A lot of players get binned at 19 which is as a rule before most of them make it as props at 1st team level. A lot have to go via other clubs to get a chance to come through. I wonder how many are lost completely.

It's hard to call at such young age. John Bastian admits he made a mistake in allowing the Burgess twins to leave Leeds.

Would Jamie Peacock have come through under the present system? At 19 he showed no signs at all of the quality he was going to become.

Spot on Bullseye. The current system isn't good at all for the future.

The Dual Reg system was supposed to take up the slack but it hasn't been fully accepted or utilised yet (understandably in some cases).

As you say under the current system Peacock would have been binned by Bradford.

I've always thought it'd be too costly for clubs to run a reserves team and whilst I'm sure it would for the "poorer" teams, I wonder how much it would actually cost to run and whether the top 8/9/10 clubs in SL could actually afford it?

If they could I think we have to do it, it's either that or fully integrate some Championships clubs with SL clubs as feeder clubs like in the NRL. As I firmly believe it's the NRL's biggest single advantage over SL.

I agree the departures we saw won't change things too much. When fit the 17 will look like the ones that contested the CC semi and Final but with Cuthbertson and Ward/Singleton in place of Kirke and Bailey.

It was however the only realistic changes he could make at that time.

It's only a small things in the grand scheme of things but I would imagine most would be a lot more annoyed/underwhelmed if we started this new campaign with a subs bench that once again consisted of Bailey, Kirke & Clarkson.

I agree. Kirke has been a good servant to the club over recent years, with several coaches picking him to perform a particular role in the team. Whether this role was either necessary or better filled by another player does not diminish his contribution - you can't blame him for being repeatedly picked, and the same applies to Bailey - whatever the fans might think of their efforts.

Proof that a paleo diet must send you a tad daft