Quote: Rogues Gallery "We'll be o.k.
Example. We'll have eleven or twelve academy produced players in the side tonight and not one of them is yet 30.'"
That's the level that all clubs should be aiming at. Unfortunately it would appear that is not going to be the case as the investment in developing young players across the game is going to be allowed to drop alarmingly.
The game should be aiming at forcing clubs to match the money that Wigan expend on youth development and talent spotting. It is what Warrington has made a conscious effort to do in recent years and even we have managed excess of ten academy products in our 17 at stages this year.
Let's hope that the changes that are imposed do not prohibit clubs from spending money in youth development. If Wigan take the "I'm alright Jack" view because of the strength in the local amateur scene and subsequently side with the penny-pinchers from Yorkshire I think that will prove to be an insular view to take with consequences for the strength of the game overall moving forward.