My son needs a sponsor to send him back to the UK to try out for a rugby team.?

Question

He was chosen to go to the UK to play on a all star team from IL. He is 19 years old. The IL. team won one game 56 to 0 a very large upset, the team they beat from Wales wanted to show the USA team how to play the correct way and lets teach them a lesson attitude. No one expected the US boys to do so well. The US team won a couple of other games and lost 2 other games witch were very close. The thing is my son wants to go back to get a job and eventually try out for a team. Six of the guys that were on the team they beat were drafted to professional teams. So I think he would have a good chance. Does anyone have any good advice? Sponsor ideas? Friends and family are all tapped out from the last trip he was asked to go on.

Answer 1

How about contacting the Welsh team's manager and putting your problem to him/her .... perhaps they or someone they know, or perhaps a sports college, would consider a student/trainee swap, or could offer advice about how your son could achieve his aims.... the other alternative is to perhaps ask them if they can help him find digs and a job near to where they train and work out so he can be close to reason he wants to be in the UK....

Answer 2

your boys team won two games, lost two games and won another convincingly. doesnt really seem like they are as hot as you seem to think they are. weve blown out teams who fielded a second rate squad, who then came back during the season and kicked our arses.

if your kid is the engine behind the teams success then he could conceivably go overseas and play there. however, he might get there and be completely average. just because he is a big fish on this side of the pond doesnt mean that will translate when he plays against people who have been playing since they were 10.

as for; try contacting the clubs and contacting some of those involved. see if they are willing to host your kid for a period while he tries to go pro.

however, i think if your kid had real pro quality talent, that would been picked up on when he was there, and he would have been scouted already.

Answer 3

There is a welsh rugby academy he could try out for..but i think they want to develope welsh players to play for wales..I am sure the Gwent dragons, Ospreys, Blues and Scarlets have their own rugby academies. Try their websites and look for a academy link, they probably offer burseries etc.