Originally Posted by
pv4
Having a talk to one of the Merewether guys during the last season game, who needed Uni first grade to beat Mussy that day for Wethers to have any chance of finals, the word then seemed to be Uni "stacking" their reserves because firsts couldn't make finals. I think this kinda came to light when Mussy beat Uni from memory by double digits that day. I'm sure Mussy played great and all, but putting 2 and 2 together you can't help but assume that grades were almost swapped, to an extent.
But, eligibility rules exist (that I have extreme confidence Uni are abiding to) and if it truly is that much of an issue then maybe the rules should be changed for future. Bring it up with the Federations/NNSW via email and see if you get an interested response.
I remember playing a few years ago for a team and we had a guy play every single season game in reserve grade, but then played first grade for the final 5 games of the season due to a regular first grader being injured. Said player was then ruled out of reserve grade semi finals due to being ineligible. Surely NNSW/Federations could tweak the rules to base it on say percentage of games played or something, rather than just the last 5 games like was the case in that example.
But yeah, bring it up with your club and the Federations and see if you can make positive change happen in future.
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