i noticed it chaps,then i thought so what who gives a toss

but they do not 'refuse' to allow non SL clubs to run scholarships...as you said when you started this thread. a statement that was, simply, wrong.

They have refused us to run the scholarship in the way we have been running it , ie they have changed the rules , just as they changed the rules on academies a few years ago , I have no wish to continue going over it all again

I posted what Daryl Powel was quoted in the RL and LE , pass comment on that if you want , or maybe you think he is wrong , you wont of course , you like many others always ignore anything not quite to their agenda

Super League clubs get helped by the RFL to run these Scholarships, Championship clubs do not, I guess this is what Daryl means when he says 'Financial Constraints' as Featherstone have now got to fund this program by itself.

With all due respect to clubs who don't run scholarship programs, I don't think the kids away from scholarship rugby receive the same level of coaching as the lads who are in a scholarship, so to retain this privilege to a chosen few and keeping it an elite group of teams is inevitably holding the game back.

I believe clubs running scholarships should be helped by the RFL no matter what level of the game they play.

meet the criteria then. as one of your own fans has said in this thread - the RFL talent route is the envy of other sports and is designed to ensure that the top players get the development they need. your system doesnt pass the test and remember that fev have managed to meet this criteria now - then ask your club why thay haven't managed it. and then wonder why it is you'll be playing championship rugby once again. you'll blame the RFL, but when other championship clubs are overcoming the problems that leigh suggest can't be sorted, then you have to ask whats wrong in the club???

That would be because we are a Championship club , nothing to do with scholarships