I'm Sure followers of the Wigan Kids were just as, if not more dissmayed when Scott Leatherbarrow came to Warrington......

I remember one of the Vice presidents crowing over his capture saying he was going to be the next big thing.....

I doubt Wigan give a toss now they have Sam Tomkins.

we cant afford to cry over young boys leaving the club yes its a bit odd given Bastian being incharge, but maybe it says something about their character anyway......

we can attract Matt King, Andrew johns, Alan Langer,...etc etc ,this club isnt exactly a lepper colony.

Whats happened to Leatherbarrow now, not heard anything of him this year?

Wheres the Dougie bit from? Isnt his name Lewis?

Fantastic player anyway, Big loss for you guys. Ive covered alot of his big games this year, NWC, Cup and League and also national Cup and SA to boot. He stood out in every game. Man of the Match in both National and NWC cup Finals

What amateur club was Leatherbarrow at ? What's his favoured position ?

St pats....

he was also an England youth player and on Wigans Scholarship

He's a half back played in the Christmas Friendly I believe.....

Wigan St. Patricks - scrum half

Always thought Scott was going to turn into a decent SL player having watched him for a while at youth level and was gutted when he left for Warrington. But he looked very out of his depth in the pre-season friendly against us at the start of the year and a long way from first team standard - at the minute I think we may have got the better deal when Joe Mellor came to us at the same time.

Scott Wheelbarrow, the thirteen stone former Wigan St Patricks amateur.

He wouldn't be thirteen stone in a deep sea diving suit!

here here well said tache.

Only a year ago, those involved in the day to day running of the club wanted to shorten a service area game by a singificant amount because the game was over running. Considering the importance these games have i was very surprised.

Still some will stay, some will go, whilst some will come here instead

Talk about telling only half the story

btw dougie aka lewis charnock is only 14 so could you all just give him a break and let him enjoy playing rugby...if he makes it,he does...if he doesnt make t,so what.let the kid enjoy playing the game!!!!!

And the reason they were not allowed to play at Wilderspool this year?..

Well said. Although if I was 14 and happened upon this thread I'd be made up it had reached 4 pages.

Hopefully these will be the last promising youngsters to leave Wire like this, if we can get our Academy system in the right shape.