Are you for real? The reserve teams used to function as a defacto ameteur team. Most were made up of trialist and youth players without contracts ie not being paid. The reserves produced far more players than those signed directly from ameteur clubs. At the same time it gave a haven for late developers who would otherwise have been lost to the game.

Yes the ameteur scene is a total mess but it's a different issue.

Well said agree with you on what you said to me the A teams should not have been stopped

It should be a non-negotiable for all top tier clubs.

Players winning GF rings on £15K why wouldn't you look for something better which both NRL and RU offer.

you make it sound so simple to change codes or emigrate

Whilst I feel that the players have some fair and genuine grievances, let's not forget that this is the same group of players that have tried and failed on more than one occasion to set up an effective players union that could have influenced many of the issues that they complain about.

The work by people like Gareth Carvell is commendable, but if the players want to have a bigger say, they need to be more more proactive about being a part of that decision making.

not everyone has made it in union of even settled abroad