Argaum Blog

With the season about to close it’s time to take stock of 2007-08, our 5th season as a junior section.

Pitch-Side Facilities - The new posts (sponsored by GMD) were long overdue and have vastly improved the look of the pitches which have held up very well this season. The railway container has given us much more space for pitch-side storage and will be powered up over the summer to provide pitch-side refreshments next season! Read the rest of this entry »

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the ELVs (Experimental Law Variations) and how they might affect the game. They are seen by some as a way of opening up the game in these days of tight defences but others see it the Southern Hemisphere (Australia in particular) trying to make union much more like league. Opponents argue that teams like Australia want to depower the scrum because they aren’t very good at scrummaging. Already the RFU and the WRU have come out against the ELVs. Plymouth Argaum’s traditional strength has always been the set scrum and rolling maul so maybe we should start having a look at these laws more closely. Well the RFU have given us a chance to have our say and are calling on players, coaches, referees, volunteers/administrators and parents to carry out an online survey on the RFU website. Read the rest of this entry »

I was lucky enough to be at Twickenham at the weekend to take in the various EDF finals. Catching the 6:55 am train from Plymouth (buffet car having ran out of bacon rolls by Newton Abbot!) enabled us to get to Twickenham in good time and we arrived at the stadium just as Chester were completing a 21-18 victory over the famous old club Birkenhead Park.

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