it would apply to every club who are considering starting in the summer league in March 2012 which includes numerous clubs who are not NCL clubs. From what was implied on monday night, the clubs looking to move to summer from NWC do not have NCL sides. The issue is that NWC always over-runs into March - the summer season would be starting in March.

How are the NWC league going to decide which teams they are gonna refuse entry to then. There won't be many sides in the NWCL that declare their intentions before August other than those with NCL teams.

Considering we always hear 'the professional season has started so it's a struggle to find enough match officials' as soon as SL and Championship rugby starts, where are all the match officials going to come from if everyone is playing in the summer?

I agree. However, it depends on the club and also, what the application process will be for March 12. For this summer, we had to give some indication by last December and also, do I really want to play NWC and then immediately go into summer?

It would seem that more than one club is going to have its season wrecked - what a shame for the kids.

Perhaps someone will suggest the winter teams cut short their season to allow the summer ones to play a full one.