Dear gentlemen of rugby,
For the past few months we have been trying to build up a culture of rugby excellence in Montfort.
Many of you have asked me [Mr Singh] on why we need to train five times a week for the Sec 2 to Sec 4s. The reason is pure and simple - We want to be the best that we can be in Singapore.
I have seen many great rugby-playing schools and all of them have reached the top through the following:
1) The players train consistently five times a week - Two days in the gym and Three days in the field. They train five times a week the whole year around.
2) The players are serious and disciplined.
3) The senior players coach the junior players.
4) The teachers-in-charge are serious about winning and are not interested in excuses.
5) There is a collective vision to always honour the school name when the players play against other schools.
Auckland Grammar School represents what we at Montfort Secondary School aspire to be.
Auckland Grammar rugby has produced more All-Blacks than any other school in New Zealand. Montfort Rugby hopes to produce more Singapore national players than any other school in Singapore with effect from 2008.
Auckland Grammar rugby is the acknowledged powerhouse of New Zealand Schools Rugby.
Montfort Rugby wants to be the best rugby playing school in Singapore by 2011.
If you believe it, you will achieve it gentlemen!
Check out the Auckland Grammar School Rugby http://www.ags.school.nz/sport/rugby.html
and you will understand why I [Mr Singh] has tremendous respect for them. In fact a lot of our rugby procedures and code of conduct in Montfort is going to be based on what has been going on in Auckland Grammar for decades. As they say, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery!
I wish Auckland Grammar all the best in their rugby endeavours and I hope Montfort Rugby can be like the great Auckland Grammar rugby teams of the past 100 years!
For the past few months we have been trying to build up a culture of rugby excellence in Montfort.
Many of you have asked me [Mr Singh] on why we need to train five times a week for the Sec 2 to Sec 4s. The reason is pure and simple - We want to be the best that we can be in Singapore.
I have seen many great rugby-playing schools and all of them have reached the top through the following:
1) The players train consistently five times a week - Two days in the gym and Three days in the field. They train five times a week the whole year around.
2) The players are serious and disciplined.
3) The senior players coach the junior players.
4) The teachers-in-charge are serious about winning and are not interested in excuses.
5) There is a collective vision to always honour the school name when the players play against other schools.
Auckland Grammar School represents what we at Montfort Secondary School aspire to be.
Auckland Grammar rugby has produced more All-Blacks than any other school in New Zealand. Montfort Rugby hopes to produce more Singapore national players than any other school in Singapore with effect from 2008.
Auckland Grammar rugby is the acknowledged powerhouse of New Zealand Schools Rugby.
Montfort Rugby wants to be the best rugby playing school in Singapore by 2011.
If you believe it, you will achieve it gentlemen!
Check out the Auckland Grammar School Rugby http://www.ags.school.nz/sport/rugby.html
and you will understand why I [Mr Singh] has tremendous respect for them. In fact a lot of our rugby procedures and code of conduct in Montfort is going to be based on what has been going on in Auckland Grammar for decades. As they say, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery!
I wish Auckland Grammar all the best in their rugby endeavours and I hope Montfort Rugby can be like the great Auckland Grammar rugby teams of the past 100 years!
