The pressure young rugby players face while chasing the professional dream after school

Añadido: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Well, they compete in the practice with each other tomorrow night when the 23 guys on a Saturday 23 guys you work for EACH OTHER THEN.

[00:00:08]OKAY, WELCOME BACK TO HAMILTON'S RUGBY CLUB. WITH ME now Tristan Fransman, part of the under 20 setup here.

[00:00:15]You obviously know your name's being thrown around. Okay, you've done Grant Khomo, you you're in the mix sort of thing.

[00:00:21]Maybe there were offers on the table for you, but as a matric uh 18 and potentially you're seeing a lot of players around you, your mates getting contracts and stuff. Is it Is that quite a difficult situation within a school environment when your mates are getting picked up and you're still waiting and you're trying to do this? Is it quite It must be quite distracting.

[00:00:41]Yeah, it's really distracting.

[00:00:43]Like you obviously when you're like you play Grant Khomo or this like everyone's watching you and you know everyone's expecting something from you. So when you get to matric or grade 11 and you play first team, there's like the expectation that you're going to play professional after school, but obviously that's not the reality for everyone.