Whilst I agree with dual reg in order to develop our younger players so long as it is with the corret club (championship club), can I just put forward an objective viewpoint to get other opinions;

Will this in time see the end of reserve grade rugby?

For me the reserve grade competition is tough and competative and which is rumoured to be going from 20's to 23's if not already done so. If so it will enable senior players coming back through poor performance or injury to play in this competition making it more competative and giving younger players the chance to cut their teeth against quality opposition in hopefully a much more intense competition.

With this in mind and if we keep sending all our fringe based players on dual reg at the same time, is it fair to say we could be weakening our reserves where I believe that in any team you need stronger players around you if you hope to develop the team and the other individuals within it.

Do Wakefield have enough strength in depth to bring the 18's through so early? If we don't take our reserve team seriously then how how do we develop as a whole (club, team & individual).

So I pose the question, could it be said that if we send all our fringe 1st teamers out on dual reg in order to get this experience we will weaken the reserve grade and possibly do more harm than good to other players coming through who might just need that bit of guidance, support and camaraderie on the playing field from a senior player?

It's only a thought,

Dewsbury/ Batley/ Keighley/ Hunslet/ Doncaster/ Sheffield

I think It would be worthwhile to set up a relationship with a local club in lower divisions who arent necessarily going to get promoted to super league whereby fringe players are put on to dual reg contracts in order to ensure game time weekly. This would allow the lower league team to improve the quality of their squad whilst at the same time serving our purpose by giving them more game time to work on things. A sort of feeder club if you will...

You could send them a couple of promising youngsters (players like Danny Cowling or Matty Wildie for example) on a season long loan so that both the player and club have some stability, and then have a few more fringe players on dual reg.

However, the club need to be playing at a higher level than the reserves and need to be competitive, Its no use sending them to a team thats going to get smashed every week.

Think I've misunderstood the post - I assumed William meant one club as a feeder club - if he doesn't mean that I'm not sure what the difference is with what we do now or am I missing something