WOLVESWarrington Wolves swoop to sign captain of Super League rivals

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widdenoldboy
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Re: WOLVESWarrington Wolves swoop to sign captain of Super League rivals

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Barney841 wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 4:00 pm
widdenoldboy wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 1:29 pm
Superb Chops wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 12:54 pm

Which - checks calculator - means more than half of Wigan’s first team squad have seemingly come from other clubs.

All clubs target others’ players. If Warrington are vultures, RL must be a flock.
Add in quota players, those places are open to all clubs.
Who cares!!!
I just wanna see my team win.
:lol:
Ipinwigan
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Re: WOLVESWarrington Wolves swoop to sign captain of Super League rivals

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Barney841 wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 4:00 pm
widdenoldboy wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 1:29 pm
Superb Chops wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 12:54 pm

Which - checks calculator - means more than half of Wigan’s first team squad have seemingly come from other clubs.

All clubs target others’ players. If Warrington are vultures, RL must be a flock.
Add in quota players, those places are open to all clubs.
Who cares!!!
I just wanna see my team win.
Problem with that is you end up with a team full of non-Brits (journeymen), who have no real loyalty to a club, like football.
You need homegrown players to provide the true passion to play for their hometown club.
Barney841
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Re: WOLVESWarrington Wolves swoop to sign captain of Super League rivals

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Ipinwigan wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 7:23 am
Barney841 wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 4:00 pm
widdenoldboy wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 1:29 pm

Add in quota players, those places are open to all clubs.
Who cares!!!
I just wanna see my team win.
Problem with that is you end up with a team full of non-Brits (journeymen), who have no real loyalty to a club, like football.
You need homegrown players to provide the true passion to play for their hometown club.
That can’t happen with an overseas quota.
It’s good to have homegrown players in the team but you can’t always produce them.
widdenoldboy
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Re: WOLVESWarrington Wolves swoop to sign captain of Super League rivals

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Barney841 wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 8:04 pm
Ipinwigan wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 7:23 am
Barney841 wrote: Tue May 28, 2024 4:00 pm
Who cares!!!
I just wanna see my team win.
Problem with that is you end up with a team full of non-Brits (journeymen), who have no real loyalty to a club, like football.
You need homegrown players to provide the true passion to play for their hometown club.
That can’t happen with an overseas quota.
It’s good to have homegrown players in the team but you can’t always produce them.
Bang on.

A quick look at Wigan's squad for Wire and the player's origins (too lazy to do this for any other club):

1 Jai Field Quota
2 Adam Keighran Quota
4 Jake Wardle bought in
5 Liam Marshall home grown
6 Bevan French Quota
7 Harry Smith home grown
8 Ethan Havard home grown
9 Brad O’Neill home grown
10 Liam Byrne home grown
13 Kaide Ellis Quota
14 Mike Cooper bought in
15 Patrick Mago Quota
17 Kruise Leeming bought in
19 Tyler Dupree bought in
20 Harvie Hill home grown
21 Junior Nsemba home grown
22 Sam Walters bought in
23 Ryan Hampshire home grown
26 Zach Eckersley home grown
28 Jacob Douglas home grown
30 Jack Farrimond home grown
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