Quote Winslade's Offload="Winslade's Offload"Unfortunately, I don't think the structure that they decide upon is particularly important. Whatever they pick will have it's advantages and disadvantages and will probably wear out in 3-4 years time.
What is important is 1) how we are going to bring more money into the sport (spectator and audience figures are falling) and 2) how we get more youngsters playing the game ( the numbers continue to fall and hence so does the overall quality of the youngsters).
I hear that Fev played their last match with only 14 players because that was all they had available (despite being partnered with Leeds). I think that probably says it all for me.'"
The partnership with Leeds, is likely to be have been to a cause of the problem.
Dual registration is NOT allowed during the play-offs.
The 2 clubs must decide which team a player is eligible for prior to the series commencing & then said player can only be selected for that team only.
Essentially this robs championship teams of players that have played lots of games for them previously, since Super League teams opt to retain their players to cover for injuries to other players