Quote from the article:"
Seven or eight years ago we had a great partnership with the Sunshine Coast, they managed the core squad and we sent players up and back and it was a wonderful thing. It wasn't only a great talent pool, but it put pressure on the boys in the NRL squad.because they knew there were guys that were hungry to step up.
"That's the best model we've ever had for the second tier in terms of helping the whole organisation and that's what we're replicating here."
The bit about keeping pressure on the 1St graders is encouraging.