Joeys a fan of nz2
(50 percent of players aren’t from Auckland lol. Freddy is a dope)
NRL has the money to pay for it. Clubs can now afford the running costs and the NRL can afford the comp costs. There is a very strong argument that having a reserve grade side under a clubs coaching, facilities and training programs will produce more NRL ready talent than farming out players to second tier clubs. Its no surprise the NSW cup team usually beats the QRL cup team in the end of season cup final.It's not inevitable at all. Unless the NRL are paying for it, it won't happen. Clubs aren't flying 20 reserves around the country every other week and putting them in hotels by choice.
And to do that, then you're going to have to pay them to be full-time!
Pfff nonsense, the season cup finals have been close and don't point to anything other than the fact more NRL players are spred over fewer clubs. The fringe NRL players plying their trade in the Q cup aren't coming back to NRL any less equipped then their NSW cup counterparts.NRL has the money to pay for it. Clubs can now afford the running costs and the NRL can afford the comp costs. There is a very strong argument that having a reserve grade side under a clubs coaching, facilities and training programs will produce more NRL ready talent than farming out players to second tier clubs. Its no surprise the NSW cup team usually beats the QRL cup team in the end of season cup final.
he suggest as I am in WA I shouldn't have an opinion, then shows he has no idea about what we are talking about lolThey have been “close” he says.
he suggest as I am in WA I shouldn't have an opinion, then shows he has no idea about what we are talking about lol
I was being generous by not saying the QRL teams get battered most years. What the result shows is that having genuine reserve grade teams produces better players than farming out players to numerous teams not under your management.
Howd the State leagues comps run when the old ARL reserve grade was running?Agreed. What even if the point of it? It ruins 2 existing comps, and clubs aren't going to want to pay the costs of it. It seems like a ploy to take away power and influence from the state bodies.