Jordan Grayston been offered a decent deal down under aswell but the club (WTW) are having further talks with him.

A lot of us pay into club 1873 to keep players like Lillycrop and Grayston Disgraceful not to dual reg Lillycrop

It's a fair point, however we can't sign everyone.
It looks like there will be a lot of players released and do their development in the championship and ch1, under the new system.

That's it, the RFL have created this situation where the club are having to make tough calls about young players futures, the fact of the matter is we can't keep every young lad that's come through the ranks. It's yet to be seen what this will do for the lower league and in turn SL and also whether the players having to move down a division can continue their development and improve more than they would of playing in the reserves every week. Not sure how the club can be blamed for this though, they are purely making decisions on a RL front, where money, squad size and talent are what matters.

The same worries are echoed on the Warrington forum, ironically on a thread about Bobby Goulding Jr coming to us.

The 'Mighty Leeds' also lost their U20's POY to Dewsbury, the next Sir Kevin apparently - cant face their forum to verify, but clubs have to choose which players/positions are most important.
Gotta say IMO that finding halfbacks is more important that finding a forward.

The championship structure could boast some real young talent next season.
Makes for an exciting season and something I think the RFL may have got right for once.

Not true!

We pay into a system that covers the scouting, signing and development of young players at all ages up to Academy, which next year is limited to U19. These players now have to either play in the first team, be on dual reg or be released to pursue other avenues. The former 2 cost money which will come from the first team budget, not from the Academy budget.

We may have different opinions about players, but the club have done nothing wrong and certainly not with the 1873 money.

We have already kept Walshaw, Wildie, Cowling and Trout, with Slater, Fletcher and a couple others targeted. It's a decent return on the investment if they all make it!

Are we keeping Grayston? Wouldn't surprise me I he gets a full time deal this time round

The deal Grayston has on the table from Aus is currently significantly better than the WTW one but WTW are now in talks with him again and should offer a much better deal in my opinion but we cant keep / sign everyone.

The new system is going to make it very difficult to identify, develop and then retain players as part of the current salary cap; it maybe needs some tweeting or even dispensation for players that have come all the way through the system from a young age.
Many young players will hopefully benefit though from playing first team rugby rather than hanging around in the reserve system for too long waiting for a chance.