Yorkshire Rugby

And now Heath can't raise a 2nd team for the playoffs.

Having seen a statement from the club, Heath have fallen foul of the 5 1stxv appearances rule with a large portion of their 2s.
Not sure that rule will help the likes of Watch either but plays perfectly in to clubs that run seperate sides like Harrogate and Hudds.

Suspect Wath will be fielding their strongest 1st XV this week, they need 2 good 5 point wins to ensure promotion.

Understand the rule, however 2XV fixtures in Merit leagues I believed were not suppose to happen on non league weekends.

Why have playoffs?

Quote from: BenFoden's grey beard on Today at 04:54 PMHaving seen a statement from the club, Heath have fallen foul of the 5 1stxv appearances rule with a large portion of their 2s.
Not sure that rule will help the likes of Watch either but plays perfectly in to clubs that run seperate sides like Harrogate and Hudds.

Gate don't run separate sides
It's a simple selection process, if you're not selected for the first team, you're playing second team.

Think it should stay this way for the whole season. Can sort of understand the u20's rule of 5 games, but will stop a whole batch of really good players from representing their county.

Thinking back
The 5 appearance rule is sh1te

You could not have featured in 16 of 22 first team games, but now not eligible to play twos. Must rule a boat load of players out of contention.

Feel sorry for Heath