Quote: EJC "I read the other day that the Crusaders Academy system is run by the Welsh RL rather than the Crusaders Club and is therefore likely to survive the possible collpase of the Crusaders Franchise as the RFL will continue to support it. My suggestion would be to use these teams to create a channel for young Welsh players to use as a way to reach the Super League in years to come. It would need to be under a new name, something generic but Welsh such as Druids RLFC to avoid associations with Geoff Moss and Ian Roberts etc. This would see the best young players in Wales enter one academy initialy which would have teams starting from the under 15's and then up to sides in the Valvoline Cup at under 18's and Reserves Leagues where any interested Super League clubs could sign the better players, as long as it was well documented where they had been signed from so as to build awareness. Admittedly there may be problems in terms of getting players to travel so maybe they could look at entering both a Northern Druids and Southern Druids team into some of the competitions. The club could look at establishing merchandise to build it's brand awareness before perhaps entering a semi pro team into the Championships after which it could eventually look at entering the Super League.
Jamaica Rugby League have already started using a similar idea as a fastrack for local players, called Hurricanes RL.'"
I reckon a Jamaican franshise in Super League would be more credible than a Welsh one.
