Program development young female athletes attract students to rugby league academy

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A Queensland program developing young female athletes has attracted more than 150 students to a rugby league academy at a school in greater Brisbane. And while the students are sharpening their on-field skills. The program is teaching the girls far more than how to pass a football.

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00:00It's not quite an NRLW training session, but it's pretty close.

00:15These year 7 to 12 girls are part of an elite rugby league program known as the Schools

00:21of Excellence.

00:22It's really cool how this program can motivate you during your classes.

00:26They push me to my limits, which is really good, which I need.

00:30It forms part of the curriculum at Ipswich State High School, with classes running three

00:35days a week, including a split of on-field training as well as time in the gym.

00:41It's a safe place I feel for these girls, it's a place where they can connect with like-minded

00:46girls and they're supported and encouraged by each other and by us.

00:51These excellence programs are offered by schools to excel students not just in sporting, but

00:57also in creative and performing arts, as well as academics.

01:00So we're trying to teach these girls to not only be confident playing contact sport, but

01:06be confident within themselves and build up their self-esteem.

01:09But not without caveats.

01:12The expectation is that they uphold an 85% attendance throughout their entire year, and then on top

01:17of that a pretty substantial effort and behaviour mark within their subjects.

01:21With thousands of students participating in the School of Excellence across the state,

01:26it's produced elite athletes, musicians, but overall it's shaping young men and women of

01:31the future.

01:32Tackling both sporting and educational goals, one play at a time.

01:38One, two, three, swing!

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