I am a bit concerned that the Kiwis and Aussies will welcome Sam to real International RL. If he can handle it, Sam may come out of the series as, without doubt, the hottest prospect in the game.

Unfair on Cas imo when you consider they've brought through the likes of Shenton, Westwrman and Owen in the last couple of years who all look good long term bets for international caps.

Agree with the rest of the post mind. The game is being run by the teams that bring the least to the table which is mind boggling.

With the smaller teams they have really stepped their game up in my opinion. I like some of the Huddersfield youngsters coming through, they seem to be going well in the first team now, Salford are getting some good players coming through and Wakey and Quins have decent players now too. They're the teams that used to rely on other peoples youth rather than promoting their own.

The only 2 teams that haven't produced a player of note recently are Celtic and Catalans. Catalans don't have an academy so take the good young french lads from other teams and Celtic have a decent academy set up, but only just started really so they've not started to come through yet.