Exactly my thoughts. Wests are the kind of club who need a team in at least Cap 3 or higher. I live in Whitby, played all my junior footy for Wests, but currently play for BNU, and I know quite a few other players in the 'Wests catchment area' who only play for clubs in wellington and the hutt purely due to the lack of depth out this way... I went to BNU in 2004 because:
A: Being a born and bread Wests player, I hated Tawa, so there was no way i was going out there...
B: i knew (at the time) i wouldnt make the Wests Cap Reserve squad, they were a really good squad at the time and already had alot of established players
C: Wests didnt have any other teams to play in outside of the reserves
D: BNU were newly promoted to Cap Prem and Cap Reserve so I went along in hope of some game time... success.
I really hope you guys get put up a few grades, youre far too good to be pissing around in the lower leagues, and theres so much talent out that this way its almost insulting that Wests dont have a 3rd squad higher than Cap 7.
I know for a fact that a few dudes out this way are following you guys fairly closely in hope of playing for you in the near future and boosting the rep out this way.
Pretzel and myself might lose our positions if more people come back