Think in the end that the 'super academies' will be largely funded centrally, allowing the clubs to focus resources on the 'A' team.

I've been an advocate of this approach for years.

Also see this being the end of the dual-reg system, maybe not immediately, but in the next couple of years.

I think the arrangement with Doncaster seems to have already finished

You just know this will end up being another merged team

You've said this a few times before, and players have subsequently gone to Doncaster on dual-reg.
After the end of the "regular" season, once a player has played for a club, that's the only club he can play for until the end of the season.
Probably explains why there are no more dual-reg players at Doncaster, rather than that it has "finished".

Not sure, said on RH this morning that Rovers have no plans to run a team. Apparently 9 clubs are interested though.

I just doubt we'll find 34 fit players each week so the only option is to take players from the merged academy

I think the idea is that the kids in the merged academy from 16 upwards are ring fenced to the two parent Clubs and as I understand it the under 23's will get precedent and they will make up the numbers in there and the merged under 19's team will draw on younger players within the academy if they are short. well that's what I think anyway?

Maybe. I guess the benefit of us having 23s and Rovers not is that players 19 and over would come to us as default?

I still think the rugby league should fund a proper reserve grade.