Rugby gap year
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Rugby gap year
Hi this is my first post so here goes,
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
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Re: Rugby gap year
I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Do you get it yet? You need to be more specific. If you can't be more specific, there's really nothing more to say.
Ian
#3
Re: Rugby gap year
Hi this is my first post so here goes,
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
You can come to the USA as a visitor on the VWP for up to 90 days and just play rugby for fun, wherever you are visiting. But if you want to stay a full year, for the purpose of playing for a team, and receiving assistance from the team, you will need to get a team or club to sponsor some kind of visa for you.
Rene
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Re: Rugby gap year
The first thing you need is an appropriate visa to do this in the USA, especially if you plan to get assistance (money or room and board) from the club. Do you have a club in mind? Have you spoken to them about it? Have they hired or sponsored foreign rugby players before?
You can come to the USA as a visitor on the VWP for up to 90 days and just play rugby for fun, wherever you are visiting. But if you want to stay a full year, for the purpose of playing for a team, and receiving assistance from the team, you will need to get a team or club to sponsor some kind of visa for you.
Rene
You can come to the USA as a visitor on the VWP for up to 90 days and just play rugby for fun, wherever you are visiting. But if you want to stay a full year, for the purpose of playing for a team, and receiving assistance from the team, you will need to get a team or club to sponsor some kind of visa for you.
Rene
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Re: Rugby gap year
Hi this is my first post so here goes,
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
I know you are probably sick and tired of people asking "where should I relocate to?" But basically when I am 18 I am planning a gap year to play rugby and I would like to move to a city with good public transport so I can get around and have good weather. Price of accomodation or rent should not be a problem as I could get assisstance from the club. I would like to move to a city where there is plenty to do.
Thank you for your time
Barnsley.
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Re: Rugby gap year
Sounds like you first need an employer who will sponsor you for a H-2 visa.
#7
Re: Rugby gap year
There's a fair bit of rugby here, especially in the ladies game.
To the OP, unless you're a American citizen, it's not going to happen, not unless you're world class already.
#8
Re: Rugby gap year
Would a college scholarship work?
My BiL works for a college as a soccer coach and he brings in people from the UK and Australia and S America, on various levels of scholarship. If the OP is half decent they might get a college to fund something. I have even heard rumors of creative ways to legitimize illegals if they are found to have a sporting talent. The college I am talking about is a comparatively tiny place in the sticks too.
The OP does not talk about a job as such.
My BiL works for a college as a soccer coach and he brings in people from the UK and Australia and S America, on various levels of scholarship. If the OP is half decent they might get a college to fund something. I have even heard rumors of creative ways to legitimize illegals if they are found to have a sporting talent. The college I am talking about is a comparatively tiny place in the sticks too.
The OP does not talk about a job as such.
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Re: Rugby gap year
I must admit I didn't know they played rugby here.
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Re: Rugby gap year
I wonder if OP has made contact with any clubs already?
#12
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That's being generous.
It's shit and looks more on par with a bad school game generally. But it is getting quite popular with a few colleges and it's played a fair bit in Boston and in parts of Maine and NH.
Then again, if you know where to look, folks even play cricket here.
Though it's probably less embarrassing to admit to having a fancy to being whipped by hookers in a dungeon
It's shit and looks more on par with a bad school game generally. But it is getting quite popular with a few colleges and it's played a fair bit in Boston and in parts of Maine and NH.
Then again, if you know where to look, folks even play cricket here.
Though it's probably less embarrassing to admit to having a fancy to being whipped by hookers in a dungeon
#13
Re: Rugby gap year
My other BiL went on tour of Australia when he was at college, he said they got murdered every game. What a country to pick to tour, they must have had a sadist coach.
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Re: Rugby gap year
The only thing that makes sense is that he has posted in the wrong country forum.
There is an old farts competition in Aspen in September.
There is an old farts competition in Aspen in September.