And thats why we will continue to be 3rd (at best) behind Aus & NZ.

After a decade of SL and the Salary Cap ,just look at that England Team and compare it to the GB Team of a decade ago.


This competition has been dumbing down for 10 years and only now are people realising it. Look at the 'Bored of SL?' threads popping up on the Saints site.

It's gonna take a mammoth task from the likes of Wigan, Leeds, Saints, the Hull clubs & Wire (and to a lesser extent Wakey with John Kear) over the next five years to rescue this bloody game by nurturing talent through, cause sure as hell the likes of Salford, Huddersfield and Cas ain't going to do it!!

I like him. He has a great turn of pace, good step and has a an eye for the gap.
He needs someone to keep his feet on the ground and not let him believe his own hype. We have seen it happen to good youngsters before.
Hopefully though he will continue improving and within a few years we will actually have someone who can play a good role in the halves against the Aussies.

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.