not buying into all this coach costing a player his place in the england side. A coach's job is to pick a team that he thinks will win his club the match, the coach's wont be giving a seconds thought about international games, and rightly so. If the player is good enough the national coach will spot his talents and pick him, thats his job after all. just sayin like

Just remind me again how many ex Wire academy players Tony Smith selected in the last Wire game of the season v Leeds.

Dunno, a few? What's your point? That Wigan have produced more players for their 1st team through their academy? Well spotted.

Doesn't make the point about Fadge's recruitment policy any less valid.

Come on Rogues, even you'll be the first to admit our academy is still several years behind Wigan.

An academy doesn't happen overnight, we are planting the seeds and reaping the rewards slowly at the moment. Cooper holding down a jersey over international Ben Harrison for example, Chris Riley regaining his spot on the wing forcing arguably the best English centre Chris Bridge to the backrow is another. AND an U20's GF this year shows clear improvement.

We're not too far behind and with the likes of O'Brien, the Evans bros, Dwyer, Laithwaite, Mendieka et al... And don't forget we don't have the talent pool available to the likes of Wigan & Saints either. As foremost this town is somehow dominated by a football presence even though the football team is barely known nationally, so we will still have to poach from other clubs, Danny Bridge & Ben Hellewell just to name 2. We are setting the foundations to build upon, hopefully we are ready when the big names start to leave over the next 3 years.

The future is bright for Warrington RL.

I'm taking that reply as you being in agreement with me.

Come on Rogues, that's the sort of answer a squirming politician would give. Most of us acknowledge that Wigan produce by far the most young players in the game and we're a long way behind (but catching up rapidly). Answer the question.