yeah he sure was, warrington let him go and saints snapped him up at 17 im sure he made his debut for the first team the same year they signed him

wigan have poached some too

No wonder you rely upon signing upon signing overseas/other teams players. Cant bring your own through the ranks.

Because the OP is a Saint Fan

2 of the lads and their families are Saints fans, the others are avid Warrington fans.

I think you've made this one up. If Cunningham had been on Warrington's books it would have been brought up over and over again with Saints fans laughing at us for years. He would have been in the youth team at the same time Harris and Scully were coming through.

I thought Cunningham was picked up from his junior club by Paul Wellens' Dad who was a scout for Saints at the time. Never heard of him being on the books of any other club.

This is what usually happens with these threads. It's disillusioned kids who got released and either them or their mates or families come on complaining about Warrington's youth system. We have been hearing it for years. There's seven Challenge Cup medals in the hands of lads who have come through Warrington's academy, which is more than there are in the hands of lads from Wigan or Leeds.

Well, he's been playing in the first team for weeks and has been making encouraging progress. But he's buggered it up by going off to Cas. That will either make or break him I should think!

Andy Dixon is a gem. Wire let a very good one go there.

Thing is, Warrington and Sintellins are only six miles apart. If one club isn't providing the opportunity at that time for a particular kid then it's really very easy for them to just look up the road and see an alternative if it's available to them. Most of the kids disappear into the ether anyway from what I can see.

the question is how are warrington letting them slip away?

is it just poor foresight by Warrington Scouts?

Is it stubborn players, who value something that Warrington can't (or more likely won't) give them (money etc)?

Something else or a mix?

Is there a problem at all?

Thats not the case this time, Warrington had these lads on Scholorship and they had been offered a place for next season but have chosen to go to Saints instead.

What lads have we got on the Warrington scholarship that have a good chance of breaking into the first team in years to come?

I can't blame them. If I was their shoes I would find it hard to turn down an offer to join the most successful side in the Super League era. Plus with their new stadium on the way they could always trot out "I've joined St Helens as they are a club on the up and going places".

Signing other teams' players? Ye gods, whatever next...?