Quote: The Eclipse "I was watching some footage of Tony Myler the other day and was taken back at how skilful he was, i also had a huge opinion of Paul Sculthorpe as a lock forward.
The depressing thing for English RL is the number halfback for SL clubs in 2015, way too many average overseas players and clubs showing very little faith in developing from within. It will be interesting to see who Hull KR are trying to sign to replace Burns & Keating, I would suggest they try and sign Sam Powell or Ryan Hampshire or both from Wigan.
Players like Ryan Brierley deserve an opportunity as well.'"
With promotion and relegation back on the agenda, clubs in the lower half of SL will revert to "tried and tested" average journeyman pro's, instead of developing their own juniors.
The bigger clubs like Wigan, Saints and Leeds have the luxury of knowing that they will finish in the top 8 and therefore they can carry on drip feeding their youngsters into their respective squads.
Although the franchise/ licensing idea didn't work properly, the junior development was probably the biggest plus and junior development will decline, with the return of promotion and relegation.