Rhys Lovegrove and Ben Fisher are Scottish. So that would be 8 non British players in Rovers' squad next season.
Potentially only one more than Leeds (at the moment) God knows what old age pensioner of an Aussie the former champions are going to sign next. It really is pathetic.

Rhys Lovegrove the Sydney born and raised former st george player and Ben Fisher the Sydney born and raised former North Sydney player

Whereas signing grandad Cross will be a positive boon to the prospects of young English players.

The claim of only 3 'young' excellent halfbacks was a claim against us not being able to find someone as good to come through immediately, not just halfbacks on mass and was mentioned in an earlier post to smokey, maybe you missed the young up and coming part?

And who else is going to replace our marquee overseas players as the quota comes domes down? The list of juniors includes Watts who played 26 games, like you say the real deal, Hodgson played 18 first team games this season but playing few minutes and looks very promising, Taylor played 3 times and hasn't looked out of his depth, made his debut in the play off game against Leeds in 2009 which is no mean feat, so 3 out of 5 isn't a nonsense and I think you are doing a disservice to all the juniors of all clubs by saying they are just there to make up the numbers, shame on you Mrs B. They are there to learn from the best and to be in and around quality players will only help them achieve the ambition of following in their footsteps. I could have mentioned Sam Latus too who played 7 times and had a mare against your lot but in all other games he looked solid especially against a large hudds team when we drew away. Cox is 6'3" and again looked good in the reserves and qualifies for the academy.



Correct.

Because a squad needs a balance of youth and experience. Craig Hall could be a decent signing, well worth a punt, but you need a few players you can rely on and that you know are ready and able.



You deal with the world as it is. Seeking an advantage within the rules is something I'm comfortable with. It isn't to the detriment of young British players IMO - Mason, Green and Hall I regard as being replacements for Cooke, Mills and Walker. It'd have been nice if Mariano, I'anson and Dominic Dee could have filled those spots, but it was not to be. I expect players to come through in ones and twos, not, typically 4s and 5s in a year. This year saw the emergence of Liam Watts, hopefully we'll get 4 or 5 more over the course of the next franchise. And - crucially - be able to hold on to the better ones.




Dobson is a quota player. The Lovegrove situation is a quirk of the system - he is club-trained (initially by dispensation, but he'd qualify based on the most recent iteration of the rules anyway). Who you think should and shouldn't count on the quota matters very little - the RFL decides and HKR make their choices based on that. I thought Barista was being harsh slagging us off for 2012, but 2020 - wow.
Hopefully HKR will have produced a good number of SL players by then. Whether they come through playing alongside players from Cas or Canberra, St. Helens or Sydney is a reflection on others more than us.

Super league

A competition between proffessional RL clubs

The operative words here being

Competition , ie they compete with each other on the pitch in an attempt to beat the other team ,ie score more points

Proffessional , ie the players are paid for their services , generally clubs will attempt to sign the best players possible

Clubs , these are the organisations set up to oversee the operations of the teams , their main concern is generally their own welfare , ie the need to remain in the comepetition , achieve as high a finishing position as they can and make sensible business decisions for their own and the teams benifit

In your opinion Green is not better than what's available, I have never seen him play, have you? I don't have sky, but I trust the judgement of Morgan over you, how many overseas players does anyone see before they are signed if the games are not televised over here or they don't have access to them.



Who said anything about neglecting our youth system, I said we probably havn't been able to spend as much as established sl teams simply because our income has to be spent in all areas that need improving i.e. ground improvements, facilities etc. especially in our first seasons and we are still having to spend in other areas but we are doing well and going in the right direction as I have previously commented on which you have failed to take on board.



Lots is 3 a game