www.warringtonwolves.org/three-w ... ademy-4739 Congratulations to Ben Currie, James Saltonstall and Micky Learmonth on their selections in the England Academy squad for the game against the Australian Institute of Sport. Ben and James have had fantastic season's for the Under 20s despite their young age; Salty gaining the Squadbuilder Player of the Year Award whilst Ben scored 15 tries in total. Micky joined the Under 18s part way through the season and has had some very good reports. Let's hope that all 3 feature in the final 17 and help England to a win against the AIS

www.warringtonwolves.org/three-w ... ademy-4739 Congratulations to Ben Currie, James Saltonstall and Micky Learmonth on their selections in the England Academy squad for the game against the Australian Institute of Sport. Ben and James have had fantastic season's for the Under 20s despite their young age; Salty gaining the Squadbuilder Player of the Year Award whilst Ben scored 15 tries in total. Micky joined the Under 18s part way through the season and has had some very good reports. Let's hope that all 3 feature in the final 17 and help England to a win against the AIS

well done to the lads hope they make the final 17 and just go out there and do their best, can't ask for anything more. with the set up we now have we are in rude health. think thats an old saying

not bad for a team that cant produce its own youngsters , walter have you got the full squad with respective teams

sorry just seen it on website funny how wigan fans are always banging on about our failure to produce youth yet thay only have 2 players selected for the squad

Ben Currie, from Wigan
James Saltonstall from Halifax
Micky Learmonth from Hunslet.

Only two players in Wire team on Friday who came through your academy.

You have still a way to go but are improving.

But all 3 of those have come through our academy. Or does it only count if they are from the town in which the club are based?

Learmouth (a very promising prop forward) has spent most of his time at Leeds academy (scholarship). He was in the England U16 side that smashed France at Odsal.

Nothing wrong with Wires academy, its the local amateur scene that's the problem. I know warrington have "signed" a youngster 11 or 12 and then promptly sent him to one of the wigan teams. St pats if i recall correctly.

We have some good clubs with people working hard but probably due to the numbers of kids playing we just aren't producing enough quality.

An old coach of mine on his first visit to Oz saw the local penrith amateur set up and was amazed by it.first and foremost its focus is the kids, the open age stuff is the after thought. We have it the wrong way round. Bank quay bulls for example are one of the most successful rugby clubs in the north west how is that helping warrington RLFC. Its not because their priority is open age Rugby,while youth teams are secondary.

Work to do in the town.....

England Academy U17 Squad to face the Australian Institute of Sport

Ben Currie (Warrington Wolves, Golbourne Parkside)

Connor Farrell (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Pats)

Connor Spencer (Bradford Bulls, Hunslet Warriors)

Danny Yates (St Helens, Waterhead)

Dom Speakman (St Helens, Widnes St Maries)

George Williams (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Pats)

Greg Richards (St Helens, Ulverston)

Greg Wilde (St Helens, Golbourne Parkside)

Jack Cockerham (Bradford Bulls, Castleford Lock Lane)

Jack Owens (Widnes Vikings, Farnsworth Hornets)

James Cunningham (Hull FC, East Hull)

James Saltonstall (Warrington Wolves, Siddall)

John Bateman (Bradford Bulls, Dudley Hill)

Jordan Baldwinson (Leeds Rhinos, Hunslet Warriors)

Josh Johnson (Huddersfield Giants, Waterhead and Saddleworth)

Liam McAvoy (Bradford Bulls, Broughton Red Rose)

Mark Percival (St Helens, Halton Hornets)

Mike Learmonth (Warrington Wolves, Hunslet Warriors)

Mike McMeeken (Harlequins RL, West London Sharks)

Sam Doherty (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hunslet Warriors)

Stevie Ward (Leeds Rhinos, Hunslet Warriors)

Saints lead the way as ever.

Ben Currie is from Lowton Rouges which is closer to Warrington than it is Wigan and if we are picking technically Leighs area.

Would of been 4 players if Farrell had got the move he wanted.

Farrell got what he wanted which was to stay at Wigan. If he'd have wanted to leave he would have been let go just as Danny Bridge was.
I'm actually surprised that he has made the England squad, but good luck to him and indeed all of them.
The outstanding player from those that I have seen in that squad is Stevie Ward from Leeds.

I will be there in December to cheer them on regardless of which clubs they come from.

Penrith's youth system always gets hailed as a good model especially because of the numbers of kids involved with it but Penrith Panthers have made the playoffs once in the last seven years...it doesn't always translate through to being successful at first team level.

It's like the famous West Ham boast about producing Ferdinand, Lampard, Cole, Carrick, Defoe and Johnson, half the England team in recent years - it's not made West Ham this formidable club that everybody fears has it....neither have Everton for all their Academy products, Rooney, Jeffers, Dunne, Ball, Osman, Hibbert, McCann etc

Actually Ben is from Golborne not Wigan. And he has played at Golborne Parkside all his youth.