: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:30 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Which junior club did he play for?

Ugly Fookers RLFC.

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:31 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Which junior club did he play for?

signed for Saints academy as a 15 year old.

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:35 pm  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

signed for Saints academy as a 15 year old.

From?

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:38 pm  

...and Graham.


and Clough and Roby on the bench.

5 out of 17 coming through the academy into a succesful team - something Wigan can only dream of.

Your right mate how can i argue, in nearly ten years of winning everything, your great academy has produced about 4 regular internationals. And im being kind in counting cunningham there If only the rest of us could keep up!

No club has produced (and wasted in my opinon) more youngsters than wigan so dont come the big one pretending your the only ones who can bring kids through

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:39 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

From?

Blackbrook ??

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:40 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

From?

does it matter?

at what age are you drawing the line of when a player is "local" or not? do they have to have been conceived, born and brought up within a drop goals length from the stadium?

he has played for Saints at all levels since he was 15 years old - he is a product of the Saints academy and is rightly classed as "local".

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:43 pm  

Sharpy_4a wrote:

Your right mate how can i argue, in nearly ten years of winning everything, your great academy has produced about 4 regular internationals. And im being kind in counting cunningham there If only the rest of us could keep up!

No club has produced (and wasted in my opinon) more youngsters than wigan so dont come the big one pretending your the only ones who can bring kids through

how many internationals has the Wigan academy produced in that same timeframe? Hock.....O'Loughlin......Long.......????

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:46 pm  

twosevenzero wrote:

Blackbrook ??

Thatto Heath Crusaders formerly known St Helens Crusaders..Dirty bar stewards.

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:48 pm  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

how many internationals has the Wigan academy produced in that same timeframe? Hock.....O'Loughlin......Long.......????

....Wild, Gilmour, Johnson.

: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:49 pm  

how many internationals has the Wigan academy produced in that same timeframe? Hock.....O'Loughlin......Long.......????

Add to that list hanson, ocarroll, prescott, briscoe, wild, hodgeson (at a push) gilmore (came through the 21's) i could probably go on but i cant remember anymore sorry.

You can keep long though as i think it was over a decade ago since he was at wigan but if not we will have him in too