As harsh as it is, that is irrelevant to now mate.We won u20 in 2010, 2011, 2014
How many of those players had really good goes in our team? We had amazing talent and threw most of them away because we weren't willing to give them chances. Then heaps of them go to other teams and carve up.
Covid screwed up our reserve grade teams and thus our lower depth is quite ragged at the current point in time, Ale, Berry, Ali, Zyon Maiu’u and our other young guns development has been scratchy at the best. From not getting much if any game time at the Dolphins to being pretty fresh out of rugby. It will take some time for them to play as well as juniors out of the Australian teams will, that have had a solid foundation over the past few years.
Expecting our juniors to perform like Brisbanes juniors immediately is just unrealistic in my opinion.
Having these reserve grade teams throughout all age grades will bear fruit, but not for a wee while.