Rotherham Fev Fan.
I have not changed my opinion on d/r. Ido not agree with it and still think all clubs should be made to have a reseve side, but if that is what it takes to be successful and progress then why not co op with the best you can.
You have the Rhinos, would you swap for Catalan or Warrington for example ( no disrepect meant to those two teams) ?

I doubt anybody 'really' likes it but it is a necessary evil brought about by SL clubs picking up the cream of the young players and not being able to give them game time because they can't be @rsed to run a reserves team. RFL should make it a pre-requisite of being in SL that you must have a reserve team, it might be tough for Catalans but they would have to run their team in the French league if necessary.

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I'd go one step further an insist that all championship sides have to run a reserves team also. This could be U23, U21, U19 whatever but a structure to bring new talent into the professional game.

Ypu're right - but as we used to do all this - plus run 20odd Academy sides as well, you simply show how far backwards the game has gone in the last 20 years.

Ah well, we've had the loan system for a lot of years. The difference is that they have to be there at least 28 days. Given that, I'd be surprised if a player got as far as five different clubs on loan. And it's not possible to go for two games. It has to be a period of time, not a number of games.

Yes I know but in that period of time they aren’t guaranteed to be picked for every game so of course it can be for 2 games that they play in.

So as not to hi jack the Woodburn-Hall thread with another DR theme I though I would post a part quote here.

Ref new signings is there much point if you have dual reg and reserves.....all you would be doing is paying contracts to people that might not get a game.'"

The other way of looking at it, the point would be.

If possible, to sign good players, who would be the clubs players, playing for their club, who, if fit would get a game and then support them with the developing players from the reserves with limited or no use of DR.

It has become noticeably obvious that the "Good Thing" Fax have going at the moment is that players are resigning for less than they could get elsewhere precisely because of feeling they belong to the club, it's their club, it's their second home etc and they are 100% committed to the club because of it and are here for the long term.

Can the same be said for DR players as individuals or about a team with several DR individuals who are just here for the short term, we don't want to lose our identity and spirit, you can't put a price on it.

If it comes down to recruitment to your own club being put on hold because of DR then it really is sad day.'"

It looks like Hull have dumped their reserve team which will be a big blow to us. The sport is very quickly turning in to a joke.

Oh well, that's good news.

I thought it already was a joke.

Be worth asking Hull if we could have Rawsthorne back on a season long loan if he isn't to feature in their 1st team?

Good shout. Sportsman shudds. NRB Tiramisu Porter 4.5% Mmm!