If the Crofties and Quins had the numbers to play in Div 2 as per rumours they can only blame themselves
If you look at the results from last seasons it was a relatively safe assumption to assume their would be 2 grades for each team for the season;
- Oysters runner up 2nd grade div 4;
- Savers finished 4th 2nd grade div 4;
- Barker fielded 2 grade entire div 2;
- Iggies; fielded 3 grades for most of div 2;
- Quins fielded 3 grades for most of div 2;
- Croft fielded min 2 grades sometimes 3 in div 2;
- Knox wildcard were in div 1 but were lucky to have a colts and a 1st grade at the end of season.
First grade should be okay this year although some teams will be considerably stronger than other (reality of sport competitions).
2nd grade could be heading for trouble. I predict its unlikely savers will field an away team and if another team falls (maybe Knox) with the bye and wet weather weeks 2nd grade players in some clubs could be averaging a game every two weeks. It would also make for a weak final series with 4 of the 6 clubs progressing to the finals.
Colts will be okay, premier teams which appear fairly detached from the subbies side means the teams which are likely to struggle for 2nd grade players will be okay.