So it's academy-land gossip again.
Some kids have recently trialled for NZF/Mainland FTC AND APFA AND Burnley. FTC offers out there now (and gets underway next week), but some still waiting on hearing about Burnley/APFA.
Also seems APFA have lowered the bar in terms of standards. Cha-ching! Will be interesting to see how many APFA kids make NTC. It's a lot of dough to invest to not be making progress.
Burnley have 2 ex-APFA staff on deck.
Nomads pulled out of Burnley (Cashmere got cold feet a while back too). Can anyone confirm this? Gings, you've got some connections there don't you? Initial clubs are Selwyn, Waimak(?), Mid Canty? and Dndn's Green Island? Selwyn one interesting given previous history with APFA but guess they are just trying to provide local quality coaching that maybe Mainland/Chch is perceived as being too much of a hike?
Separate issue: some Nike Cup players are in for a surprise when they try to play for their school or another club and will be told, "sorry, no, you repped for club X in Nike Cp, therefore you must play for them this year"