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Saw this on twitter and thought it brilliant... any other great examples of clubs trying to get people back?

Brilliant!

“Even your worst is good enough”

Enjoyed this. Not sure it directly translates to rugby, but it strikes me as much more effective than most recruitment campaigns. Sticking a sign on a roundabout or a post on a facebook group must have a miniscule success percentage.

Edit:
The guy handing out the leaflets at the station:


A quick google suggests they have a stunning ground and they clearly have a sense of humour. Suspect they'll get plenty of takers.

That's brilliant having the lad out there in his kit!

Maybe we should put someone out at the mall on a Saturday? Look for those dads and mums who're clearly not having a fun day.

Niegs wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:30 pm That's brilliant having the lad out there in his kit!

Maybe we should put someone out at the mall on a Saturday? Look for those dads and mums who're clearly not having a fun day.

I think putting yourself out there has to be a key component. My experience is:
1) A staggering amount of people interested in [delete activity here] have no real idea that there's a club/society for it in their local area.
2) A lot of people (understandably) are reluctant to join something new through clicking a link then turning up to training/a social etc on their own as billy no mates. Having a contact, even someone who you had a brief conversation with at say the mall, I think is massively helpful to getting new recruits over the line.
3) I think they've been very smart there in how they've targeted their audience. They've clearly worked out that they want probably slightly older blokes who were never great and like a pint, and have gone straight after them. The generic 'all standards welcome' fools no one, and I think this is even more important in rugby where plenty of clubs are pretty cold houses for genuinely poor social players.