was it always not inevitable? makes sense to stop duplicating resources, doesn't it?

Wonder what Bramley think about it?

Depends on how it will work , if these Quins reserves replace some of the Skolars holidaying assuies and kiwi's then fine

If on the other hand Skolars end up with a team of Quins reserves and lots of ' strine ' then it isnt really achieving much

then they will have completely disregarded their own Operational Rules which state that all loan arrangements must be for a minimum of 28 days.

[newsflash mode] they have just changed them, that's the story [/newsflash mode]

Have they ? Where does it say that ?

If they have then surely the ruling applies to all clubs, seeing as all clubs are governed by the OR's...........

, Yeah Right

Would it matter if they still had Aussies and Kiwis? I dont see that as being integral to making this a success or not.

I thought Skolars had cut down a lot on their imports anyway? Or do you mean the Quins loaned players would be Aussies & Kiwis? I read that it would be some local young players who'd be loaned out but I s'pose it could be imports....though cant see why Quins would spend big to bring a good quality player over only to farm them out....

as an aside, I thought the Skolars had made a determined effort to promtoe from within, as it were, rather than looking overseas?

We'll have Widnes.

Been going off them a bit on this seasons form though.

Worked with Catalans/UTC. Why not reduce the running costs of the Championship clubs AND improve player development at the same time?
Spin it the other way round, all the semi-pro clubs become fully pro, buoyed by an influx of free players.

I thought LMS was the tip of the iceberg.

But will the fans of those clubs be happy watching SL reserve matches ?

Not knowing from one week to the next who will be playing for them as it will all be at the whim of the SL clubs coach ?

HTH.

If they aren't then it won't work for the SL clubs, since the exposure to the crowds is where the value is for them. I reckon we'll see some long-term loans, some rotation loans (say Skolars will request one of 5 players from Quins academy) and then the rest of the Championship squad will be made up of FT players bought by the club. While the C clubs would profit from the deal, the SL clubs would be getting the most out of it so would have to tailor the deal to suite the C clubs.

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Hopefully.

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For example we've offered academy players to TO, but they are only taking up the option this w/e to cover players on international duty.

My reaction,too. The next question is, who's next? Flatcapper alert might be needed here.