Quote ="[Gareth"ill put it simply
wigan think they have a talented player so they send him to oz to gain experience in what many people regard as a superior comp. said player returns form his loan stint a better all round player (due to the oz clubs better training etc... - again, what 'people' claim)'"
OK we benefit from that but given this:
Quote the oz club gains a player who they can use to supplement they own home grown players in their reserve (and possibly first team) squad all for a relatively low fee'"
...that would require the Aussie club to give a place to one of our players instead of one of their own juniors. Are they short of players? I don't think so.
So unless there is some sort of arrangement whereby any of our players going over there do not count on their salary cap or something I still don't see why they would do this. Even then if there was such a salary cap incentive they have still lost a place that would have been taken up by one of their own juniors.
Quote of course, all this depends on a club in oz that would be happy with the arrangement which im guessing is why it hasnt been arranged yet'"
I am struggling to see why any Aussie club would want to do this.
Dave
