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Great, another one of our young players moving on. Fed up of being a feeder club. Would be nice to keep hold of our good young players.

Whilst we're in the Championship it's going to be near impossible to retain players like Butler. He's in the England Knights squad for a reason, and he is in reality a SL-standard player.

Hence why we need to get ourselves back into SL

We saw from 2019 that getting ourselves in to Super League is not enough; we had a player exodus at the end of that season even if we had stayed up. We need a long term plan with a stable community based Club worthy of Super League status fort the long haul.

I think the frustrating thing is they are signed on a win win basis, I suggest a low salary and if they make it happy days. Sometimes it goes well, Sarginson, McMeeken and LMS, but more often than not ends up like Davis or Bienek or Dixon.

Good luck to the bloke, was good watching him come up through the ranks. Great to see him get a break with a big club hope he gets on ok and gets some regular first team action

Don't blame him moving on. Would be good to get him back once we return to SL and he can move back nearer home

I wonder if the club offered him a new long-term contract, but with the proviso that he could spend 2021 on loan to a SL club if we're not promoted this season? Would have given us a chance to retain him should we make SL. Might have been worth a shot.

Sounds very creative, not sure we are that sort of club. Quins did almost that very thing with Joe Marchant spending this season in New Zealand while signing a long term deal at the Stoop.

Thing is the loan arrangement might be ok for the team offering the loan, no big benfit for the team taking the player on loan unlesd its a lower league team.
No incentive for wire in this case.
Bigger clubs can afford to take youngsters and players with potential and loan them sown the ladder or duel reg until they are ready to step up to first team level.

At the end of of the day a player will go to where the money is, depending on how good they are which is rightly so. It is the same for a player as what it is for you and I if you do not feel you are earning what you are worth you will move job for more money. Also remember a players career is very short 15 to 20 years at best so they need to earn as much money as possible during their short career. I think the majority of players are loyal to their club when they are under contract but will not or do not think about the community side of the club when their contract comes to an end
Broncos have a proven track record in development and bringing players through to a super league standard, these players will move on to the top super league clubs rather than stay at Broncos who do not have the long term prospect of staying in super league.

I'm not sure thats strictly true. Maybe its the lure of making it into a top team with the facilities and coaches they have at their disposal with the prospect of playing for GB. Naturally the money may come with that.

Not convinced playing for GB is main driver in many players minds.
Going to a bigger more successful club and being in with a chance of being part of a winning team, and maybe winning trophies more of a driver. Along with money.