Quote: rollin thunder "Think that's a half truth, Robinson was and wanted to play in the halves, but Leeds had Stephens and Francis Maloney, so Robinson went for wigan + Leeds had an awfull reputation at the time for lack of youth development.'"
Stephens was regarded as the better half-back by those at Leeds at the time. It was Wigan who saw the potential to convert Robinson to a winger that Leeds hadn't spotted.
Always felt a bit sorry for Gareth. Inadvertently at the centre of the decision not to retain Jason Robinson, and also in the one that ended with Bobbie Goulding getting moved on too IIRC. Neither of which were his fault.