Kernel wrote:
Wigan replace an overseas player with a young english talent. Shame Warrington and Hull cant follow suit...
hmmmmmm who is this foreign halfback at the wire we have briers, ratchford, myler and o'brien only 1 is over 25
we also have
cooper
harrison
riley
blythe
mcarthy
currie
hill
laithewaite
dwyer
to mention just a few but we also have acadamy products coming through fighting that are on duel registration at the moment.
fair enough we weren't that great at youth 6-10 years ago but we are starting to bear fruit now we have played a few matches with only 1 overseas player in for example against salford our team was
Stefan Ratchford(young english talent), Chris Riley(home grown), Matty Blythe(home grown), Chris Bridge(english), Rhys Evans(home grown), Gareth O'Brien(home grown), Richie Myler(young english talent), Paul Wood(home grown), Micky Higham(english), Chris Hill(young english talent), Trent Waterhouse(overseas), Mike Cooper(homegrown), Ben Harrison(homegrown)
Subs: Adrian Morley(english), Brad Dwyer(homegrown), Tyrone McCarthy(homegrown), David Solomona(exempt)
i make that
9 players that we have produced
15 english
1 overseas
1 exempt