[url=http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/7251.phpIn his letter to the Rhinos, would an Under 20 round work?[/url

Not really IMO, We can all go see under 20's play in academy games etc, Just dont think it will get the interest generated by "the 1st team" and also may put season ticket holders off if it was a home match

good point well made

Isn't that what we did against Cas last year?

Any coach can do this at any stage.

They choose not to.

Scary letter because that is also my name, I have been following the Rhinos for over 20 years, but I don't agree with the suggestion. Maybe my alter ego wrote it in my sleep.

We're a progressive sport so as long as such suggestions are being mentioned and posted by the club on its official website I think it's all good gravy.

Not a fan of the idea per say, but maybe it could work on a smaller scale.

Answer - NO

I reckon it was "Stinky Pete", you've got to watch him you know, he'd sell his own Granny....



oh, btw, dumb idea. As G1 says, nothing stopping us doing this at any time anyway.

We more or less did this against cas last year and i wouldn't mind some kind of "fixture" in the calender where say the clubs agree to have 14/15 english/homegrown player's in their team.
Whatever the outcome the "reserve" league need's some kind of shake up imo to improve it and make it more meaningfull.

daft idea. the crowds would be tiny as a lot of people would be put off paying the normal admission price for what they would view as a reserve team game. personally a better option would be say a ruling stating that under 20 players have to start a certain amount of games, basically meaning 1 player under that age must start a game every so often

Whilst I dont think a round of games involving under 20s would work, what I dont like is clubs being punished for fielding under strength teams. If a team chooses to rest a load of players it should be upto them, not the RFL to start kicking off about it.

I feel quite unclean for saying this, but I completely agree with you.

Someone with a legal background may be able to help here...


wouldnt this be age discrimination?

Maybe a case of positive discrimination? A tactic put in place by a number of firms I think.

Of course, that could be complete and utter tosh!

It'd be great. Saints are still just as likely to win so I'm all for it. Some of the sides who take less care over their academy setups might not agree. It would also be interesting to see who'd win between Catalans and Celtic, as surely those two would have to be playing each other?

Provided they are up front about it and they offer the season ticket holders that do not wish to attend a refund between the usual price and the price for attending an academy game no problem

The clubs have a duty to protect the integrity/quality of the entertainment on offer

Oh my god. Who has hacked your account? You can't have posted that.

Like El Diablo, I agree.

Yuk!

The coaches have a duty to pick the team in the best interests of the players, the team and the club over the season. The fans pay to see the team the coach picks. End of chat. It might be frustrating but that's life.

No they dont. The clubs have a duty to have the best interests of the team at heart. If this means resting some players who are jaded, so be it.

You have a fair point but let's not get back to the underhand way millward did thing's!!!
Oh and just so we are clear release the team publicly BEFORE any player(s) get to see it.

Saints sent what was essentially a bunch of kids to France in 2006.

They lost the game in the very last minute in what was one of the most entertaining games played by Saints that season.