Fredsbar. If the YRFU want the best players representing both their clubs and the game f rugby, then surely playing any cup game at Easter is a huge mistake. Castleford and I am sure the other teams in the tournament yesterday were not able to field their full strength side by any shadow.
My opinion is this; although the leagues are mostly competitive, sides are at the level they can compete at.
I have watched every team in Yorkshire 3 this year and without exception three good players in each would catapult them from the bottom to the top of the league. I will take Castleford as an example. If the side that played Rotherham Phoenix at home, played week in week out; we would have won the league no doubt. But the following year in division two, three of those players dropped out and losing became a habit again, then we would be getting thumped every week by 100 which wasn't too many years ago for Castleford.
So my point is this. Given that this is a cup competion, clubs would feild a strong competative team on Saturdays in mid season, the league games should take second place because in most cases (I believe) sides in Y3 just want a game of rugby not competative enough to gain promotion and get thumped every week. The days are long gone when a game of rugby takes precedent over family and work commitments.
