Looking forward to seeing our Leigh forwards, up against Kylie Leuluai and Richard Moore. But if we lose !!!????
Seriously though, feel sorry for any Hunslet forward who has no chance of playing on Sunday, because of those 2.
It's a little scary this season, with 'established' SL players being loaned out to championship clubs. it distorts the league somewhat. Proud of the fact that we are 'going it alone' but have 1st option on most 'young' squad/academy Wigan players.

What would happen if the coach of the Championship team didn't want to play the SL player who's come 'down', has he got a say in that?

Sorry if that's already covered in this thread, didn't want to trawl through what would probably be a load of bickering and crying

dunno Steve, any we have had at Leigh, even Wire's Ryan Shaw who wasn't very good, started every game. Maybe the odd 'subs bench' appearance, but think most always started each ame after they arrived.

I don't agree with DC but I can see the argument for putting 2 Under 20's in a matchday team or 4 in a squad as that means potentially 2 or 3 can develop in a decent league and the Championship club doesn't get too affected by players leaving to go back and play for the parent club at the last minute (in effect its like losing a player injured).
5 in a matchday team however is far is too many , 11 in a squad is a poor show by the club they are at (a question could be should they be in the 2nd tier of our sport if they need 11 players from another club to compete ?).

Playing establised SL players (especially ones who appeared in a GF in October) is a farce and belittles the whole concept, it however also shows the RFL as slow to react IMHO as I suspect even the RFL didn't think this would happen - probably a loophole but unlike in RU or football when a loophole is exposed and the governing body does a press release explaining how they will close it ours say nothing and hope it goes away.
I don't think it will.

If left untouched the Championship will consist of SL's players back from injury or poor form of all ages and nationalities and I suspect the youngsters who people stated they wanted to see get game time against 'grown men' in the Championship to develop won't get a look in as the parent clubs tell the training club that they want them to play x,y or z SL player to get him fit, of course the training clubs chairmen will look at the chance of getting a well known SL player playing for his club as a great idea as they seemingly tend to think short term when it comes to decisions involving money.
Id say most long term low league fans are a bit sick of the disrespect shown in this (ie : should I be happy paying £18.00 - £20.00 to watch a clubs reserves / SL players trying to get fit) thus when I stop going as I get fed up with wasteting my leisure money (especially with so many other sports / activities chasing that leisure money) and my club starts to struggle to fund the kind of players these youngsters need (supposedly) to play against the SL youngsters are then left with playing against kids of their own age again !

Problem being by then the game may have lost 6 or 7 semi pro clubs and the supporters with them - I'd argue thats not what a minority sport needs, but then again I'm just a fan who follows a Championship club.

This but the main reason is the RFLs ridiculous decision to scrap the U20s. This was always going to happen as clubs need to get their players match fit somehow....

It was the clubs that decided to cost cut and drop the u20s.

Does it matter when you use them, if your coach from now until the end of the season uses DR players? That's no different to some other clubs who are playing the system as it should be already. Weren't Whitehaven one of the first to jump in to bed with a SL club as well!!!!!

no we were not so dont try and blame us for this fiasco,hunslet with leeds,dews with bradford,rochdale with saints etc all before we linked up.Yes it does matter how you use them,unlike york who dropped 5 of their own players to play 5 DR players from hull,or like hunslet who brought in 2 SL regulars or swinton.Once you remove the age restriction on DR,and start restricting the numbers you can play instead of restricting the number you can register this was always going to be the case.A mess created by the rfl

Keighley Signing up with Castleford ' Citing ' fear of relegation

Fantastic result Mr Wood

Completely contrary to the spirit of our once great game. RIP Championship rugby. Nigel Wood you are officially a PR1CK

Ade Gardner too now?

Joke.

This system needs changing NOW.

I've spoken before about the Championship clubs being feeder clubs to the Super League sides like in Australia but I meant with young players gaining experience and not players in their 30s running out.

UKBA have now stepped in and stopped KL playing on DR for Hunslet