Don't have a problem with linking up with Hunslet and would hope their fans don't either. Being an out-of-towner I've no idea whether they're badly run or not these days but would bet that the link up improves things. And as Nantwich says, I could see their gates improving a bit. Makes a lot of sense to me.

It is an utter disgrace and the RFL should hang its head in shame that it is promoting a system that will reduce the opportunities for youngsters to make it in tha game and allowing the clubs with a lack of ambition to piggy back up the Championship on the back of SL clubs and not generate their own talent. How many clubs in the Championship will be in a position to achieve SL status if they sign up to be a feeder club? This system is another way of keeping SL as a closed shop and stopping the return of promotion and relegation.

What a load of rubbish it does nothing of teh sort.
How soon will York ,Whitehaven and Hunslet be eligable for SL then???
The clubs get the best of the SL youth systems aswell as other revenues the link ups provide with friendlies and also should the youngsters not make the cut at their respective SL clubs the dual reg clubs get 1st call on those players whilst also it reduces their own squad costs.
There are very few clubs that would be eligable for SL whether through franchise or P+R and none of those have announced any link ups but still have the options of dual reg and players get the chance of a reasonable standard of open age RL rather than the u19's.

Spot on! But you've gone and done a very silly thing that isn't often welcome amongst rugby league fans. You've dismissed a conspiracy theory!

Have you read the proposals in depth? I have!
I suggest you look at what Mike Rush has to say about the proposal. But you know far better than him!
Hull and HKR are having 1 academy between them. Utter disgrace.
Peacock, Sinfield, Burrow and JJB can in theory if recovering from injury can role out for Hunslet. Totally screws the Championship competition.
Stop being one eyed for half a second and you might see the bigger picture for the whole of the sport.

No they can't. There is an upper age limit.

I think everything you have posted there, has been well and truely taken out of context. You haven't read in depth at all.

Mike Rush was against the decision to get rid of the under 21's. He hasn't commented on dual registrations or championship club link ups.

I though Hull and Hull KR had now dropped weeks ago the idea of a joint academy.

As already said, there is an uper age limit on who can be dual registered, so no those players can not turn out for Hunslet. You can also only duel registered a maxium number of players.

I would suggest, read the proposals again.

firstly i would like to piont out, hunslet will not be a feeder club to leeds , as any players sent there are leeds players, not hunslets, to be a feeder club as in what use are thinking ,is leeds taking hunslets players for are first team , wrong leeds players are leeds players, so hunslet is not a feeder club !secondly there is no age limit , and jp or mags can turn out for hunslet , the limit only is to how many players are allowed to play , which will be 6, the whole leeds squad will have to sign duel reg forms , so as and when they may have to turn out for hunslet !

Don't know why you have quoted me, and then made your first point. I have continually used the term "link up" rather than feeder. And I already mentioned there would be a limit to the number of duel registrations. Plus I have a feeling you are incorrect on the age also.

However, with regards the term "feeder club", if you seriously believe that clubs are going to go to the extent of working closely with championship clubs and providing assistance, and provide players on duel registration, yet not take off them an highly successfull player whom others have missed, then you are kidding yourself.

sorry gotcha just tagged on the end instead of starting me own. as for kidding myself ha ha , nothing has changed here from what happens in any sport, if a player from any club is to good for the league hes in , then a bigger club will come along and take him , nothing has changed !every player in championship or championship 1 are in the shop window , so if hunslet do come up with a gem , yer leeds will want im but so will wigan sts hull warrington etc etc nothing has changed at all !

There will be an upper age limit and the limit to players available is 5, not 6.

I do see the bigger picture and having clubs who will NEVER make the SL having their squads reinforced by some of the best young RL talent out there for no cost of their own and the support the link ups which the SL clubs will bring is great for the sport in general imo it cant be anything else.
As for the Hull acadamy plans they've been scrapped haven't they/ if not that's down to the individual clubs and nowt to do with Dual regs and link ups.
Also JP ,Sinny etc etc turning out for Hunslet have a reality check whne elite players are 85% fit they are turning out for their clubs always have done and always will do.
Also you've yet to show how this makes the SL a closed door for clubs who will never be there??

Haven't Bradford now teamed up with Dewsbury?

It can only help safeguard the future of a once great RL club, and Dewsbury will benefit as well.

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