Interested to hear people's thoughts on NPL Youth after the second class of SAP/JDL graduates have moved into 13's.
Looking at both tables there is a pretty clear divide between the top half and bottom half of the tables.
I think I optimistically thought that developing more players earlier would result in a more balanced competition, however it looks like it has probably expanded the talent depth out to around 6 or so competitive teams in each grade.
Maybe the improvement is that there are a greater number of kids with a high level of ability, however I really don't know.
The 13's age group seems to be quite deep in terms of high quality players. There are probably another 10-15 kids that are very, very close to the level of players selected by the Jets, and the 13's Jets will be top half in NPL Youth 1 in the FNSW competition.
Do people think the club based JDL/SAP is a success so far or has it failed to meet it's objectives?
Has the NPL Youth competition benefited or not?
Does this help clubs outside of the historical elite?
