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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3394689, member: 1899"] I've been following the NSW Cup and you'd be surprised at how they're largely run. Despite most clubs only having 1 affiliate (Canterbury have 2) usually only half the players are actually contracted to the NRL teams. The rest are NSW Cup stragglers who have been going through the same motions for years now. Clubs can't really afford to run the amount of teams that they do and will often cut corners where they can. So my point is I don't think Melbourne, North Queensland, Brisbane or the Gold Coast have a disadvantage. I just think there's an opportunity to gain an advantage if clubs can dig into why certain clubs are struggling. I may have posted this before so apologies if I'm repeating myself but I like what the Cowboys are doing this year. All their senior players who need a stint in reserves go to Mackay or Cairns, all the young guns play and up and comers play together for Townsville. I think the Broncos ought to do something similar. I also don't think it's the QCup's fault the Broncos are struggling to develop talent. If anything the issue is that they did such a terrible job managing their NRL roster they started processing juniors far too quickly and got a rude awakening. The QCup is a wonderful resource if you know how to utilise it to it's potential. Just look at what Melbourne have been able to achieve thanks in part to the competition. Brisbane themselves have been able to enjoy the fruits of that labour with Staggs, Farnworth, Hetherington, Cobbo and Robati all putting their hands up in QCup first before getting picked. [/QUOTE]

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