Total Rugby League Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Reserve Grade will be scrapped next season, just one year after it was re-introduced. League Express understands a decision has been made to not run... View the full article Total Rugby League www.totalrl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Jeez, sometimes I really do despair with the short sightedness of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, DoubleD said: Jeez, sometimes I really do despair with the short sightedness of the game Yeah, a once in a lifetime event in Coronavirus is seeing a lot of positive moves and progress either destroyed or possibly destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 It seems very premature to scrap the competition for next year. Understandably, some clubs are going to have to re-adjust how they do things going forward, but there may still be sides who can run a reserve side next year and they should have a competition to play in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 It appears this maybe due to financial survival rather than player development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 46 minutes ago, Father Ted said: It appears this maybe due to financial survival rather than player development. Isn’t it always? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead man inc Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 So the 20/21yr olds etc that are just on the fringe of being 1st team ready are supposed to twiddle their thumbs for a year until the reserves maybe makes a comeback a year later? No wonder younger players are walking away from the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 A seam of talent for Championship and League 1 clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said: A seam of talent for Championship and League 1 clubs? Yeah playing in unfamiliar systems and training once or twice a week together. Great for their development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead man inc Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, RigbyLuger said: A seam of talent for Championship and League 1 clubs? Championship & league 1 are almost certainly going to have just as big if not worse financial issues themselves. Coupled with my perceived opinion that the trend over the last few years is older ex super league players moving down the ladder rather than younger players moving up it from league 1 to championship to SL. My fear is current reserves may walk away from the game entirely & some might be lost to the other code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbear Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Maybe Ottawa Aces will be interested in some of these guys, I’m guessing most of the 20/21 year olds are single, they might be up for a 2 year adventure on far flung shores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/john-kear-urges-rfl-help-22191022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Back to the dreaded DR system in full flow then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead man inc Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 47 minutes ago, The Future is League said: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/john-kear-urges-rfl-help-22191022 Very sensible comments & a proactive solution - I particularly liked the ‘But their role is to increase participation in the sport and not allow it to diminish.‘ quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 4 hours ago, The Future is League said: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/john-kear-urges-rfl-help-22191022 He talks sense in that article and as he says we don't want to see good progress lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 12 hours ago, dead man inc said: So the 20/21yr olds etc that are just on the fringe of being 1st team ready are supposed to twiddle their thumbs for a year until the reserves maybe makes a comeback a year later? No wonder younger players are walking away from the game Are a lot of younger players walking away from the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, scotchy1 said: It's time for some radical change. Time for proper feeder clubs. The reserves were never a panacea and is a format most sports are moving away from We are a sport that is in desperate need of new clubs, new professional pathways, and new players and yet we also, for some reason, have felt the need to create a whole competition, in the heartlands which no-one will watch. The game needs to pool resources and take a long term view of growth for the sport. Good idea in theory but no fan wants their club to become a feeder club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Riversider Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 43 minutes ago, Eddie said: Are a lot of younger players walking away from the game? I believe that they were for several years prior to the pandemic, sadly yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky 7 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 17 hours ago, Total Rugby League said: Reserve Grade will be scrapped next season, just one year after it was re-introduced. League Express understands a decision has been made to not run... View the full article If it is scrapped next season and there are no plans to bring it back for 2022 that might possibly finish me with the game for good and i don't think i will be alone. The people who run the game appear to be happy just to let the game tread water, but I'm not. It's not an understatement to say that in this country the game lacks ambition. We are like a rudderless ship. I hate to say it, but the game is losing it's fans with crowds on a downward spiral and junior numbers are in free fall as well and I'm told sponsorship money is down as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, scotchy1 said: You cant always get what you want. No, but it would drive fans away from the game. If I was for example a Widnes fan and they became a feeder club for Saints I’d probably never go and watch them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 5 hours ago, scotchy1 said: in the heartlands which no-one will watch Why not? Because you choose not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, scotchy1 said: You cant always get what you want. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly98 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Do you guys think this might stop players in the NCL being signed by League 1 and Championship clubs? A few players from my club had been signed this season and were really enjoying it, I’d set myself a bit of goal to maybe get to that level as well but it seems unlikely now if those clubs have Super League players to pick from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Eddie said: No, but it would drive fans away from the game. If I was for example a Widnes fan and they became a feeder club for Saints I’d probably never go and watch them again. Feeder clubs exist now but not in name. From your local pub team to your NCL team to your League one team then if your good enough to Super League. All feeder clubs, that's where SL players come from. People still go and watch their club and accept better players will move on. Be a sad affair if people stopped going to watch because two or three players had the opportunity to play at a higher level. Oh players move on now.. Strange that. Down under do the clubs in the NSW Cup not have affiliation with NRL teams?? "The New South Wales Cup, along with the Queensland Cup, acts as a feeder competition to the National Rugby League premiership." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL1999 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 As a reserves grade player myself, when this news came out and entered our group chats the most overwhelming response was that boys would have to either stop playing and get jobs or start playing for Nat 1/Nat 2 Union Clubs. I think it would be a terrible shame if these players were lost. There’s a lot of talented boys in the reserves league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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