Dual Registrations & Loans

I genuinely do not see the point in a club playing at a certain level if they can only do it by loaning half their team. Would much rather get relegated with your own team. 

It's quite ridiculous you have championship clubs relying on a club one league above them. Not that rugby allows promotion, but if a championship club with 8 dual reg won the league and their ground were big enough then they'd lose half their team on promotion. 

Domestic rugby is already a closed shop but some championship and nat 1 clubs need to have some self respect and stop relying on dual reg. Let the prem youngsters form their own division rather than infiltrating clubs lower down.

Some may say that they're needed for injury cover. Totally disagree. That's what your 2nd team is for. If a player in your 2s is injured you go to your 3s. Same concept for the 1s.

Would personally like the rule to be no more than 2 dual reg in the squad. No issue with a couple joining but it becomes silly when half the team aren't your players. 

I’ll never forgot the debacle of Hartpury drafting in a load of Gloucester and Bristol players for their crunch bottom of the table clash against Richmond a few years back. 

It distorts the league and imo impacts the integrity of the competition. 

The Championship means nothing if it is stacked with DR players. It is a quasi Premiership. Every club suffered during Covid and most have managed with the exception of Premiership clubs who are holding DCMS to ransom. Frankly, I'd rather see Premiership clubs fail and rebuild. If England suffer then do be it. If anything, I'd rather see season long registration so that the opposition know who they are playing.

If a club cannot live within it's means then drop through the leagues until you can. Eventually they'll get to the premier league in the country - National One.

A Premiership flooded with non EQP and marquee players means nothing unless the salary cap is lifted and financial regulations enforced, even if the league winner is relegated. It's time for the RFU to man up - but they won't so I hope there is two club relegation / promotion and I'd see Cambridge in National One where rugby is played in a club atmosphere. I know there are exceptions on The Championship where clubs are of the classic club model but even Ampthill have been infected with Dual Registration and as to MacHarlequins - they're within the playing regulations but have no soul. 

The Championship is neither a professional or amateur league it's a combination of both and whilst Caldy beat Ealing last season  it's not going to happen that often.

But, we know that the RFU are run by and for the Premiership - we've seen that The Championship clubs struggle in negotiation with the RFU and Premiership.

We all know that mass DR is wrong and if it is to continue then match day limits need to be addressed - say 3 DR - and match day squads need to come down to 18.