Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:43 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

Walters, Baldwinson, Handley, Golding, Keinhorst, Achurch, Lilley will be the regulars that play for Featherstone for me.

Wouldn't be suprised to see C Smith and Jordan- Roberts playing at Hunslet at some point next season.

Pretty much agree although i'd also hope Baldwinson at least gets plenty of SL game-time with us.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:18 pm  

rhinoms wrote:

Pretty much agree although i'd also hope Baldwinson at least gets plenty of SL game-time with us.

agreed, he's served his apprenticeship in the Championship, lets get him some games in SL now to help him progress

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Tue Jan 05, 2016 6:26 am  

Baldwinson has just turned 21, that is still very young for a prop and it will likely still be 2-3 more years until he starts to fully blossom gradually putting on more bulk, and being fully ready for SL imo.Singleton is a couple of years older and it was only really last year he looked capable of being trusted in the 17 on a regular basis.

Yes, i hope he can get a handful of games for us at least to give him something to build on, but i feel another year playing mainly in the championship (a good standard) won't do him any harm at all.

[Frosties.]

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:05 am  

Rules have changed this season in regards to duel registration players. They can now play for both clubs at any point in the eights also. Obviously a disadvantage if say Leeds were in the super eight qualifiers with Featherstone.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:33 am  

If you're a SL club who are playing in the middle eights and so is your DR partner club, I would imagine the first thing you do is recall your DR players. I can't see how any Championship side could, hand on heart, expect a SL side to provide them with players to assist in getting the SL side potentially relegated.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:15 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

If you're a SL club who are playing in the middle eights and so is your DR partner club, I would imagine the first thing you do is recall your DR players. I can't see how any Championship side could, hand on heart, expect a SL side to provide them with players to assist in getting the SL side potentially relegated.

yep. Which is why it makes sense for a Championship side to look to DR with a SL side that has virtual zero chance of being dragged i to the middle 8's.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:11 am  

Biff Tannen wrote:

yep. Which is why it makes sense for a Championship side to look to DR with a SL side that has virtual zero chance of being dragged i to the middle 8's.

To be honest, from a Fev fan's point of view, if we (Fev) make the middle 8's the DR arrangement will have already been proved to be a massive success. The prize differential between 4th and 5th in the Championships is enormous, that's presumably why Fev had struggled with recruitment/retention this off-season; I don't know what the arrangement will be with Leeds if Fev make it to the middle 8s but I'm pretty sure if you said to Mark Campbell right now we'd finish 4th in the Championship then 8th of 8 in the Middle 8s he'd be delighted.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:55 am  

Are they any DR agreements between teams who have a realistic chance of meeting in the Middle 8's?

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:24 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Are they any DR agreements between teams who have a realistic chance of meeting in the Middle 8's?

Thinking back to last season, I'm struggling to remember Leigh or Bradford fielding any DR players. Not sure about Halifax or Sheffield.

Re: Rhinos players will be dual registered with Featherstone : Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:33 pm  

Can't DR players only play for one club in the second phase of the season, even if their registered clubs are in different 8s? If so, I'd imagine all the Leeds players will be recalled from Fev because you can't say two months in advance how injuries will hit come the end of the season. Might be wrong on the rules though.