Quote: Marsdengiant "That is a key point. Did the players come from regular NRL rugby / could they go back to it? If there are too many 'journeymen' in SL we have a problem.'"
I don't disagree with that. However as a club, until we move in to a better stadium with better facilities we will find it hard to attract enough quality english players in order to remain competitive in the league, therefore we have to use better than averge overseas players such as Latu, Obst and Korkidas in our squad. In Morrison, Blanch, Tronc and Millard I believe we have genuine quality and these are the type of players who can help assist our championship winning academy players in making the step up to super league and full time rugby league. Jeffries and Henderson are your average run of the mill players (though on his day BJ can be quality, just not consistent enough) who could be replaced by the likes of Southernwood/Wildie and Trout/Cowling who are making the step up (Southernwood will be in his second year of full time training), this would leave us with a further two spots available for players from our academy but are there any others ready to step up to the mark?? We signed 6/7 from our academy for this season so it is a step in the right direction but the key is developing these young men and then retaining their services and keeping the production line going.