That's nothing. Gotcha who is championing the positive effect on teams who have entered actually thought Widnes had a reserve team when in reality they don't.

A full reserve grade comp with all clubs would help in re habilitation of injured players. Instead of Sutclffe getting his first run out after a long layoff in a pressure SL game he could get some physical confidence back without having to be overly concerned with mistakes and result.

There are other reasons I think reserve grade is needed, but that one relates directly to injuries. Having watched many, many A team games in the past you would regularly see key first team players coming back from injury in that way.