Quote ="Mable_Syrup"at a guess it is because when Agar came the kids hadn't been looked after so it would have been unfair to throw them in if they weren't up to it. No point getting kids beaten up and any confidence destroyed. Now we have relegation do it's unfortunately no time to be giving kids a go until the club is safe. I'm guessing the teams you are talking about are all in the top 6? So will have plenty of internationals around them without any fear of losing their place in SL. The awful downside to getting rid of licensing.'"
Both hull teams, salford have done it with evalds, London, Bradford, widnes, Catalan and the top 6.