I totally agree with this. Having a Leigh academy team like we did winning 116-0 against South Wales with 12 men or one or no subs , does nothing for developing youngsters. In fact as a club you have a duty of care not to hinder a promising youngster's career by forcing them to learn and play in that environment.

Bring back the A team watched a few battles on Hilton park as a child played academy and was nowhere near as good as A team level

Our 19s have got a lot out of our reserves games. You need a transition from 19s to open age. For forwards especially it's much harder in the championship (arguably more physical than SL).

The A team was at a great level its whats needed

I'd get rid of the academy's and just go to A teams because from 13 to 17 the pro clubs are taking lads and taking the fun out of the game for young lads.I think it's one of the reasons lads that get fired off at 18 pack the game in because they've fell out of love with the game and if they can't make a living out of it they say to it,also the coaching is much better for kids from 13 to 17 these days at their community clubs so why can't these pro clubs wait till till a lad is 16 to 17 before signing them and if lads don't get picked up they stay with their amature clubs

Was a great standard of rugby and you used to see the big stars that was coming back from injury the sooner they bring this back the better for me

Possibly opposition woud help.