Originally Posted by
Joe Forber
To those (many on this site) who feel that winning trophies is the be-all and end-all of their involvement in RL and that the quality of the product comes a distant second, watch this space.
Frankly, apart from the odd game, the current product is abysmal and is not competing with other sports in the modern era. Outdated ideas of RL being the greatest game are laughable.
This concept of 12-a-side could yet be another big nail in the coffin of RL. To the doubters that it will not take off, we should remember that money talks and that players will always find a way to gravitate to bigger financial rewards.
Now if the leaders of this new concept were brave enough to dispense with scrums and therefore get rid of the ponderous forwards who are a blight on the 15-a-side code, heaven help RL.
In current conditions any young ambitious player in RL should be trying to find a spot in RU (those good enough are a diminishing breed) or go to the NRL (totally superior to our game in every way and therefore a much more difficult move to make).
RL will have to change radically and quickly or undergo a long, slow death.