Castleford and overseas players. : Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:44 pm  

Have we gone down the wrong road trying to win the league with a minimum of overseas players.
Cas are waltzing this league with quite a handful. All these are in today's team.

Webster
Roberts
Monaghan
Moors
Chase
Sene lafao
Millington
Springer

It's a great story to see local lads in the wire team and it's nice that some went to the same school together. ..but Cas are miles in front of us with a whole host of overseas players.
I'm not sure any other side has more overseas players. ...

Roy Asotasi had a lot to answer for I think...

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:13 pm  

Asotasi was from overseas but he was never a player.

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:57 pm  

I don't know...Big Roy certainly played us if nobody else.

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:11 pm  

but with an english coach..

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:28 pm  

Teams continue to buy the Cas players who went to school together, once Cas have made their names.

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:47 am  

Unless clubs bring home grown players up to domestic trophy winning standard the English international game will never improve. No good having a load of overseas players competing to get to Wembley & Old Trafford then expecting the reserves to give the Anzacs a game.

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:02 am  

Maybe we should be looking to sign more Wigan lads because they seem to do alright for Shaun Wane?

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:17 am  

On the other hand, Widnes have 9 overseas born players :
Hanbury
Thompson
Runciman
Ah Van
Manuokafoua
Leuleui
Houston
Heremaia
Cahill

Credit to Castleford's recruitment planning - even when they lose players, they usually come up with top replacements. Not only overseas players either, Their winger and second row plucked from lower leagues.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:41 am  

ninearches wrote:

Unless clubs bring home grown players up to domestic trophy winning standard the English international game will never improve. No good having a load of overseas players competing to get to Wembley & Old Trafford then expecting the reserves to give the Anzacs a game.

Fair comment, but, I'd like us to get our first 'modern era' championship under our belt first, so best men for the job at club level works for me. I had no problem cheering the likes of Hodgson, Hicks, King and the Monaghan's on when they were wearing the P&B or Boyd, Tamati, Jackson before them and their success did help to grow interest in the sport in the town.

Having a host of overseas stars can obviously diminish the opportunities for local lads, but, the local lads shouldn't expect a jersey just because they are local, they need to be good enough and that's the conundrum for the coaching staff

Re: Castleford and overseas players. : Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:48 am  

In recent years it has got harder to sign players from the NRL because of their bigger contract and the falling exchange rate.

But it hasn't created a load of great upcoming British players. All it has meant is that borderline quality players that usually would have ended up down in the Championship are now getting lots of games in Super League.