What has that got to do with Wigan scouts watching other teams?

Lads leave clubs all the time for many different reasons and not because they've been told that thet have to play for either IRB or Pats to be picked up.

In the current under 15's Wigan squad there's 3 players who play for Shevy, 1 whose the current captain of Wigan and 1 who made the England Youth squad. How many Pats players?...none!

Kinda blows your argument out of the water!

In a roundabout way, you've answered your own question there.

Clearly this is a concept you're not unfamiliar with.

As to the rest, maybe NWC have finally grown a pair.

Also, a scrum half from Shevington 15s is on the St Helen's scholarship.
If your good enough, you will be spotted.

Yeah, there are quite a few lads who make it to Saints, Wire, Salford etc from the likes of Orrel, Judes, Shevy. But that only underlines the original point.

Also quite a few who originally get picked up from the likes off Judes, orrell and Shevington at Wigan, don't make out that the Wigan scouts only pick up players from IRB and Pats because you know that isn't the case.

Okay. (Psst ... there goes that flying pig again).

Seriously though, if super-team building has now become a thing of the past at junior level, I'll be delighted.

I'll be watching my grandson play this weekend. Be interesting to see if those involved can confirm what you say.

At the end off the day if the Wigan scouts pick up the correct players, which by the looks off the 16s,18s and 20s results, they do. Then it is irrelevant where the players come from.

Totally. Who cares if they're not as good as they could be because they've spent the most important part of their development years participating in an annual two-horse race rather than a competitive league in which the talent is spread around thus testing them hard each week? Regular 50-0 victories are great for the spirit (if not the ability). I mean it's not like they'd ever get beaten by the French.

But as I say ... I'll check your facts with others over the weekend. Be great news if those bad habits have genuinely been dispensed with. Now, we're getting OT and anyway, I'm off to the match.

Again, I go back to results against other super league teams in 16s, 18's and 20's. If as you say Wigan scouts aren't doing there job looking at other players then they can't be doing too bad comparing them to the other scouts off super league. As we are either up there with the best or the best in each individual age group.

I know even less about Burns than Green! I did wonder myself if HKR have pulled a fast one here but as you say only time will tell. Given what your fans say about Green I am more concerned about Smith replacing Tommy than Green replacing Finch.

Blake Green is a class player who was absolutely fantastic for us in the first year he was at KR, BUT

This season he's only played 9/10 matches and hasn't looked a patch on the player he was last year, perhaps being in and out of the side with injuries all year has knocked his form/confidence?

Considering at KR pretty much everything goes through Dobson in attack anyway, i'm happy to let him go to Wigan for 100k especially as we've already got his replacement signed up on a 3 year deal.

This was a GREAT deal for rovers IMO and not bad for Wigan, assuming you can get/keep him fit and on the pitch. When he's on form he really is a cracking player.