Adam Brook signs a new 2 year deal with Bradford

Yet according to SL backchat only Saints/Leeds/Wigan develop junior talent. Really riled me did that. Bradford are one of best clubs along with Cas for developing their own.

Just curious how many people have you brought through over the past couple of years?
But I do agree they only make out that Wigan/Saints/Leeds bring players through.

Because largely Leeds/Wigan/Saints are the only ones who do. There are huge numbers of players from those three clubs in SL and the lower leagues.

Currently in our squad who has played this year:

James Donaldson
Sam Wood
Danny Addy
Adam O'brien
Nathan Conroy
Sam Bates
Tom Olbison
James Donaldson
Alex Mellor
Oliver Roberts

All the above have come through our academy. Then we have players such as Joe Wardle, Elliot Whitehead, John Bateman who are no longer with the club for obvious reasons.

Yes but how many of those would have made the side if you hadn't been in the e and lost half your team

Well all of them apart from Bates made their debut before this season.

Congratulations. How do it compare to a side of:

Wellens
Makinson Percival Jones Swift
Wheeler Lomax
Richards Roby Thompson
Wilkin Greenwood
Charnock

Which would be my pick for a saints based homegrown team right now? Without wanting to turn this into a ---- measuring contest, saints have 19 home grown listed in their first team squad, who had already made their debut at the beginning of the year - the above is just the pick of them + those playing elsewhere around the world (were a little light on forwards looking at the bigger picture)

I'm sure the same could be done for Wigan and Leeds as well. Saints are 3rd in a three horse race at the moment, youth development wise, but at least were in the race.

Indeed.
At Leeds it would be:
1. Jones-Bishop (or Hardaker if he counts?)
2. Handley (or Jones-Bishop)
3. Watkins
4. Ablett
5. Hall
6. Sinfield
7. McGuire
8. Singleton
9. Burrow
10. Bailey
11. Jones-Buchanan
12. Ward
13. Sutcliffe

We've improved as a sport with regard to academies, and clubs are at least producing players compared to buying imports. But my issue is over the quality of many of these lads and the quality of the academies they are coming through. I'm not sure there is too much "value" being added to a lot of lads in many academies.

Sam Williams to Catalans for the rest of the season... www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/27748148

Sam Williams to Catalans for the rest of the season... www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/27748148

Hows Wilkin homegrown you signed him from us

Classified as homegrown? He was eligible for the u21s for the first 3 years he was at saints, and thus qualifies as homegrown.

If you really don't like it swap Wilkin out for walker and then it's sorted