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Maybe this is why I don't get the NH club rugby
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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 615405" data-attributes="member: 13794"><p>I completely disagree that the English Clubs see developing and nurturing English rugby talent to play rugby for England is considered a "burden". Far from it!</p><p></p><p>Even before the current agreement encouraging English clubs to develop new talent clubs like Saracens were pumping money into their academy structures. As far back as 2005/6 odd, I think at one point they were going around St Albans (where their academy is based) renting any spare room they could find to house all the new talent coming in. </p><p></p><p>Most PRL clubs have had excellent academy structures in place before the RFU formalised the reward system for having home grown talent in your squads and I doubt that would change if that money went away. </p><p></p><p>Success on the balance sheet depends on success on the pitch and to ensure that keeps happening, you need to keep developing new talent. You can't just buy it in like Toulon do. So it makes good sense to have a strong academy structure and to have even stronger links with the clubs in the Championship and beyond. </p><p></p><p>I don't buy the idea of "independent clubs bad - unions good" or vice versa. Both have excellent strengths but also limitations as well. </p><p></p><p>The system we have at the moment where PRL and RFU work together for the benefit of both in terms of booming revenues and results on the pitch works very well. It isn't perfect but I think rugby in England is far better now than it was at the time of the crisis in English rugby when the last agreement between the clubs and the Union ended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 615405, member: 13794"] I completely disagree that the English Clubs see developing and nurturing English rugby talent to play rugby for England is considered a "burden". Far from it! Even before the current agreement encouraging English clubs to develop new talent clubs like Saracens were pumping money into their academy structures. As far back as 2005/6 odd, I think at one point they were going around St Albans (where their academy is based) renting any spare room they could find to house all the new talent coming in. Most PRL clubs have had excellent academy structures in place before the RFU formalised the reward system for having home grown talent in your squads and I doubt that would change if that money went away. Success on the balance sheet depends on success on the pitch and to ensure that keeps happening, you need to keep developing new talent. You can't just buy it in like Toulon do. So it makes good sense to have a strong academy structure and to have even stronger links with the clubs in the Championship and beyond. I don't buy the idea of "independent clubs bad - unions good" or vice versa. Both have excellent strengths but also limitations as well. The system we have at the moment where PRL and RFU work together for the benefit of both in terms of booming revenues and results on the pitch works very well. It isn't perfect but I think rugby in England is far better now than it was at the time of the crisis in English rugby when the last agreement between the clubs and the Union ended. [/QUOTE]
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