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Fraser Coast (players in the dark shorts) will field a reserve grade side in 2014. (File photo)
Image: Patrick Gillett.

Fraser Coast will only field a reserve grade side this season. The club, which plays in the Sunshine Coast, Australia competition, struggled through 2013, even having to forfeit matches.

"If you don't have the class to play A-grade then you can't do it," Mariners coach Sam Potts said. "Trying to facilitate sides for A-grade and reserve grade last year was quite hard and that's why we had to forfeit a few games."

Maleny are the only other club to field a reserve grade senior side. However, they are seen as a developing side.

"[Maleny] had success last year, but they had a very young team and to take them up [to A-Grade] too early could be damaging," Sunshine Coast Rugby Union rugby manager Luke Wyatt said.

Fraser Coast hopes to return to the A-Grade competition in the next couple of years. Until then, only five clubs - namely Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour, Noosa and University - will field A-Grade teams.


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Steele Taylor. "SCRU assessing options after pullouts" — Sunshine Coast Daily, January 24, 2014

Category:Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Category:Sports Category:Oceania

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