The reserves mess is for me one of the priorities that the RFL and IMG have to get right at look at seriously. Any team in the top flight of RL being SL should have a mandatory prerequisite to have a fully functioning reserve set up and any club cancelling should be fined heavily (unless there is a very good reason for doing so). I'd even say that clubs that have been committed to the reserves set up should be rewarded some way for the effort and financial outlay in doing so.
Until the Governors of the sport and the clubs themselves take the reserves seriously most of the ideals of moving RL forward in this country will just be a pipe dream.

There is a comp for L1 and L2 teams, and some PL teams under 21's play in it

Probably wouldn't need to send players out on duel reg if that were to happen . All squads under one roof so to speak .

Would really benefit us, with us currently having 40 first teamers, if everyone is fit (big if) that’s 20+ potential players needing proper RL every week. We definitely have the depth, plus the odd academy player getting experience too.

Like in the NSW cup, majority of NRL teams have gone back to having their own squads entering that comp instead of feeders clubs.