40:47
    the hands of everyone of the 140 across
  • 00:40:50
    the world this year and like I said keep
  • 00:40:52
    an eye out for some of the big content
  • 00:40:54
    creation and some of the events that we
  • 00:40:55
    doing to create a buzz around T1 rugby
  • 00:40:58
    but like I said even the small projects
  • 00:41:00
    and and and using it in different
  • 00:41:02
    demographics is really important for us
  • 00:41:04
    you know I know is some countries in
  • 00:41:06
    Europe looking at University formats you
  • 00:41:08
    know things like that that's really
  • 00:41:10
    exciting for us to make sure that we get
  • 00:41:11
    across the full rugby
  • 00:41:15
    landscape yeah great uh so as as Greg
  • 00:41:20
    already promised I'm going to be sharing
  • 00:41:21
    the uh presentation that Greg has used
  • 00:41:23
    today it contains a few uh very helpful
  • 00:41:26
    links uh and it has some videos that are
  • 00:41:30
    very website and I think Greg we also
  • 00:41:33
    discussing how can we continue sharing I
  • 00:41:35
    guess some of the good stories with our
  • 00:41:37
    Network here uh as I wrote out in the in
  • 00:41:40
    the initial email that uh that I sent
  • 00:41:42
    when I invited you for this we have
  • 00:41:44
    created actually for Europe a rugby
  • 00:41:47
    Europe Development Group where where I'm
  • 00:41:50
    actually going to suggest that we're
  • 00:41:51
    going to share good stories so when you
  • 00:41:53
    guys progress on using this and have
  • 00:41:55
    some good uh experiences with this then
  • 00:41:57
    uh then please help share them there for
  • 00:42:00
    the benefit of other unions and the rest
  • 00:42:02
    of us I think that'll be very helpful
  • 00:42:04
    now and obviously if you are not on the
  • 00:42:06
    group already then I'll share the link
  • 00:42:08
    again in my followup to this call uh so
  • 00:42:10
    please also use that as a space to uh to
  • 00:42:14
    to share good experiences but again if
  • 00:42:16
    you have something really uh essential
  • 00:42:18
    then please reach out to Greg and myself
  • 00:42:21
    um we're happy to to help and try and
  • 00:42:24
    guide on
  • 00:42:26
    this if there's no more questions I
  • 00:42:28
    don't want to keep you uh unnecessarily
  • 00:42:30
    long in the middle of the day Greg you
  • 00:42:32
    want a hand up there no all good and L
  • 00:42:35
    to meet you all and like I said if
  • 00:42:36
    anyone want to be in touch you know
  • 00:42:38
    please feel free
  • 00:42:41
    to great I see more more hands then I
  • 00:42:44
    think that was it for now from our side
  • 00:42:46
    I'm gonna give you a follow up here and
  • 00:42:48
    then share the link to everything here
  • 00:42:50
    so thanks for now and have a good day
  • 00:42:52
    out there and see some of you for the r
  • 00:42:54
    finals this
  • 00:42:56
    weekend
  • 00:42:58
    thanks for
  • 00:42:58
    [Music]
  • 00:43:01
    now
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