Difficult to determine the validity of any rumour of this nature but doesn't it get tiring hearing the words 'Warrington' and 'silly money' mentioned alongside another team's player.

Where's the incentive for clubs to develop young talent if this is their fate? Fine, Warrington have got money and it's their prerogative to spend it but what does the RFL intend to do to help protect clubs' investment in youth? When careers are so short and pay packets not as fat as in other sports, who can blame players for chasing the buck when they can get it? It must be very tempting.

I'm not saying I have the answers but it would be more encouraging if the moneyed clubs weren't able to run roughshod over the rest. We're a long way off a genuinely competitive and don't seem to be getting any closer the more we progress.

I agree, he is already contracted, but he seems to want to be here so an upgrade andf extension could be offered well before the end of his current deal. We've just announced Whitehead, so it looks like we could have a group of Bradford developed youngsters signed up for the next few years that could form a core of the team similar to how Leeds have done it. Whitehead, Bateman, Addy, Olbison, Crookes, Kopczak, Burgess.

Looks promising to me.

This Bateman to Warrington rumour sounds like a recycled version of what was going around when he signed for us in the first place when he was offered a massive signing on fee and a motor IIRC (he'd even have been too young to drive it!).

As it was he took less to go to his hometown club and and the club he supports. I suspect if we look after him (and I've no reason to suspect we aren't) he'll follow Whitehead's lead and stay.

I thought that was implied in Whitehead's words in the T&A article.

Hope he stays with the Bulls. Clubs have really changed their views with respect to young British players, and its good to see. In the end its the only way to build a side nowadays. The reduction in quick fix Aussies of any quality is clearly impacting right across the league.