You might have noticed there are certain posters currently ' infesting ' our board who I refuse to reply to , I don't reply to posters who use multiple ' persona's '

lol you just have done pmsl. Now get your sweet wife to ban me but I will be back

Thanks hope you have not left.I don't follow the amateur game closely. I appreciated Mr C's contributions to enlighten the forum on that aspect and wish him well.

I do not know what you mean "rose specs".

Nice to hear one lad signed. Pity it wasn't for us.

Reports suggest participation has fallen since the move to summer rugby. Is that the case locally?

Did I read one Yorkshire league has moved to 11 a side? We see Wayne Bennett scouring the NRL for England qualified players for our test team.

Watching it seems the wrestling coaches are having more impact on our game than the basic skills ones. I know Wiggin and Stains engaged wrestling coaches. I saw Widnes players at the judo club.

Whats happening in Wiggin. Do the main club

help fund Pats and Judes for player development.

Quote ColD="ColD"Don't know how the Aussie system works TBH- how do they decide who is and isn't in the equivalent of SL'" As from 2018 the current youth competition is replaced,see the link below.What it doesn't say is its all completely funded along with resources by the NRL. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-an ... 87c0d0fcd3

Quote ColD="ColD"Don't know how the Aussie system works TBH- how do they decide who is and isn't in the equivalent of SL'" As from 2018 the current youth competition is replaced,see the link below.What it doesn't say is its all completely funded along with resources by the NRL. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-an ... 87c0d0fcd3

No,we would select two lower tier clubs,their amateur communinity players along with our own, would be fed to the feeder club which competes in a league/comp of their own.





Edit: Forgot to say,can only work if the door is closed on SL again.

Quote atomic="atomic"As from 2018 the current youth competition is replaced,see the link below.What it doesn't say is its all completely funded along with resources by the NRL. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-an ... 87c0d0fcd3'" I understand what ou have read, we in gb have seen all that before , I remember when players like Muza and Paul wingfield were paid signing on fees of around 30 k . We moved on and started the national league which worked with no funding from the sl . There lies the problem , clubs could not afford to be in it so reverted to regional leagues. The switch to summer was a disaster for local clubs although participation at junior level is at an all time high the youth and open age have suffered and will be lost if something is not done no junior club is funded by any pro club and that's a shame considering how much the volunteers give to the game. The game in Australia is for the many ,not the few it's the other way round here in england

Quote atomic="atomic"As from 2018 the current youth competition is replaced,see the link below.What it doesn't say is its all completely funded along with resources by the NRL. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-an ... 87c0d0fcd3'" I understand what ou have read, we in gb have seen all that before , I remember when players like Muza and Paul wingfield were paid signing on fees of around 30 k . We moved on and started the national league which worked with no funding from the sl . There lies the problem , clubs could not afford to be in it so reverted to regional leagues. The switch to summer was a disaster for local clubs although participation at junior level is at an all time high the youth and open age have suffered and will be lost if something is not done no junior club is funded by any pro club and that's a shame considering how much the volunteers give to the game. The game in Australia is for the many ,not the few it's the other way round here in england

There would be restricted signing on fees for the feeder club. At the end of day it's a clear pathway to SL for players we'll never see play whilst under the current structure.



The pathway has to be clear,and you wont get funding for juniors until the pathway is clear. You can sell your Ryan Horne on for £500 or whatever it is these days,but what happens if he doesn't make the grade?



No pathway.....

If he doesn't make the grade it's the fault of the coaches not the volunteer coaches who got him to that level . Too many times I have seen good kids ruined by clubs who try to change the kids style of play ,take Craig dean as an example he was the fastest and most talented half back in the game at 16 signed for fax under Steve Simms and they tried to turn him into a ball playing pivot . His career went down from that point.111111111. I don't trust the Rfl , never have. They look after the elite clubs . The pathway is flawed by greed . The clubs want something for nothing and treat some kids like a piece of rotten meat and when they don't make it they are cast aside ,and never come back to the community game . How many times have you seen a class half back turned into a hooker or a great second rower into a a great winger into a full back . Get them in and get them in quick is the motto for pro clubs , .where is the pathway for the coach , sorry but unless the game puts money into the grass roots we will never beat the Australians . The key word is development for all ,and pay for it at any cost . If Leigh get relagated the reserve team will go along with the youth policy . Why .is it money . Yes . The problem doesn't go away

Casting aside will always happen through all levels.What you think,and another think are two very much different things. Your level of coaching leads them to the next level,your job is done. The next level is make or break time..



An academy won't solve that or expand the game..A feeder club would give the players direction and they would still be playing/competing.



Make it compulsary for all SL clubs to make a feeder club..RFL support it financially..Job done.

Sounds simple.

Humour us. Leigh are sl team who would be our feeder club(s).Where would they get players from. Who would they be contracted to if RFL are paying, have you got to sign players from your feeder club can the rfl place them like a draft system

If they are part of your feeder club,you own them anyway. We have to build a feeder club first.

Is that enough humour for you.





What Clubs would you choose? One of mine would be Cumbrian.

how can we possibly own them RL is paying for it though how they find the dosh you haven't explained

we are having enough trouble building one club without having to try and build two more