Quote: old_faithful "It's all well and good for Gary Schofield and Gus Gould to come out and say that 30 odd of our players should go and play their RL in the NRL for a couple of years, but lets be honest, These blokes wouldnt be playing first grade week in, week out.
We have maybe a dozen players who could hold down a regular spot in the NRL, and thats being kind. If we did act on this, most of the said players would be unable to gain that intensity needed on a regular basis.
The majority of these players would end up training all week, and come game day, be plying their trade in the NSW/QLD cup, which would be no good too anyone.
I can't imagine the likes of Tim Sheens, Craig Bellamy, Wayne Bennett etc coming out and saying to their players, sorry boys, your playing reserve grade this week becuase were giving your English equivilent a run out to help their National team. It wont happen.
And the likes of Garry Schofield... Nowhere to be seen throughout the regular season. We need ex pros to endorse our game all year round, Getting them involved in the brooding of our future talent. Australia has this in abundance.'"
The same Garry Schofield that coached the BARLA under 19's team that went on tour to South Africa last year, and currently coaches the Yorkshire under 19's team? Oh no, he has no interest in the future of the game, or the next generation of players. Clearly not.
