Seasonal Rugby: Season Six Redux

Right, there's been no complaints (not that many would have seen the suggestion anyway) but for season 6, the Sharks and Immortals are officially on hiatus. All players currently contracted by either team can be signed by any of the other 4 remaining clubs - up to a contract maximum of (for now) 35 players.

 

That should mean that these players are now officially back on the market:

Ben Storer
Alan Izett
Jonny Ridd
Heath Davis
James Torres
Michael Chung
Charlie Downes
Marcuss Deane
Fourie van der Westhuizen
Matt James
Matt Dorn
Haydos Bots
Bobby Blunder
Lucas Schaw
Jordan Logan
Thad Bochat
Joshua Ritchie
Dave Eggman
Nick Scott
Teddy Tiger
Callum Laing
Keith Rask
Dexter Astele
Zorax Doom
Alex Mediocre
Paddy Orr
Geoff Smith
Ali Farhat
Manju Reddlapalli
Shane Masters
Eddie Morris
David Dafter
James McDougal
Sam Verigotta
John McGrath
Samuel Yates
Sam Bakkum
Gunner Shriram
Zac MacDonald
Bobrad Smith
Darren Cave
Michael Edwards
Regan Hutchinson
Ishan Narang
Soumyanil Das
Alan Parker
Ryan Gee
Zach Poole
Chris Devonshire
Jake Taylor
Paul Adams
Bob Borisc

 

Reserves will definitely run. With 35+ players for each squad, reserves will now have substitutions as well.

 

Based on the current squads, I'd suggest:

Front Rowers: Hurricanes/Vikings
Second Rowers: Hurricanes/Gamblers/Vikings
Back Rowers: Relatively even, perhaps Gamblers
Half Back: Hurricanes/Gamblers/Crabs
First Five: All teams reasonably covered, perhaps the Crabs weakest point
Wings: Every team seems to have one weaker, one stronger wing
Centres: Gamblers
Full Back: Vikings/Gamblers

That's probably be your most sensible destination if you want some reasonable first XV game time.

 

Looking a bit of a hopeless cause this'un

 

[MENTION=3830]Howe[/MENTION] [MENTION=45]Tartmaster[/MENTION] [MENTION=4944]Mariner[/MENTION] [MENTION=512]morgieb[/MENTION]

Offer some Immortals/Sharks players contracts, please?

 

Tempted to backtrack on my previous stance and just run with first grade matches with six clubs and some bastard chimera for second grade. Or biff second grade entirely.

 

So, if I were to do a new Season of Seasonal Rugby, how would people want it to be done? How many teams etc.?

Thoughts?

 

Could maybe do a provincial tournament first and see if that encourages anyone out of the woodwork.