Quote: Paul Youane "It would be even better if the players were from outside of the rugby league heartlands. In effect, whilst admittedly probably exposing the players to better coaches within a better environment, it is not actually expanding the talent base to the game and is just reducing the quality of youth player at the "smaller" Super League clubs (which does then allow the ill-informed to "slag-off" the same clubs for not producing the youngsters that Wigan do and having to sign Wigan's cast-offs).'"
Whilst not disagreeing with what you are saying in it's entirety, two of the Wigan boys are from an area with no Superleague club(s) and the other one was hotly pursued by Warrington (and ather SL Clubs) in as much that a Wire Yorkshire based player actually went to his house to try and persuade the young player to join Warrington.