Has signed for Wigan, Callum wright and Matty woods have both signed for Saints. John bastion shell shocked and dismayed when he heard.

All rather suprising, I take it by signed you mean onto Scholorship with those clubs.

All 3 where offered scholorship by Warrington I beleive.

Fallout of how the system has been run in the past maybe?

Yes Geordie, alot have not been happy when on Warringtons scholorship..something wrong somewhere. The club have called a meeting tonight to discusse what has gone wrong.

Were these lads good prospects?

Good enough for Wigan and Saints, I guess.

Feck

is there an article on any of the websites about these players signing for different scholarships? i think that past signings hav shown that something is going wrong on the club. e.g. Kallum Watkins now more or less established in leeds 1st team wasnt even on the scholarship at warrington and joe mellor left warrington for wigan.

Kallum Watkins is from Salford I believe. Joe Mellor came to Wigan and Scott Leatherbarrow went to Warrington.

How old are they?

Kallum is from Manchester but played in Warrington for Latchford though gutted about this its clear something in the system is not right.

Quote: Wire_85 "Kallum is from Manchester but played in Warrington for Latchford though gutted about this its clear something in the system is not right.'" Hence the employment of John Bastian. If we could demonstrate there is a career path for local juniors into the first team, just that little bit more, ie; the numbers that Leeds and Saints have, I believe it would make the decision for any local players. This is where Squadbuilder comes in, have a look: www.squadbuilder.co.uk It is the exact kind of thing they are trying to promote.

Quote: Wire_85 "Kallum is from Manchester but played in Warrington for Latchford though gutted about this its clear something in the system is not right.'" Hence the employment of John Bastian. If we could demonstrate there is a career path for local juniors into the first team, just that little bit more, ie; the numbers that Leeds and Saints have, I believe it would make the decision for any local players. This is where Squadbuilder comes in, have a look: www.squadbuilder.co.uk It is the exact kind of thing they are trying to promote.

All 3 lads won the National cup last Season with Rylands, all are service area players and all made it through to the South Lancashire squad that played at the weekend.

The under 14s age group (Next seasons u15s) is probably the strongest age group for a while, in terms of Service Area from u13s onwards I dont think they have lost a game.

Interesting that these lads have made the decision that they have, all 3 are real prospects.

Whoops got them mixed up, its Callum that has signed for Wigan, Dougie has signed for Saints.

Why is it such a shock? At this time players are moving around clubs to get the best deals & I have no doubt that the players in question think they are better off moving in the same way that we will be signing players from other scholorships @ other clubs.