Re: Reserves : Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:25 pm  

HU8HFC wrote:

Harman, Armstrong, Hodgson and potentially Wainhouse are the four I can think of.

Think those 4 are definitely, maybe Moy and Medforth too.

Year after will be Charles, Dawson and Hutchison.

Always one or two surprises too.

Re: Reserves : Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:46 pm  

Isn't Wainhouse 17? Might be a bit young for a prop.

Hodgeson is 18 but I think he could still play academy next year. I'm not certain how that works.

Re: Reserves : Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:02 pm  

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/09/ ... and-final/ Looks like Wigan got a bit giddy on the old interchanges

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/09/ ... and-final/ Looks like Wigan got a bit giddy on the old interchanges

Re: Reserves : Fri Sep 22, 2023 1:52 pm  

mwindass wrote:

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/09/22/rfl-statement-academy-grand-final/

Looks like Wigan got a bit giddy on the old interchanges

Four over the the eight. Most of us have made that mistake.

Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:18 am  

One positive story today !!! Our Academy has just been graded Outstanding by the RFL .

Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:46 pm  

B0NES wrote:

One positive story today !!! Our Academy has just been graded Outstanding by the RFL .

It's very good news though the proof is of course in the pudding and the quality of talent that establishes itself in the first team.

Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:33 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Think those 4 are definitely, maybe Moy and Medforth too.

Year after will be Charles, Dawson and Hutchison.

Always one or two surprises too.

Pretty good guess, between us mamaged to name 7/8 with the suprise player being Bursell.

Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:39 pm  

One thing I like is that 6/8 are pivot players, if we can start to fill the most important positions with local players (like Saints) who have had 1, 6,7, 9 and 13 with ex academy players then we can use our quota spots very wisely l.

Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:52 pm  

With the news that another Div 1 team has gone out of business i would have thought instead of trying to think of a way to keep Div 1 running that S/L clubs who want to have a meaningful Reserve grade weekly fixture list enter a team for 2024 in div 1.
Seems that there are only six or seven teams including ourselves capable of or wanting to produce a decent reserve side so it would be beneficial to both the S/L clubs and to the RFL as it gives then a lot more time to think about what to do with Div 1
I am certain that S/L clubs who opted for this could fulfill the scheduled so called reserve fixtures with academy players given the games this season seemed to be every two weeks or even cancelled.

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Re: Reserves : Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:18 pm  

bonaire wrote:

With the news that another Div 1 team has gone out of business i would have thought instead of trying to think of a way to keep Div 1 running that S/L clubs who want to have a meaningful Reserve grade weekly fixture list enter a team for 2024 in div 1.
Seems that there are only six or seven teams including ourselves capable of or wanting to produce a decent reserve side so it would be beneficial to both the S/L clubs and to the RFL as it gives then a lot more time to think about what to do with Div 1
I am certain that S/L clubs who opted for this could fulfill the scheduled so called reserve fixtures with academy players given the games this season seemed to be every two weeks or even cancelled.

Not a bad shout that to be honest, as the RFL really need to come up with something better in terms of the reserve league as having some teams cancel shouldn’t be acceptable.