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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1137181" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>From the article I think a 'draft system' is misleading. It smells to me more like the solution being considered is straightforward loan deals, like in football (which strangely do not seem common in rugby).</p><p></p><p>From the chart I posted in the eligibility thread we see Scotland, Italy and Wales all import a lot of non-qualified players (between 12% and 33%). And unlike Ireland's non-qualified players, a lot of these guys are journeymen who arguably do not greatly elevate squad strength. So why not keep the money in-house within the URC unions and give incentives to Irish and Saffa surplus players (preferably younger players struggling for game time) to consider moving to a URC bottom feeder on loan? Better for all concerned on splashing cash on journeymen from other parts of the world. </p><p></p><p>Its completely reliant on the Irish and SA unions seeing positives for themselves in terms of player development and reduced wage bill. Football clubs routinely put players out on loan in other countries, so its not something too radical. </p><p></p><p>With all that said, if you removed Leinster (huge wage bill and hiring a Bok head coach as an assistant for crying out loud!) and Zebre (getting the Italian rejects and with little budget) from the equation I do not think there is any issue with competitiveness in the URC. That may change if the Welsh salary cuts have an impact and they sink towards Zebre. </p><p></p><p>I also think some of the weaker URC teams are woeful at scouting Tier2 for bargains on good players so there is a lot of scope for URC sides to be a bit creative. The French clubs absolutely hoover up young prospects from Georgia, Spain and increasingly the Netherlands. The URC could definitely go sniffing about these guys before or after the French pick them up. Same with South America. Loads of the Spanish and Uruguayans in the u20s that finished above Scotland will end up jacking in the sport by their mid-20s if they can't get a career move that pays. Some of thess guys have a fair bit of ability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1137181, member: 74121"] From the article I think a 'draft system' is misleading. It smells to me more like the solution being considered is straightforward loan deals, like in football (which strangely do not seem common in rugby). From the chart I posted in the eligibility thread we see Scotland, Italy and Wales all import a lot of non-qualified players (between 12% and 33%). And unlike Ireland's non-qualified players, a lot of these guys are journeymen who arguably do not greatly elevate squad strength. So why not keep the money in-house within the URC unions and give incentives to Irish and Saffa surplus players (preferably younger players struggling for game time) to consider moving to a URC bottom feeder on loan? Better for all concerned on splashing cash on journeymen from other parts of the world. Its completely reliant on the Irish and SA unions seeing positives for themselves in terms of player development and reduced wage bill. Football clubs routinely put players out on loan in other countries, so its not something too radical. With all that said, if you removed Leinster (huge wage bill and hiring a Bok head coach as an assistant for crying out loud!) and Zebre (getting the Italian rejects and with little budget) from the equation I do not think there is any issue with competitiveness in the URC. That may change if the Welsh salary cuts have an impact and they sink towards Zebre. I also think some of the weaker URC teams are woeful at scouting Tier2 for bargains on good players so there is a lot of scope for URC sides to be a bit creative. The French clubs absolutely hoover up young prospects from Georgia, Spain and increasingly the Netherlands. The URC could definitely go sniffing about these guys before or after the French pick them up. Same with South America. Loads of the Spanish and Uruguayans in the u20s that finished above Scotland will end up jacking in the sport by their mid-20s if they can't get a career move that pays. Some of thess guys have a fair bit of ability. [/QUOTE]
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