Which is pretty much bang on the money really.

See Leeds vs Castleford a couple of seasons ago. HTH


And wow, a thread of Wigan fans furiously w@nking themselves off. Not seen this before...

Leeds will be the ones who can compete, and it depends on the guidelines - is not amateur, or is it academy? Just off the top of my head and from Leeds area, there are plenty...

Sonny Nickle
James Lowes
Karl Pratt
Gareth Carvell
Richie Mathers
Mark Calderwood
Chev Walker
Danny McGuire
Ryan Bailey
Nick Scruton
JJB
Jamie Peacock
Michael Mcillorum
Ryan Hal
Bjb
Carl Abblett
Stevie Ward
Ryan Atkins
Chris Clarkson
Lee Smith

I'm sure there are plenty more, and that's without even starting to name those who played academy but aren't officially from Leeds (Burrow, Sinfield, Diskin, Ward, Watkins etc).... Maybe Clarke was right, or maybe he was talking utter nonsense!

Castleford won at Leeds with 10 first teamers missing?

And wow, Leeds fans getting teary over a thread about Wigan

"My parents come from Warrington and they used to support the Wolves.

As a young lad, I even had a Warrington shirt with Alfie Langer’s name on the back – he was my hero but family loyalties now lie firmly with Wigan." Sam tomkins

Right and?

He was born in Milton Keynes and lived in Chorley before moving to Wigan.

Really struggling to see the point in this post! Woud go as far as to say its the most pointless post on this forum in a while!

What is the point you are trying to make? That Warrington are the reason that tomkins is the player he is? That tomkins is'nt really a Wigan player?

Okay, where in that quote does it say he played for Crossfields. He was born in MK. His parents were Warrington fans. Moved to Chorley when he was young. Play for the panthers. Moved to Wigan at [I believe] u12 and played for Pats from then until he was signed by Wigan.

FWIW the amount of Wigan trained players currently plying their trade in SL is unmatched by any team.

The funniest thing about threads thrown up after last nights team selection is that we have had very little other than praise from Widnes. It's the bitter twisted fans from other clubs who have been chucking vitriol.. Really funny, made my day

To all of the above, my post was in response to the line "Sam is a wigan lad"
Tis a great thread though, watching Wigan fans stroking each others stallions.

Not sure what the criteria is but St Helens and Leeds have actually been winning Grand Finals with teams made up of Academy products for many years. Nice to see Wigan catch up finally. The more the merrier.

Leeds Academy products hold 6 Harry Sunderlands from the GF era if you want quality over quantity.

Us Wiganers can always be assured that the biggest "stallions" will be elsewhere...

Saints winning Grand Finals with academy products haha you've got to be on a wind up

Just thought of a few more Leeds born/amateurs that have played in Grand Finals...

Leroy Rivett
Jason Robinson
Luke Burgess