I doubt we need MORE evidence really.

hmm noo, The idea of bringing a player through your academy system makes them your junior.
Where you played amateur rugby at 11 years old makes diddly squat

2/10 very poor efffort, must try harder.

Tigers equiv of Quins? Quins won a premiership in the last few years?

Not taking anything away from Ellis, but...

Only one player per club was to be picked. Captiains and Vice Captains of NZ and Aus were picked automatically.

Therefore:
Marshall who would have been the tigers fan pick was an automatic inclusion
Farah who would have polled second didnt really have a chance as his position hooker was taken by australian vice captain Cameron smith
Ellis is your tigers Bradbury. But I am happy for him to make the squad, bringing more of international feel to the game.

p155 off d ick h ead

If Gareth Ellis is a Cas fan , played at a junior club , was picked by Wakey as a Scholar , academy player and a senior player , then eventually played for Leeds under the stewardship of Tony [ smug ] Smith , then all these will have helped him develop as a player along with his parents , family , fellow players and any coaches he has played under

All these people along with Gareth himself are responsible for his success

To try to pick out any single one is totally stupid , it is a collective of his life so far that has made him the person and the player he is

Well done Gareth

Charming.

thats wakey in SL!

read the thread. wakey fans were claiming him as their own and praising their club

saying hes one of their own is as accurate as saying theyll get a new ground anytime soon

ie its not accurate (some of you guys are too thick to understand irony so ill put in subtitles to help you)

Wakefield fans are well within thier [ VT ] rights to claim Gareth Ellis as a product of thier club

Yes he has had many other influences that has made him the player he is , but he is a product of the Wakefield academy , he played there in his most formative years

its a small part of his career

Nailed it right on the head .
Well done Gaz

Dally. Roosters half, Mitchell Pearce.

Who's he a product of?

Hindy, I was just talking off the top of my head, West Tigers are a mid table club at best and had that one memorable year in 2005 where a lot of things fell their way and they became the most unexpected winners in about 2 life times.
In 10 years they have made the finals just once 2005 where they came 4th.
I agree with the comments you make regarding Ellis selection, it was him Tuiaki or an unknown.