Leeds seem to miss out on quite a few of their local lads early on but have the status and cash to pull them back once someone else has developed them.

no it was too expensive at the time

What about the other young lad from Saints - Batchelor? Surely a certain someone could put a good word in

'Hey Bruv, get yersen darn Wakey it's mint, the coaching and facilities are second to none...' ?

With how james is treated by cc is he really gonna sell wakey to his bro

Oh...how is he treated?

Well he picks a centre to play in back row before picking james..batch seems to go well but is always dropped at first opportunity

Is he? From memory he seems to have been given quite a lot of opportunities Batchelor, although I personally wouldn't have picked a centre ahead of him on the bench I agree, but maybe he has a niggle? Also it did turn out for the best in the end. Don't see this as a thing to knock Chester with personally, there's enough to go at already without manufacturing more....

CC explained that Joe A was on the bench as he can cover both centre and in the pack, something we've had a problem with when we get a back injured. Tash and Batch have both done time in the centres this season, not ideal, but perhaps you think it is. Who came in when Bill T was injured against Cas? Just a thought.

How many teams have centres on the bench to cover an injury in the centre during the game.if biily hadnt of been so unfortunate joe would of never of came on at centre.im a big fan of joes but i deffo dont think he is a better back rower than batch and my intial comment was that james gets some tough calls no matter how well he is playing when he comes in for injured player as soon as the injured player returns he out again he never gets a consistent chance

But can Batch play centre?

We’ve had injuries to wingers or centres in about 5 games out of 11. When bill got injured and we didn’t have a centre on bench, you’d probably be moaning that CC never learns any lessons!!!