Originally Posted by
Infamous Grouse
I recently watched our first Grand Final win over Bradford and was struck by the quality of players on both sides, forward seemed a lot bigger.
One other point that struck me regarding the sides in the early Super League era was that most of the players were bought in from other clubs whereas now, due to salary cap, there's more emphasis on lads coming through our own system.
It means that the future success of clubs depends on a good scouting system and a good youth set up.