21 man squads.

Excellent, I look forward to it.

Swifty,



I suspect you are referring to this news:

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RFL could bring in 21-man squads

The Rugby Football League has outlined proposals to introduce 21-man squads in 2020 as part of a major overhaul of the game’s squad list procedures, report League Express.

Clubs will lose an interchange if they draft in a player from outside their 21-man squad for the match, according to League Express.

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If so, it makes no difference to DR. Basically we currently have 19-man squads announced 2 days before the game (this includes any DR players), however it is possible to pull extra players on game day due to illness, etc. without any penalties. So the suggested change here is that you have to announce a 21-man squad 2 days before the game, again including DR players and then if you have to pull other players in on game day (for whatever reason) the team will lose an interchange for that game.

That's how I read it too FG

You don't have to lay yourselves open to me on the dual reg issue. I hate the system but without it i wouldn't have gone to Toronto.

Yeah I'll continue to take the pizz out of fax fans giving us the fev rhinos sheeite when fax are going down the same route with a club rumoured to be the giants for heavens sake.

Dual reg is here. Its not goung away now unless every club outside SL agrees to it. Is this going to happen? Is it balls.

Turkeys.....Christmas!

Pete.... we share similar views on dual reg.



A commitment to shorttermism.

Aye, we all or most of us hate it but as you say we're stuck with it now, at least in the short term. The game is in a right mess but as long as the pigs at the top table have a trough to dip into nowt's going to change. If we do end up joining with the giants, FFS, I'll personally take a season out. We have after all a trip to Mexico on the horizon for the lads wedding and my brass will go that way rather than watching shuddersfield players turning out in the blue and white hoops.

Hudd Shay.

Even if it is Butler back in the blue n white ? (How ironic would be for him?)

He's gone, he's shudds now so yes.

DR will fade away because SL clubs can now have a full squad of ready to go

fully players, you can bet your bottom dollar the lads who don't play 1st team due to selection reasons will be playing 2nd grade rugby. This will sharpen up the players and have them match fit, results not an issue player development being the key issue. What will happen probably is the lower tier clubs will have to pay the wages of reserve grade players on loan deals or come to some

* quid pro quo* that will heavily weigh in favour of the SL club.



Yes once it's up and running and the format is settled in SL clubs will sign up players that us championship and league 1 clubs would have just to see how they go in the reserve grade. Everything is going to harder from hereinafter. I But what boils my wee wee more than anything is HALIFAX WAS PART OF THE PARTY.



It's as a tragedy that we as a club and we as supporters can't see the whole picture that the future of anything always rests with youngsters. They we not SL standard yet but I've a feeling this will come back and bite us on our backsides in more ways than and could have dire consequences.

I would strongly advise anybody NOT to bet their bottom dollar, or any dollars, pounds or euros, on this happening.