I wouldn't expect either of them to still be at Wigan in 12 months time tbh.

Hopefully not as it would mean two more talented young Brits in their place.

Incredible production line at Wigan - what I find so impressive is the number of x-factor players rather than steady pros that the club seems to develop.

I hope Matty Smith stays with us for a long time he is a great player. Could become a club legend in my opinion.

Could well be Hampshire at 1 and Powell at 6, with Williams still in reserve. Logan Tomkins and Lewis Tierney still need to improve but both could well develop in to established players also. It's good that we've got some exciting creative players coming through. We've relied heavily on oversees players, in the halves especially, over the last few years (Lam, Barrett, Leuluai, Tim Smith, Finch, Green) or British players we've bought from other clubs (Orr, Deacon, Smith), with only really Sam Tomkins bucking that trend, so it'll be nice to have some own-grown first choice players pulling the strings.

It's obviously early days but if players like Hampshire, Burgess and Powell kick on then they'll be excellent players, the challenge is then to try and keep them!

Whilst not halfbacks, Radlinski, Newton, Farrell and O'Loughlin all held down key positions for long periods recently. I suspect Luke Robinson would have been on that list also were it not for Pongia-gate

I agree with those, though not sure if you would class them as "X-Factor" players. My point is we have pretty much always had at least a couple of oversees players in the first-choice spine of our team in recent history. It's not necessarily a bad thing, I loved watching Barrett, Lam, Leuluai etc., but we seem to have the players coming through to have a very exciting spine made up of players who have exclusively come through our academy.

Newton came from Leeds, btw.

I was counting Newton as he was a Wiganer. Radlinski and Farrell didn't half rack up a lot of points for players without x-factor! It will be interesting having an all-English spine next season assuming Bowen and Green go. Probably more of an indication of SL clubs ability to attract quality overseas players these days as much as anything.

The plan looks to be to go to-

1-Hampshire
6-Powell
7-Smith
9-McIlorum
13-Lockers

I think that will be the line up as early as next year tbh. That could even be the line up towards the end of this year if Hampshire and Powell keep pushing.

It's exciting to see those options written down. The one downside is you'd like to see that line up build a legacy in one team over a vast number of years but I can't see it being the case as players are moving on at a rapid rate.

We don't produce any do we. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpt4RDbf ... e=youtu.be

We don't produce any do we. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpt4RDbf ... e=youtu.be

i watched a couple of the other videos in the series and they may as well just call it yorkshire super league review.

Also just shows the selfish and backwards attitude for me regarding the salary cap and marquee allowance, the cas chairmen may as well turn round and say we can't afford it so we won't be voting for it. You don't need finance to run amateur clubs just need a lot of community work and clubs can do that at low expense. Also the player agent just seems to be a scout for leeds basically. Im guessing Danny Mcguire made him a shed loads of cash.

Thats just like the stereotypical yorkshireman, Monty Python sketch.. Race to the bottom, the way led by the usual "bottom-feeders" in Yarkshire with absolutely NO ambition...

Ryan Hampshire is the best half back at the club. He has every facet to his game, bar physical size and that is something that will come with time as he matures.
Green and Smith offer frig all IMO!
I am sick of people saying Hampshire is the future full back for us simply because Wane has been giving him game time there.....he is not a full back in any way shape or form. Would you buy a Ferrari and take it on an off road cross country rally?! No you wouldn't, so don't waste a class player at full back.....he is a future International half back mark my words.
Its no coincidence that the only game he played in the halves last year he produced a man of the match performance and was by far the best player on the field, give the lad the ball and he makes things happen and unlike Smith and Green he causes problems for the defensive line when he attacks it. Then when he is off the ball he is the best supporting player I have seen since Rob Burrow at the Whinos, he is guaranteed to score you 30 tries a season at least.

Enjoying half term?

Well never win ANYTHING with green and smith!

Mighty I agree with you 100%.