No, Briers.

Do you have a stutter as well as problems with your lugs ?

So when was Tuson, Walker and Cockayne confirmed ???

Yeah it is very important for us, look at Wigan and Leeds for example putting the young lads in and they dont look out of place. I think we do quite well bringing the young lads through, we just need to keep it going and produce more and more.

Agreed, and more of the calibre of Josh Hodgson (still cannot believe we let him go!) and Scott Taylor, Ben Crooks etc.

The ultimate aim has to be building the team around players from the academy rather than antipodeans, not sure how long it will be before that is realistic or maybe forced on us if the salary cap in oz keeps going up. Maybe wouldnt be a bad thing, invest the money which is spent on quota players on the youth systems. The you run into the next problem- keeping hold of the players you bring through. Taylor to Wigan, Beaumont who hasnt even been overly impressive to saints and already rumours of their interest in Cox too.

If we had the answer to that one we would both be rich.

I think things are improving for both teams, youth wise. Think both clubs will lose a few more in the next 2/3 years, but hopefully after that we can start to see more staying, and a spirit being built around the clubs.

Personally I am still annoyed about Tom Briscoe but what can you do. Ultimately not a lot

Well we need more recruitment for next year and im hoping that Langley/J Walker and Tuson plus Benny C will add to our already done 3 overseas.

If all come off of which 3 are very close if not done.
My 17 would look like this:

Eden
Hall
Salter
Gleeson/Welham
Cockayne
Burns
Keating
Weyman
Hodgson
Walker A
Costigan
Tuson
Langley

Rep:
Cox
Walker J
Lovegrove
Carlile

If we get the players in that it looks like we might Costigan, Weyman, Keating, Langley, Tuson, Walker J, and Cockayne it will surely lead to us being a different animal from 2013.
I can see us being a lot tougher defensively as the players listed are better in that regard to the players leaving.
We will lose a fair bit of flair but it could be argued we were too 'free' in that regard anyway.
I just hope we haven't put a squad together that is going to go to far the other way.
I guess only time will tell.

I thought Tuson had signed for Wakey?

He's been given the opportunity to back out since Wakey have looked like potentially going down the shizzer.

I see. he'd be a good signing. I don't think Wigan particularly want him to leave.