Quote: ninearches "But out of those players how many have become, so far. more than bit part players & this shambolic dual registration system is still to be proved a success. I think for SL in general to use more affordable English players though may give us a lower standard than we have now because we don't seem to have enough quality coming through to supply all the clubs & the players that are seen as outstanding are being lured to Oz .'"
Well Nine, by the stricter definition of who have we developed that has become a key player, I would say only Harrison and Cooper so far. We will have to wait and see how important Rhys Evans and Ben Currie become over the next couple of seasons.
Unfortunately the current youth training system has only served to cut in half the number of youngsters that each SL club develops. So regardless of the D/R arrangements, we are now producing even fewer rl players for future years - that has to be bad news for everyone in the sport.