A problem with central contracts...

someone correct me if im wrong or educate me otherwise....If the WRU go down the route of central contracts, wont it decrease the selectors flexibility when choosing squads, for example if they are paying a player x amount per year but some youngster is flying for a region arent the WRU more likely to put pressure on the coach to use the established player as its costinng them money?

Only if they are stupid and only focus on the money - of which it could be 2 or 3 players across the whole country who are being superseeded by some youngster ( who you could quickly give a contract to)

yea i was just wondering how they work in that regard

I don't know how Ireland manage central contracts, but in 'English' cricket, players cced tend to get picked as a priority, but that does not seem to preclude unanswerable cases from the county system. The fact is that centrally-contracted players get very little county experience unless they are recovering from injury or just out of form.

I'd love for England to have them so long as the balance of payments to the wage-capped sides is modified to encourage clubs to continue producing English players.