Let's just add some sensibility before claiming we couldn't field 17 because of our use of DR

Martyn Ridyard - Injured
Tom Holmes - Injured and released
Chris Ulugia - Injured
Jason Walton - Injured
Richard Moore - Injured
Scott Wheeldon - Injured
Dakota Whylie - Injured

7 players that would have been in that 19 unavailable through injury but let's blame dual reg because it fits out narrative...

Well said...Congratulations on your win today. So glad I didn't go ! I was getting a lift to the game off my mate, but he decided to watch the England v India cricket instead
He made the RIGHT choice !

You've posted after the game had concluded today, but the coach should pick his best available squad, and I'm happy that he did. If Sion and James had shown their worth in training this week, then I'm sure they'd have featured today (but we'd still have been hammered).

Just to say, I wasn't dissing DR just because Fev have found themselves in this situation. Hats off to you for the win today, and I look forward to playing you again next season. My point was that DR (and the enticement of SL standard players) is negatively affecting Championship teams. You've been profoundly unlucky with your injuries (albeit some of them are historic and long term) but the facts are that if all teams had a reserve squad then fielding less than 17 players would never happen.

It costs in 5 figures for a Championship team to field a reserve team. Last I heard was £25k a year for Fax, but even if you double that, you could have a vibrant reserve league just with Championship clubs for £600k. Relatively small change for the RFL/Sky cash, and would deliver a strong and vibrant competition for the development of players outside of (or too old for) the SL academy structure.

Add in on loan Harry Newman who was on representative duty for Yorkshire Academy and that's 8

Leeds and Hull have been playing with that many injured all year. A “professional” club should still be able to field a full side.

HXSparky my response wasn't aimed at you. It was at our multi-accounted friend. I'm sure Leeds and Hull have much greater resources than we have in terms of being able to have a larger squad. If they're not needed guess what, they can go on dual reg. If Featherstone have a squad of 26 and everyone is fit, what do the other 9 lads do? Twiddle their thumbs?

Ah yes, Leeds, the club that in June had to buy a winger from Fev in order to field a team.........

If Leeds and Hull had hit the situation after the signing deadline, what would they have done?

Sorry mate, only SL teams are allowed to complain about injuries on here. Well, unless your team is either Toronto or Toulouse.

They were a laughing stock, only to you.

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Afterwards, Purtill held no punches.

“They turned up with 14 fully committed players. But I don’t think our guys were committed to the cause.

“Maybe we looked on the sheet and thought it would be an easy day. But as individuals, we have a responsibility to get ourselves ready for the game and I don’t think we did that.

“We were disgraceful and I don’t think we would have beaten Leigh Miners Under 12’s with that performance.”

When I first started watching the game, each team had 13 players and one sub. There was only one interchange allowed. Somehow we seemed to manage. Nowadays, even with only 14 players in the squad, although it obviously restricts your choices, you've still got 10 interchanges available, it's just far more difficult because each player coming off only gets a 5-10 minute break before having to go back on again.

Perversely though, Fev's momentum wasn't interrupted, by changes of personnel. Ours, on the other hand was constantly being interrupted as we tried desperately to find a combination that worked!

Catalan should be fined and a points deduction too, disgraceful not selecting fully fit players.