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Quote: pyeman "I dont agree with that look at some of our homegrown players from the last couple of years

milner-played 4 games last year, this year played 19, has looked very good this year, our best starting hooker.

clark- played 18 games in his debut season and has looked like one of our most dangerous players, didnt even have a squad number before the season started, now a big part of our plans and highly sought after.

Arundel- played 8 last year, played 26 sl games this year, more than any other cas player, been called up for the knights squad.

Holmes, thompson, walker (injuries permitting)all have similar stories and eden, davies and massey have a become good squad layers who will lay a bigger art next year. Sl i littered with players that were given a chance then shone with more and more game time and became regulars within a season. For gods sake noble only played tompkins due to injuries, he was kept out by a very average tim smith, look at him now.

Give kids a chance and they will take it, i'm not saying you have to play a team full of kids (though it nearly got us to the cc final) but you dont need to have a team full of aussies, many of whom are pretty average, 5 good overseas players can still bring alot to your team and help bring kids on.

In 2008 we used 12 overseas players and finished bottom, since then we stuck to the rfl giudlines and played less aussies and more kids and we have become a better team!'"

Of the 22 English players if they all out perform the Aussies in training and in games when given their opportunity we will not see much of the antipodeans.

I am going to watch my team, no matter where they come from they still wear the red and white and still have my full support. The only time this comes in to question is when it is the International scene which should be either place of birth or parents place of birth.

It is nice to see local and generally English players coming through and being better than those we employ from overseas however at this moment in time the players we have signed are better than the ones coming through but will aid the development and in years to come teams will not need these players in such numbers.

If the standard is to be set then I think it has to be from the top of the league down. Why do clubs who have been developing youngsters since the dawn of the SL era still need overseas players in their squads? Why a side have just made the GF why do you need to sign a Kiwi to play in a positon your home grown player is more than capable of playing regularly? Hohia has been playing hooker I think this year yet Saints have Roby and have just let Smith go, surely this should get more air time than a club who've had 5yrs to build a youth set-up and bring through youth that were maybe not going to make it all those years ago, yet still abide by the same rules.

If it is such a requirement and a major factor then the RFL just need to adjust the rules again. Make it more appealing to produce your own, help clubs to keep hold of their stars and discount them from the salary cap but put a ruling in place that the money saved on them not being on the salary cap can not go to an overseas player.

Once the RFL adjust the rules and stop the England side picking foreigners to represent our country then clubs will have to work within the rules. But as far as I am aware the SL isn't a competition to see who can produce the most home grown stars, the objective is to win the competition within the rules.