tommy Makinson and Carl Forster where both selected but injured! I dident rate this year U18's.

Tommy Makinson would have been a serious contender for a place if he'd been fit , but have to say the 4 Warrington lads were great

Both Rhys and Ben Evans had stormers and if it hadnt been for that brilliant -and i mean brilliant try by Rhys it would have been a joint man of the match award to them, but Gareth O'Brien was excellent as well and James Laithwaite at 13 had a non stop game.

You'd have to pay credit to the whole English 17 - really hard working performance against a very good Aussie side- to beat them twice is a tremendous effort and their Full back Henare Wells, half back Harry Sieljka and loose forward Paul Carter are lads who You could very well see and hear about in the NRL in years to come.

too many pessimists about after the 4 nations and if this is the future its looking good

Don't suppose any match highlights are online?

Would love to see that try again.

Just checked SLTV, nothing there. Would love to see highlights myself. I'll keep looking and let you know if i find anyting.

Someone on the Leigh forum might have some by end of the week.

Highlights

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I find it slightly puzzling that when four lads from our Academy star in a rare England triumph over the Aussies at youth level the thread struggles to get to two pages yet if a disguntled parent slags the club off because their Johnny has not been offerd a six-figure deal by Warrington we end up in double-figures of pages slagging the club's youth development.

So to even things up: well done James Laithwaite, Gareth O'Brien, Ben Evans and Rhys Evans. You are shining examples of the great work the club is doing in youth development. Well done to all the coaches at Academy and Service Area level who have assisted in making these four and many others the prospects they are.

Good post,
I've seen examples about how excited fans get when their club signs some third rate Aussie/Kiwi and i can't understand the lack of excitement with good youngsters coming through.

Excellent post. In the past the club has been guilty of neglecting its youth set up, but in the past 3-4 years that seems to have been gradually put right. I can remember that thread started by a parent who obviously saw much more in his/her kid than the club did and all the usual 'Club bashers' jumped on the bandwagon as usual. Parents are usually the worst judges of a childs ability. Ican't remember who the kid was. Who signed him and how is he doing?

Add Ryan Shaw to the list as well for making the train on squad.

It is really good to see these young players coming through the academy teams. The academy teams are supported by Squadbuilder, who help to provide the means to assist the youth coaches in their work. We thank all the fans who are members of the Warrington Wolves Supporters' Trust Squadbuilder and would ask fans who are not members to join and help to do more to promote youth develpment at Warrington Wolves.

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