This will be a "pilot" scheme, suppported by RFUW, Hartpury College and Gloucester Rugby Club, aimed at developing talented rugby players, "providing them with the best chance possible to become selected to represent their country at senior level whilst also gaining important academic qualifications", according the the RFUW's press release.
Joe has provided more detail and says that it is a further education/college course - so academically the same sort of level as the course that Lissell and Hayley at Shuttleworth - and so as well as a qualification in itself it can also provide a pathway to a higher education course.
Successful applicants will combine studying at Hartpury (either relevent A-levels or a National Diploma in Sport) with between 16 - 20 hours of rugby and atheletic development each week. This will be a combination of weight training, speed training, skill development and analysis, game time, conditioning and structured rugby sessions. Several of of Joe's county and region players have already successfully applications for the sceme Joe says it is proving very popular.
More information about Hartpury can be found here, the AASE course here, and the the aase in women's rugby here.
The AASE co-ordinator at Hartpury is Barry Maddocks (who is also the RFUW CCO for the SWN region), and he can be contacted at barry.maddocks@hartpury.ac.uk if anyone has any queries about the programme. Or why not ask Joe next time you see him?
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