Quote ="Mrs Barista"What a ridiculous point. For starters we have quota spots free and only 4 overseas players to pick from, and of those we are selecting Maloney over Moa. Every year we bring through players into the first team. Houghton and Briscoe broke into the first team last year, Burnett this. I would suggest the message to our young players is that if they are included in the first team squad, they have a reasonable chance of actually playing a SL game.
Rovers do have the right approach as long as the RFL keep backtracking on overseas qualification rules. Still disappointing that, going into your 4th SL season you've only got 1 player brought through the ranks in that time to show for it.
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Moa? Is he still in the country? Maloney, according to some on Hull Fc's forum, may find himself released at the end of the season, Briscoe, I think is a decent player and Houghton also.
Again though, Hull have plenty of Super League years and the benefits that come with that behind them. I was talking to the father of one of Rovers youth players a week ago, we had a similar conversation about how Rovers have improved in youth development, his answer was it's down to finance, more money, more time, more players and more coming through the ranks. Players coming through might not be as quick as Mrs Barista would like it to be at Craven Park, but I don't think anyone at Rovers will lose any sleep over that matter.
As for the RFL's policy on overseas players, Rovers don't make the rules, just use them to their advantage.
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