Yes the Sharks have looked at the USARL, but the decision had nothing to do with the travel or the "formal" structure of the usarl. It was merely a" if it aint broke, dont fix it" mentality. Both organizations have their flaws, but they only get in the way if you buy into it. We at the Sharks feel we can be ambassadors to the game of RL without having to get into the constant pissing contest that has been going on here as of late. We hold great relationships with both sides and will be the first ones to jump at the chance of a cross comp match. I dnt think its fair that people keep calling the AMNRL a second tier comp and condem each team that goes out there and competes every saturday. I can say not once this season did we practice our malicious tweets and smear words at training, it was all business. As far as a successful club goes we do not have a stadium or tens of thousand of dollars in sponsorships, but we have an excited young team, a pretty nice chunk of change in the bank and grow each season. We have our own standards and hopefully the RL world appreciates that.