St Helens star drops in to coach youngsters

Date published: 22/04/2009

More than 100 school children were treated to some professional rugby coaching at Hopwood Hall College last week.

They spent three days of their Easter holidays learning new techniques as part of an initiative led by Total Rugby Camps with support from Super League club Leeds Rhinos.

Former rugby league legend and now head of Youth Development at the Rhinos Barrie McDermott gave the youngsters some tips and also adding his expertise to the camp was St Helens' boy wonder Kyle Eastmond.

Barrie McDermott said: “Total Rugby Camps are all about skill, discipline and theory as well as learning new rugby techniques, which is why the Rhinos we were so interested in getting involved.

“We are keen to get on board with initiatives that enable youngsters to embed the core skills of rugby.”