Here To Do
Allen Oxlade (6)
West Harbour are more likely to strike up a partnership with Drummoyne than us, which is weird because we've had a number of people involved at WH before or after us.I think this is a great idea. A bit of common sense to for the overall benefit of Rugby in Sydney and Australia.
However with only 12 Shute Shield clubs, 11 in Sydney against 20+ clubs that need colts, I would foresee one club complaining about fairness that may ruin the whole thing.
Logically - Lets look at the clubs below
Eastern Suburbs - Colleagues ( or Oysters)
Eastwood - Epping
Gordon - Chatswood
Manly - Savers
Norths - HH/Mosman
Randwick -Irish/UNSW
Southern Districts - Sea Lice/Burraneer?
Sydney Uni - Petersham
Warringah - Newport
West Harbour - Briars
Parramatta - Merrylands
There is a massive disconnect - I'd describe it as a gulf - for absolutely 0 reason as Pfitzy alludes to.
Prem clubs can absolutely identify talent in Subbies (continue poaching with promises of myrrh and frankensense) and help us develop players that may want to jump up a level.
Conversely, rather than just shipping an "unwanted" player to an enemy club in the Shute, if they treated Subbies as a nursery system, that player can still get game time and maybe develop their craft playing for a club they'll never have to face.
It's not rocket surgery - fool me once I'll not be fooled again (or something like that)