Quote: Richie "So we take UK athletics sprinters #20 to #80, who likely can't change direction, catch a ball, carry a ball, throw a ball, take a hit or make a hit. We invest our limited coaching resources in them (at the expense of other players of course, because we don't have unlimited coaching resources) and that's going to push us ahead in rugby league?'"
why would you expect the cant do these things? They may not have done them but there is no reason to expect they cant. A fairly limited athlete like myself can still change direct, catch, pass and make a hit, and it didnt take me years to learn.
and we only take a fairly small amount of people through to elite level training (something which should be expanded anyway) so its not going to cause us to ignore other players.
Dont you think there are others like Dan Brotherton who just never thought of RL as an option? Maybe we would get more of these guys if we went out and offered the opportunity to them.
