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Photo: John Crothers “By the nature of the two schools we are in partnership with, most of our players are not compromised by the Schools Cup competitions. That is very beneficial to us. “We understand that we will lose players to the traditional rugby schools, like St Mary’s College or Blackrock College. “But the integrated pathway is there to make them feel that they have had so much support on their rugby journey that DLSP is ‘their club’ and the one that they want to return to. “When the players complete their schooling and their time in college, they might come back and play with us again. That has worked surprisingly well.” It has led to an upswing in fortunes on the playing field where DLSP won promotion from Division 2A of the Leinster League this season. “We are in the right place now and on the right trajectory having come out of Covid with a couple of successful seasons in Leinster League Division 2A. “Last year, we finished second in 2A, losing a play-off to Mullingar. This year, we won the Division after 11 rounds of the 14, having won all 11 games with nine try-scoring bonus-points, playing an expansive style of rugby which is not overly common at that level. “This successful expansive style very much derives from the player and coach development approach we take through the integrated pathway where we try to instil physical literacy, rugby handling and technical skills in our players so that they are proficient when it is most required at the adult levels. “The success this season is a manifestation of how the strategy can work. “We have an extended senior squad of about 50 players. Twenty-six of them were in DLSP’s U20 squad that won the JP Fanagan Division Three League in 2020, playing 14 and winning 14. “Of that 26, 25 had played youth rugby at DLSP. Of that 25, 20 had played mini rugby at DLSP. Of that 20, 12 of them have been at DLSP since U6. “Effectively, one-quarter of the senior squad has played their rugby since U6. Co-incidentally, I coached that group, primarily because my son Luke was one of the 12. “Other coaches who worked with me with that group include Barry Murphy, our current Club President; John Feeney, now one of our senior squad managers, and Emmet Nealon, who is currently coaching our Girls Under 18s. “This is the integrated pathway in action – for both players and coaches/members, how it can work and how it has worked for us,” says Norman. The number of adults playing rugby is dwindling all across the country, leaving DLSP in an enviable position at present. “We have a great underage set-up which we hope is going to provide us with sustainable player resources into the future and we have to do everything we can to maximise that excellent resource. “If we can retain as many as we can of that cohort, we will be in a really good place when it comes to our adult rugby. “The collaboration of all our rugby cohorts in this regard is absolutely instrumental in the the collective success we have achieved and the implementation of the overall strategy. “It is exactly what we mean when we say that DLSP is ‘One Club, Many Teams’. www.leinsterrugby.ie | 83
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