Quote: Trojan Horse "But the only way to increase this player pool and talent pool is to have more top tier clubs with mandatory academy and reserve leagues creating that pathway to elite level sport.
That isn’t a short term thing. That’s a 5- 10 year plan.'"
Statistically there are less and less juniors playing rugby league. I’m pretty sure it’s dropped by 1/4 in the last 10 years. This will have and is having a huge impact on the quality of players coming through for sure. We can have as many SL teams as we want, but the quality will be even worse.