Very good progress being made, no tranfers yet that ive heard? - I hope we can keep the players coming thru and, the people running it happy too



we will need to replace a few players due to retire in the near future but, we have got some class youngsters coming thru and hopefully the system will mean we won't have to pay thru the nose for players.



COME ON THE WIRE

Didn't Ben Harrison play for England in the Four Nations a couple of years back?

Terry Newton, Paul Wood?

Yes, we've had the odd one come through our Academy that has gone on to play International RL at the highest level. But sally's point remains valid - it is true that we are not producing as many players of that calibre as our rivals do. Further - we aren't producing as many players born in our own town as our rivals are. I may be wrong but I think Harold Palin remains the only Warrington born player to captain us in a major final and is also the last Warrington born player to play top level internationals (both over 50 years ago).

So, back to my original post - get joining WWST (or even better, SqB) and help us help the club improve what it doesn even more. It's clear that there has been great improvement but still great scope for more. But often these improvements cost money and need the local RL community to pull together. Don't we all want this?

Does Bobby Fulton count.

I think the most hopeful we have at the moment is Currie O'brien and dwyer

Got to think this is way off the mark SEB. I can certainly think of Ronnie Duane and Bob Eccles. Did Mark Forster ever play for GB?

Of course, yes, I have missed those, I did say I may be wrong. I'm sat here researching engineering stuff for my MSc and glancing at RL stuff at the same time. Also you have to look at England lists and GB lists so it's not that easy to check. That said - Eccles only got 1 cap and Forster only 2.

Sadly, it's indisputable that as a town we are not (and probably haven't ever) producing enough top level players actually born in the town. It's something I've always wanted to see improve but never found a magic answer to.

Hear Hear - could be 'world class' AND arn't they Warrington born?

btw - This reply was to wolfinwidnes

The magic answer SEB to producing quality Warrington born and bred players lies with our community/amateur clubs ,more help from the professional club maybe making one a feeder club like Wigan do with St Pats and Ince could be the answer we are looking for.

Bobby Fulton