There is a much publicized shortage of players right now. Without dual reg, lower league clubs brought through youngsters, or amateurs. With the easy option of drafting in SL squad players - those youngsters and amateurs will never get the chance. Also, with a reserve league clubs used to get to test trialists. Hull have signed a few union players over the years because of successful stints in the reserves. Surely the argument is that simple?

There is a shortage of players, which makes trying to fulfill both first team and reserve fixtures unrealistic.

Lower league clubs can still bring through youngsters and the lower leagues are full of players that were in Leeds' academy, players they wouldn't have if we kept them for ourselves just to make sure we could fulfill reserve fixtures in the hope of not missing out on a late bloomer.

Leeds have signed a few former Union players too. Keinhorst and Walters and they set up and scored out winning try in the 2015 GF.....so you don't need reserves to do that.

Hull have enough players to fulfill first team and reserve matches. So do Halifax. Neither of these clubs are blessed with the same resources of Leeds. If it's unrealistic for Leeds to run a reserve team, I'd class that as a monumental failure. The lower leagues are also scattered with ex Hull academy players, some of which would be plying their trade in our reserves if the Alliance system was mandatory. I have no doubt some of the ex Leeds kids would be in your reserve team too. If reserves were mandatory, then every one of those Leeds/Hull players that are currently playing in the lower leagues would instead be a player not currently playing in the pro leagues and expanding our player base.

Leeds are well resourced but that doesn't stop you getting injuries.....look at Wigan this year and cancelling Reserve games. And we may well be able to cope every week but it's redundant if several others struggle and cancel.

Shouldn't be mandatory, should let clubs choose and not be forced to have a system they don't want. You don't need every SL team in it to make it work or have enough fixtures. If there's only 6 teams doing it then just play each other 4 times a year instead of twice. If it's truest about giving young players game time and injured players a return to fitness then it doesn't need to be a 12 team home and away even fixture list.

The Donny way is the same as FC ,Horne might be coach at dons but everything is taught the same way,not as skilful or as fast but the same way.