Why does the town of Warrington not produce any RL talent?

[cpwigan]

http://www.warringtonwolves.org/wolves- ... alent-3971

[exile in Tiger country]

because scousers all want to play wendy ball.

[Kittwazzer]

They've signed a few local lads from the junior clubs,Ben & Rhys Evans, Keith Holden, Ryan Duffy, Brad Brennan, Bradley Dwyer, Posh Josh are the ones that spring immediately to mind. Fair question though. They don't seem to have Wigan or Saints inclination to work these lads into the first team, rather preferring to splash the cash on 'big names'.

Even Richie Myler, the big name 'junior' they splashed out on doesn't seem to be a given for a first team spot when it comes to the big games!

[cpwigan]

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wol ... elections/

The Evans are Welsh,
Ben Currie is a Wigan Scholarship / Wigan Junior,
Bobby Goulding is a Widnes Junior,
Gene Ormsby is a product of Oldham St Annes
and
Ryan Shaw is a Cumbrian.

[cpwigan]

Personally, I think the incentives / disincentives for 'heartland' clubs not producing players from their own SA should be far more important. As it stands, clubs can simply 'create' home grown players by signing them at 16-18 and magically they become products of club X.

I think as an incentive; a player from a heartland club's SA should incur a free from the salary cap % of their salary as an incentive to clubs in the heartland to develop their own SA players. As a disincentive; heartland clubs signing players from outside their own SA should have to pay a 'proper' not token amount to the SA / Amateur Club that they came from. Cumbria should receive far more for their effort. Likewise Oldham. Cumbria / Oldham wherever can then use that money to reinvest and make the sport of RL even more popular / better in those areas and RL as a whole WINS.

[eccywarrior]

tomkins are from warrington

[cpwigan]

tomkins are from warrington

Milton Keynes IIRC and the time they spent in Warrington was miniscule.

Coached / developed by Chorley Panthers / Wigan St Pats and Wigan & Leigh SA. Wigan RLFC Scholarship. Educated St John Fisher / Standish Community High School

[cpwigan]

Very true Morph but do they actually identify with RL? or are many people from Warrington more interested in football. If so as a heartland area, Warrington is not offering RL very much. Little.

[jobo]

At least they've got a statue of Brian Bevan. Like to see something similar in Wigan.

[No straw damn us]

Personally, I think the incentives / disincentives for 'heartland' clubs not producing players from their own SA should be far more important. As it stands, clubs can simply 'create' home grown players by signing them at 16-18 and magically they become products of club X.

I think as an incentive; a player from a heartland club's SA should incur a free from the salary cap % of their salary as an incentive to clubs in the heartland to develop their own SA players. As a disincentive; heartland clubs signing players from outside their own SA should have to pay a 'proper' not token amount to the SA / Amateur Club that they came from. Cumbria should receive far more for their effort. Likewise Oldham. Cumbria / Oldham wherever can then use that money to reinvest and make the sport of RL even more popular / better in those areas and RL as a whole WINS.

Spot on, you've been listening to Rogues Gallery off RL fans He's been going on about this for years.