Quote: Duckman "On the topic of what will come of this re the link up with Toronto, Paul Rowley has a view on what might come of this as far as Toronto is concerned;
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Its all about Toronto obviously but hes asked about the duel reg setup, and firstly he jokes about borrowing from us as his squad is "skinny" now - dnot think he's really serious about that to be fair. But the other point he makes is about young North American players that aren't ready for his 1st team and they cant loan to other clubs apparently (no idea why duel reg makes a difference to a loan here but clearly it must) so he talks about getting players over to Bradford to learn and play in our system and then there is a pathway for these young North American players through our academy - reserves - 1st team - Toronto 1st team. The two players he names as examples are Quinn Ngawati and Ryan Burroughs, so I expect these guys to be over in our reserves at some point this season.
If this is how we're using the dual reg I think it could be a good use of the system-[iif[/i as a sport we are serious about developing the game in North America, which will only happen if we develop young North American players rather than relying on ex Leigh and ex nrl players. The young Canadian players get a higher level of none 1st team RL and should develop better than watching in the stands in Toronto, we get numbers to fill out the reserve squad without extra wage payments, Toronto can look to recruit young players knowing they have somewhere to play them for them to develop, we get first look at any potential recruits from this system who might not get into the Toronto 1st team for whatever reason. My only caveat would be I wouldn't want to hinder the development of our own youngsters by blocking up academy/reserve places with too many from Toronto, but a few a season could work well for all parties.'"
Yeah, I took it to mean putting young Canadian players through our academy. Even if they were to set up their own, they would have no-one to play against, which would be a big detriment. Though money seems to be no problem for Toronto and I suspect they could easily afford to import a few youth coaches but setting up a league in order to play some competitive matches over there might be beyond even their resources.
Not sure how they'd do it though. I'm guessing the young people would have to be resident over here and presumably on a 'living contract' and I'm not sure how that would play out if we're talking about under 18s who would presumably need some kind of general supervision - not that I can see any real problem with sticking a group of 16 to 18 year-olds in a house on their own.....
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