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Alan Cameron (40)
I think a jersey flegg and a u21's comp aligned with each super team is the way to go. Leave the premier comp as is
Easts apparently the club of opportunity and the home to many cats.I had a horrible thought that Easts could go back to back next year, a very strong team across the board.
Matho got the Brothers gig. Confirmed.Was Matho unsuccessful with Brothers & GPS or is the process still taking place?
Anthony Matherson is the Premier Coach, Matty Kaye is GM from my understanding.
Also noises coming from down south that the season will end in July for a national comp. Looks like we'll kick off at the start of March.
Anthony Matherson is the Premier Coach, Matty Kaye is GM from my understanding.
Also noises coming from down south that the season will end in July for a national comp. Looks like we'll kick off at the start of March.
With all this discussion on whether we are looking at a franchise based system for the national comp why has no-one raised the idea of a player quota to keep the Premier comp relatively balanced? For example, if we have 4 sides merged for a team limit each club side to maybe 9-10 players, I am assuming a squad of 35-40 players. If a Premier club is packed with players they may look to move to another club to get a chance to play in the national comp and we have a psuedo draft in place without a lot of the uproar.
You want the best players playing. With team caps you will reward players that aren't at the top level with a spot purely because of what club they play for and worse you stop players from getting an opportunity because they play at strong club (that have probably had a lot to do with their development).
Would hate to see Michael Gunn, Reddy or Jonah Placid miss out on a chance at next tier because Easts have so many deserving players.
It will also lead to contempt for your club. Players regularly moving for an "easier" path. Leads to no culture or connection with the rest of the club and selfish play to get noticed individually rather than win for the team. No culture or connection leads to no sponsorship, volunteers, board members ect in the future (old boys/girls and young parents are what drive club rugby in Bris).
Its a hard question to answer but I would love to see a mixture. The grand finalists go through and one or two selected sides for the rest. All clubs get a look in that way and good performances both team and individual will be rewarded.
Things like money and facilities will obviously be limiting factors.
I would like the cap to have some flexibilty but in the long term I see this more as a way of influencing those players with no, or limited, club experience making a decision at the late teen / Colts age about where to go rather than the "recruitment" policies we are currently seeing for elite level school representative players.
Maybe the Reds could help out by pushing any of their new international or interstate players to clubs that are not full of the best players. I don't know how the Kiwi's do it but apart from Canterbury they don't appear to have this issue at 3rd tier level; and Canterbury could just be exceptional at what they do on the training paddock!
Spreading the talent around is a long term and holistic approach to player and club development and might shrink the gap between the have's and the have-not's.
The only teams who weren't really competitive this year where the coasts and to a lesser extent Norths (2 of which have big plans for a turn around and the other has jumped ship). I would say the talent is spread pretty well at the moment. This obviously changes from year to year.
I also hate how people think just because you are schoolboy star you are going on to do big things. Tevita Kuridrani, Ian Prior and Con Foley are just a few that where nothing at school but have used their club to make a pretty good go of it. With a quota system they could have missed out because they chose to play footy at uni.