Featherstone Rovers and Hull KR announce Dual Reg Deal

[Total Rugby League]

HULL KR have announced that they will link up with Featherstone Rovers as dual-registration partners for the 2024 season. Following the agreement, players will head...

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[Normy_Rover]

 

 

[The Phantom Horseman]

Won't necessarily be a popular move amongst fans and let's face it none of us like DR but it's not hard to see why we would do this now. The SL door is pretty much shut for us, at least for now, money is especially tight at the moment, and spending off the field is probably a better investment for the club too.

[Monkeymagic22]

31 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Won't necessarily be a popular move amongst fans and let's face it none of us like DR but it's not hard to see why we would do this now. The SL door is pretty much shut for us, at least for now, money is especially tight at the moment, and spending off the field is probably a better investment for the club too.

i’m not a fan, but in our circumstances, it’s probably a good move. A couple of possibles could be AJ Wallace and Butterworth. It’s just always a risk, that the DR players don’t put in an effort.

[jamescolin]

Good move. Finance wise help out.

[haskey]

Im not a fan either MM but if he does not perform , EASY send him back sharpish

[Phil Briscoe]

Good and necessary move in the circumstances. As we know from experience when the SL club send players on DR they expect them to play which can frustrate the contracted players affected. So key to its success for me will be the way Ford manages it among the playing group. 

[mightyship]

Not a big fan of DR but it’s not served us too badly in the past- Harry Newman and Alex Sutcliffe as up and coming young Leeds players went well for us for example. But then you also have Dwyer who scored 6? tries and then refused to play at fax the week after

[POR]

ON their web  they only show 21 first teamers but six are props including our old mate YUSUF AYDIN

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

In other DR news, our nearest Championship neighbours have partnered with Wigan

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/super-league-champions-wigan-warriors-agree-dual-registration-partnership-with-championship-club-wakefield-trinity-for-2024?fbclid=IwAR3Y4gfU0bFmEVYVgY4YlDD_4TCveR54Ja6h_fb5V0OWksUvCHQEW2mPaSA

[gazza77]

You don't have to like the rules to play to them.

[fevnut]

I basically loathe DR but the Leeds agreements in the past were done well. Let's hope that Hull KR are as committed to making it mutually beneficial as Leeds did.

Edited November 10, 2023 by fevnut
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[The Blues Ox]

13 hours ago, fevnut said:

I basically loathe DR but the Leeds agreements in the past were done well. Let's hope that Hull KR are as committed to making it mutually beneficial as Leeds did.

Hoping we get the same sort of treatment from Leeds as Fev as our previous DR agreements have not exactly been anything to write home about.

[Monkeymagic22]

55 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

Hoping we get the same sort of treatment from Leeds as Fev as our previous DR agreements have not exactly been anything to write home about.

It was a mixed bunch from Leeds, but we got Newman and Sutcliffe and they did play most weeks rather than being recalled. 

[RobLambert]

8 hours ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

It was a mixed bunch from Leeds, but we got Newman and Sutcliffe and they did play most weeks rather than being recalled. 

We got lucky that year - bit of a golden generation.  Handley / Golding and McLelland were also great for us.    

[Ovenden Grunt]

22 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

Hoping we get the same sort of treatment from Leeds as Fev as our previous DR agreements have not exactly been anything to write home about.

Codswallop️

[The Blues Ox]

7 hours ago, Ovenden Grunt said:

Codswallop️

:Puzzled: You think our previous DR agreements have been decent? Personally think they have been a waste of time. If its the argument about DR then we have similar views but our club is going to struggle money wise to put together a squad capable of making the playoffs without some other help and Leeds are one of a few teams that in my opinion have done OK by their DR partners. If they continue that and it helps us then that's good news in my eyes as at this stage I would rather watch amateur than watch us slowly become a team at the lower end of the table.

[Ovenden Grunt]

13 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

:Puzzled: You think our previous DR agreements have been decent? Personally think they have been a waste of time. If its the argument about DR then we have similar views but our club is going to struggle money wise to put together a squad capable of making the playoffs without some other help and Leeds are one of a few teams that in my opinion have done OK by their DR partners. If they continue that and it helps us then that's good news in my eyes as at this stage I would rather watch amateur than watch us slowly become a team at the lower end of the table.

Our previous DR arrangements have been disastrous for our club and any future deal will be just the same. The longer we go down this route, the longer we will be just another 2nd class club. That's if we don't become a fully fledged feeder club beforehand. 

[The Blues Ox]

1 hour ago, Ovenden Grunt said:

Our previous DR arrangements have been disastrous for our club and any future deal will be just the same. The longer we go down this route, the longer we will be just another 2nd class club. That's if we don't become a fully fledged feeder club beforehand. 

I wouldn't call the previous agreements disastrous but I pretty much agree with the rest and we could go round in circles for ever discussing DR but what is the hope for our club as it stands at the moment? New grading system makes it impossible for us to even luck our way in to the top flight where as the old system there is always the hope. Increase in prices at the turnstiles to watch decreasing standards as funding cuts take hold and its pretty hard to find the motivation to watch every week.

[Ovenden Grunt]

2 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

I wouldn't call the previous agreements disastrous but I pretty much agree with the rest and we could go round in circles for ever discussing DR but what is the hope for our club as it stands at the moment? New grading system makes it impossible for us to even luck our way in to the top flight where as the old system there is always the hope. Increase in prices at the turnstiles to watch decreasing standards as funding cuts take hold and its pretty hard to find the motivation to watch every week.

Yep, i depressingly agree with most of that. 

[Kirmonds pouch]

On 09/11/2023 at 17:47, Monkeymagic22 said:

i’m not a fan, but in our circumstances, it’s probably a good move. A couple of possibles could be AJ Wallace and Butterworth. It’s just always a risk, that the DR players don’t put in an effort.

Really