Rugby League - A game for everyone
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It’s great to have the fans out to our game
but
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it’s even better that kids with disabilities
can participate in the wonderful game of ours.”
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I love Rugby League
0:00:41.770,0:00:48.770
He loves the game. He loves everything about
it.
0:00:49.829,0:00:53.289
His playing of the game, his watching of the
game,
0:00:53.289,0:00:56.690
meeting the players, every aspect of the game
he
0:00:56.690,0:00:58.289
just absolutely loves.
0:00:58.289,0:01:00.949
This is close to my heart. I have a family
member
0:01:00.949,0:01:07.880
who has a disability and I just see the enjoyment
she gets from being involved in the sport
0:01:07.880,0:01:08.249
that I play.
0:01:08.249,0:01:11.850
It’s turned my son Joshua’s life around
completely.
0:01:11.850,0:01:17.179
It’s from help from school teachers, schools
mates,
0:01:17.179,0:01:24.179
the club itself.
0:01:28.329,0:01:32.929
I love running with the ball. I love tackling
and
0:01:32.929,0:01:33.799
I love scoring.
0:01:33.799,0:01:36.810
We were fortunate enough this year; we had
a program
0:01:36.810,0:01:39.369
which was external to the club. It was the
multi sport
0:01:39.369,0:01:42.950
program that we had down in the bayside community
were
0:01:42.950,0:01:46.179
we identified a local (disabled) child there
that was
0:01:46.179,0:01:47.549
interested in joining a club.
0:01:47.549,0:01:49.719
Since I had some connections with the Waverley
Panthers
0:01:49.719,0:01:52.459
RLC we thought we may be able to link him
into the club
0:01:52.459,0:01:52.950
there
0:01:52.950,0:01:57.029
He knows so much about the game. His sports
teachers
0:01:57.029,0:02:02.229
have picked it up how positive he is with
the game,
0:02:02.229,0:02:06.549
how much knowledge he has got about the game
and they
0:02:06.549,0:02:08.530
sort of prompted him a bit to get involved
with the
0:02:08.530,0:02:09.399
local football club.
0:02:09.399,0:02:11.930
It went from there and they offered him if
he wanted
0:02:11.930,0:02:14.019
to get involved a little bit further going
into the
0:02:14.019,0:02:16.599
Safety League side of it where he has done
his courses
0:02:16.599,0:02:19.269
and so now he is a Safety League official.
0:02:19.269,0:02:26.269
I love the game because of all my friends
and all
0:02:33.040,0:02:33.909
the support.
0:02:33.909,0:02:36.569
It’s really important to include people
with a
0:02:36.569,0:02:39.129
disability because they are quite isolated.
0:02:39.129,0:02:41.659
Sport gives them that opportunity. I think
once
0:02:41.659,0:02:46.719
you get to know someone who has a disability
you’ll see a different perspective on that.
0:02:46.719,0:02:50.579
We see it in the teams we play against.
0:02:50.579,0:02:56.109
There was one situation there that we played
this first team. In the first game they had
0:02:56.109,0:03:01.909
identified that Isaac was different or partly
different from the rest of them. The team
0:03:01.909,0:03:03.620
that
we played had so much admiration for him,
0:03:03.620,0:03:05.829
the second time we played them, they lined
up
0:03:05.829,0:03:09.640
along a picket fence on the other side of
the
0:03:09.640,0:03:11.469
oval and their coach said ‘Here he comes
Here
0:03:11.469,0:03:14.200
he comes’ and his team stuck their hands
out
0:03:14.200,0:03:17.950
and they were just high five-ing him on the
way through. This was before the game started.
0:03:17.950,0:03:24.950
It touches the teams that he plays and it
touches the parents as well.
0:03:27.370,0:03:27.629
I have a lot of fun at training.
0:03:27.629,0:03:29.230
For those getting involved with rugby
league there are many benefits.
0:03:29.230,0:03:32.700
The friendships they form, the
relationships with the community,
0:03:32.700,0:03:36.430
being able to participate in a game
they love in rugby league and just
0:03:36.430,0:03:38.299
the overall fun that they get from the game.
0:03:38.299,0:03:40.620
The obvious one is the health benefits that
are
0:03:40.620,0:03:46.989
associated with sport. Rugby league is a fairly
fit game so it’s great for the physical
0:03:46.989,0:03:47.980
components.
0:03:47.980,0:03:54.859
His confidence is sky high. He gets quite
embarrassed sometimes at the positive feedback
0:03:54.859,0:03:58.310
he gets and the positive reaction of people
to him.
0:03:58.310,0:04:05.310
It pretty much given him a future that he
thinks he might take down the path as in
0:04:05.870,0:04:10.799
senior officials – like getting really involved
in the senior official side of things.
0:04:10.799,0:04:17.799
They actually get out and be part of team.
With people who have disabilities what happens
0:04:18.609,0:04:23.039
is that they do get isolated so rugby league
gives them that opportunity.
0:04:23.039,0:04:30.039
I like learning all these different skills.
0:04:31.720,0:04:38.639
Australian Rugby league is working with some
strategies or has some strategies in place
0:04:38.639,0:04:44.520
to help clubs and coaches and officiating
staff to work with people with disabilities
0:04:44.520,0:04:46.650
in the game of rugby league.
0:04:46.650,0:04:51.490
The game is already modified. Below him
(Isaac’s age) it’s a half field and with
0:04:51.490,0:04:58.490
him the field is brought in 10 metres either
side so there are already modifications in
0:05:05.680,0:05:06.650
place.
0:05:06.650,0:05:13.650
(For) Other clubs, coaches and referees to
become a little bit more open-minded about
0:05:16.270,0:05:17.199
what can happen.
0:05:17.199,0:05:22.849
From a coaches perspective I haven’t found
a great deal of difference in the style that
0:05:22.849,0:05:25.590
I would coach if I didn’t have a disabled
child in the team.
0:05:25.590,0:05:29.699
You’re always going to have kids with high
fitness levels and you’re always going to
0:05:29.699,0:05:36.699
have kids with lower fitness levels. All
the drills that we do fit accordingly.
0:05:37.770,0:05:42.550
The best advice I could give is to work
with people outside the club within the
0:05:42.550,0:05:43.060
community.
0:05:43.060,0:05:48.639
Probably disability agencies out there.
People in my position such as Access All
0:05:48.639,0:05:52.449
Abilities or people who do sport and recreation
with people with a disability that are looking
0:05:52.449,0:05:55.550
for club support and looking to make those
links.
0:05:55.550,0:06:00.229
Really look into it and give it a go. I
guarantee them that the first time they
0:06:00.229,0:06:03.340
do this won’t be the last.
0:06:03.340,0:06:07.860
ARL Development encourages local clubs to
find their local disability organisations
0:06:07.860,0:06:13.139
such as RecLink and form community
relationships with them.
0:06:13.139,0:06:20.139
To give these kids the drive, to get that
drive, they have to be given a chance and
0:06:24.289,0:06:28.599
they have to be given a chance (by)
probably one of the main sports or the
0:06:28.599,0:06:32.000
best sport, that we all grew up with,
which is rugby league.
0:06:32.000,0:06:36.629
With a child with a passion and with
what the game has given him in the
0:06:36.629,0:06:41.250
way of confidence and the rest of it,
he’ll have involvement for the rest of
0:06:41.250,0:06:42.780
his life in some capacity.
0:06:42.780,0:06:49.650
Whether it be coaching, administration etc.
Simply wherever the game needs him he’ll
0:06:49.650,0:06:50.490
be (there).
0:06:50.490,0:06:53.139
Clubs that are looking to get in involved
can contact Australian Rugby League
0:06:53.139,0:07:00.139
Development for resources, information
and advice.
It’s great to have the fans out to our game
but
0:00:02.370,0:00:09.370
it’s even better that kids with disabilities
can participate in the wonderful game of ours.”
0:00:34.160,0:00:41.160
I love Rugby League
0:00:41.770,0:00:48.770
He loves the game. He loves everything about
it.
0:00:49.829,0:00:53.289
His playing of the game, his watching of the
game,
0:00:53.289,0:00:56.690
meeting the players, every aspect of the game
he
0:00:56.690,0:00:58.289
just absolutely loves.
0:00:58.289,0:01:00.949
This is close to my heart. I have a family
member
0:01:00.949,0:01:07.880
who has a disability and I just see the enjoyment
she gets from being involved in the sport
0:01:07.880,0:01:08.249
that I play.
0:01:08.249,0:01:11.850
It’s turned my son Joshua’s life around
completely.
0:01:11.850,0:01:17.179
It’s from help from school teachers, schools
mates,
0:01:17.179,0:01:24.179
the club itself.
0:01:28.329,0:01:32.929
I love running with the ball. I love tackling
and
0:01:32.929,0:01:33.799
I love scoring.
0:01:33.799,0:01:36.810
We were fortunate enough this year; we had
a program
0:01:36.810,0:01:39.369
which was external to the club. It was the
multi sport
0:01:39.369,0:01:42.950
program that we had down in the bayside community
were
0:01:42.950,0:01:46.179
we identified a local (disabled) child there
that was
0:01:46.179,0:01:47.549
interested in joining a club.
0:01:47.549,0:01:49.719
Since I had some connections with the Waverley
Panthers
0:01:49.719,0:01:52.459
RLC we thought we may be able to link him
into the club
0:01:52.459,0:01:52.950
there
0:01:52.950,0:01:57.029
He knows so much about the game. His sports
teachers
0:01:57.029,0:02:02.229
have picked it up how positive he is with
the game,
0:02:02.229,0:02:06.549
how much knowledge he has got about the game
and they
0:02:06.549,0:02:08.530
sort of prompted him a bit to get involved
with the
0:02:08.530,0:02:09.399
local football club.
0:02:09.399,0:02:11.930
It went from there and they offered him if
he wanted
0:02:11.930,0:02:14.019
to get involved a little bit further going
into the
0:02:14.019,0:02:16.599
Safety League side of it where he has done
his courses
0:02:16.599,0:02:19.269
and so now he is a Safety League official.
0:02:19.269,0:02:26.269
I love the game because of all my friends
and all
0:02:33.040,0:02:33.909
the support.
0:02:33.909,0:02:36.569
It’s really important to include people
with a
0:02:36.569,0:02:39.129
disability because they are quite isolated.
0:02:39.129,0:02:41.659
Sport gives them that opportunity. I think
once
0:02:41.659,0:02:46.719
you get to know someone who has a disability
you’ll see a different perspective on that.
0:02:46.719,0:02:50.579
We see it in the teams we play against.
0:02:50.579,0:02:56.109
There was one situation there that we played
this first team. In the first game they had
0:02:56.109,0:03:01.909
identified that Isaac was different or partly
different from the rest of them. The team
0:03:01.909,0:03:03.620
that
we played had so much admiration for him,
0:03:03.620,0:03:05.829
the second time we played them, they lined
up
0:03:05.829,0:03:09.640
along a picket fence on the other side of
the
0:03:09.640,0:03:11.469
oval and their coach said ‘Here he comes
Here
0:03:11.469,0:03:14.200
he comes’ and his team stuck their hands
out
0:03:14.200,0:03:17.950
and they were just high five-ing him on the
way through. This was before the game started.
0:03:17.950,0:03:24.950
It touches the teams that he plays and it
touches the parents as well.
0:03:27.370,0:03:27.629
I have a lot of fun at training.
0:03:27.629,0:03:29.230
For those getting involved with rugby
league there are many benefits.
0:03:29.230,0:03:32.700
The friendships they form, the
relationships with the community,
0:03:32.700,0:03:36.430
being able to participate in a game
they love in rugby league and just
0:03:36.430,0:03:38.299
the overall fun that they get from the game.
0:03:38.299,0:03:40.620
The obvious one is the health benefits that
are
0:03:40.620,0:03:46.989
associated with sport. Rugby league is a fairly
fit game so it’s great for the physical
0:03:46.989,0:03:47.980
components.
0:03:47.980,0:03:54.859
His confidence is sky high. He gets quite
embarrassed sometimes at the positive feedback
0:03:54.859,0:03:58.310
he gets and the positive reaction of people
to him.
0:03:58.310,0:04:05.310
It pretty much given him a future that he
thinks he might take down the path as in
0:04:05.870,0:04:10.799
senior officials – like getting really involved
in the senior official side of things.
0:04:10.799,0:04:17.799
They actually get out and be part of team.
With people who have disabilities what happens
0:04:18.609,0:04:23.039
is that they do get isolated so rugby league
gives them that opportunity.
0:04:23.039,0:04:30.039
I like learning all these different skills.
0:04:31.720,0:04:38.639
Australian Rugby league is working with some
strategies or has some strategies in place
0:04:38.639,0:04:44.520
to help clubs and coaches and officiating
staff to work with people with disabilities
0:04:44.520,0:04:46.650
in the game of rugby league.
0:04:46.650,0:04:51.490
The game is already modified. Below him
(Isaac’s age) it’s a half field and with
0:04:51.490,0:04:58.490
him the field is brought in 10 metres either
side so there are already modifications in
0:05:05.680,0:05:06.650
place.
0:05:06.650,0:05:13.650
(For) Other clubs, coaches and referees to
become a little bit more open-minded about
0:05:16.270,0:05:17.199
what can happen.
0:05:17.199,0:05:22.849
From a coaches perspective I haven’t found
a great deal of difference in the style that
0:05:22.849,0:05:25.590
I would coach if I didn’t have a disabled
child in the team.
0:05:25.590,0:05:29.699
You’re always going to have kids with high
fitness levels and you’re always going to
0:05:29.699,0:05:36.699
have kids with lower fitness levels. All
the drills that we do fit accordingly.
0:05:37.770,0:05:42.550
The best advice I could give is to work
with people outside the club within the
0:05:42.550,0:05:43.060
community.
0:05:43.060,0:05:48.639
Probably disability agencies out there.
People in my position such as Access All
0:05:48.639,0:05:52.449
Abilities or people who do sport and recreation
with people with a disability that are looking
0:05:52.449,0:05:55.550
for club support and looking to make those
links.
0:05:55.550,0:06:00.229
Really look into it and give it a go. I
guarantee them that the first time they
0:06:00.229,0:06:03.340
do this won’t be the last.
0:06:03.340,0:06:07.860
ARL Development encourages local clubs to
find their local disability organisations
0:06:07.860,0:06:13.139
such as RecLink and form community
relationships with them.
0:06:13.139,0:06:20.139
To give these kids the drive, to get that
drive, they have to be given a chance and
0:06:24.289,0:06:28.599
they have to be given a chance (by)
probably one of the main sports or the
0:06:28.599,0:06:32.000
best sport, that we all grew up with,
which is rugby league.
0:06:32.000,0:06:36.629
With a child with a passion and with
what the game has given him in the
0:06:36.629,0:06:41.250
way of confidence and the rest of it,
he’ll have involvement for the rest of
0:06:41.250,0:06:42.780
his life in some capacity.
0:06:42.780,0:06:49.650
Whether it be coaching, administration etc.
Simply wherever the game needs him he’ll
0:06:49.650,0:06:50.490
be (there).
0:06:50.490,0:06:53.139
Clubs that are looking to get in involved
can contact Australian Rugby League
0:06:53.139,0:07:00.139
Development for resources, information
and advice.
