Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 8:26 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Not likely though, is it?

Why not, if one SL team has a Dual reg with a Championship team, don't you think that most of the others will follow. At some stage there will be conflict of interest if that happens.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:15 am  

I would rather see an u23's league for all super league clubs. Players can still go on loan to championship clubs if they are to be playing week in week out.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:02 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

I would rather see an u23's league for all super league clubs. Players can still go on loan to championship clubs if they are to be playing week in week out.

But isn't it actually better for say Ashton Golding and Ash Handley to be playing open age rather than u23's?

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:05 pm  

finglas wrote:

Why not, if one SL team has a Dual reg with a Championship team, don't you think that most of the others will follow. At some stage there will be conflict of interest if that happens.

I think he was meaning it's not likely Leeds will be in that position.
But either way it's just an arrangement that has to be made between the DR partners.
If the SL club withdraws all its players then it'll antagonise it's Championship partner. Do that too often and they'll lose their Championship partner.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:34 pm  

Him wrote:

I think he was meaning it's not likely Leeds will be in that position.
But either way it's just an arrangement that has to be made between the DR partners.
If the SL club withdraws all its players then it'll antagonise it's Championship partner. Do that too often and they'll lose their Championship partner.

But I'm thinking of a situation whereby, suppose Wakefield have a DR agreement with Bradford. They both end up in the middle 8's with Widnes. It's the last round and Wakefield are in 4th spot and Widnes are 3rd on the same points. Wakefield have to play Bradford.

Now this situation is feasible if all SL teams DR with Championship teams. Whether anything is "agreed", there will always be the accusation flying around if Wakefield get the win that gives them safety.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:40 pm  

finglas wrote:

But I'm thinking of a situation whereby, suppose Wakefield have a DR agreement with Bradford. They both end up in the middle 8's with Widnes. It's the last round and Wakefield are in 4th spot and Widnes are 3rd on the same points. Wakefield have to play Bradford.

Now this situation is feasible if all SL teams DR with Championship teams. Whether anything is "agreed", there will always be the accusation flying around if Wakefield get the win that gives them safety.

Only the same issue as there's ever been with loan players. As soon as the middle 8's start they are effectively loan players.
If those players are deemed by, in this case, Bradford to have helped Bradford lose then they won't want them back again nor will they want a DR relationship with Wakefield.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Sun Jan 03, 2016 4:35 pm  

Him wrote:

Only the same issue as there's ever been with loan players. As soon as the middle 8's start they are effectively loan players.
If those players are deemed by, in this case, Bradford to have helped Bradford lose then they won't want them back again nor will they want a DR relationship with Wakefield.

But a fair few may end up with a slight strain or sprain. A pulled muscle here and there.

To be honest its indicative of the lack of any joined up thinking whatsoever in current RL structures. We have a dual reg system where a club could end up meeting its partner in a convoluted million pound game thats not for a million pounds. But not all clubs have a dual reg agreement, there will also be a U23s league for no-one to watch the same 4 SL clubs play each other three times and 5 lower championship sides. 1 of those SL clubs will be 'sharing' an academy because they have decided they dont want to run one themselves. Not all clubs will be running academies and there will be academies with no club at the end.

The RFL are a supply teacher letting the kids do whatever they want and occasionally justifying their paycheck with a lame request to open their textbooks and a half arsed 'its your time your wasting'

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:31 pm  

The Rhinos have all 25 first team squad players dual registered with Featherstone Rovers for 2016

It will be interesting to see how much better prepared our players are should they be recalled to our starting 17 when required compared to the clubs that are running an under 23's squad ?

Dual Reg has served our club pretty well so far and has allowed our clubs players to perform in a far tougher competition than academy level and it has allowed players like Josh Walters to walk straight into a Grand Final 17 man squad whilst not making many senior appearances during that regular season

This debate will prove intersting

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Mon Jan 04, 2016 3:48 pm  

The Under 23s games are glorified friendlies. Results won't matter, intensity will be low to non-existent.

I'd rather have players in a competitive environment where Every Minute Matters than going through the motions in front of half a dozen people on a Wednesday night at Orrell.

[Frosties.]

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:04 pm  

Walters, Baldwinson, Handley, Golding, Keinhorst, Achurch, Lilley will be the regulars that play for Featherstone for me.

Wouldn't be suprised to see C Smith and Jordan- Roberts playing at Hunslet at some point next season.