Every village needs an idiot. BIKER is ours
don't tell me they can't afford it, because they can.
The so called feeder club for 2010, Shellharbour Dragons, never fielded more than 6 or 7 Dragons players in any week. The comp is the farce. Can you ever remember any Dragons 2nd grade team fielding non Dragons players? I can't.
I won't support any comp with NRL feeder teams played on different days, different grounds from the first team....if I pay my money to watch my team play on anyday, I want to see my teams 2nd grade team in action as well. So many up and comers and borderline 1st graders I like to keep tabs on as well. Stupid NRL won't do that though. Was nothing wrong with game day featuring 3 grades, even when the 3rd grade was under 21's or whatever.
Agree 100% as the old expression goes "if it aint broken don't fix it" I liked how the original system was.
I want to see my teams 2nd grade team in action as well. So many up and comers and borderline 1st graders I like to keep tabs on as well. Stupid NRL won't do that though. Was nothing wrong with game day featuring 3 grades, even when the 3rd grade was under 21's or whatever.
100% right man there was nothing wrong with the old system, when every team had to have 3 grades.
The Dragons can afford it and any club that can't should fade and be replaced with clubs that can.
To start with I would like to see the NYC age category raised to U23's. That way we can see players have a chance to develop rather then spend 2-3 years in NYC, reach 20, and go to either greatness (vast minority) or mediocrity (majority - see Metro Cup / Country Groups)
Couldn't hurt, watching NYC games it seems as if no-one has ever learnt how to tackle
There hasn't been a system where every first grade rugby league team had a reserve side playing in the same competition since the Broncos left NSWRL Reserve Grade in 1996/97. There's no "old system" to go back to since the Super League war and its aftermath fundamentally changed the structure of RL in this country.
The only option would be a national reserve grade competition a la the Toyota Club. This is not the old system in any reasonable sense and carries the minor problem that not one of the clubs is remotely interested in such a competition.
You keep asserting this without any evidence.