[tb]

Youth development : Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:44 pm  

Shamelessly nicked from a thread on the VT

According to RFL figures on 'club trained' players (apparently), defining club trained as players on the club's register who were trained by the club for three years before before reaching 21.

Saints 14
Leeds 13
Hull with 13
Wigan have 11
Bradford 10
Warrington 10
Castleford 7
Catalans 6
Quins 5
Wakefield 5
Salford 5
Huddersfield 4
Hull KR 1
Celtic 0

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:53 pm  

great stuff to see quins n catalans where they are - very das for hull kr and hudds - could even say wakey!

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:09 pm  

But for relegation twice, I dare say we'd have more home grown within our ranks.........

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:18 pm  

well if you think about it.....no relegation, we would probably still have

A Lynch
W Godwin
T Saxton??

and maybe a few others

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:35 pm  

Danny Orr is one off top of my head too

[tb]

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:38 pm  

Rave-on wrote:

Danny Orr is one off top of my head too

Though tbf he left for the lure of a GB shirt at W*gan (Ha!) long before our first relegation.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:54 pm  

well you could be right, im gunna look that up, but i was sure he played in 2004, but i may be wrong

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:57 pm  

yes your right lol

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:25 pm  

BFB wrote:

But for relegation twice, I dare say we'd have more home grown within our ranks.........

Or maybe not

You might not have ' blooded ' some of your youngsters if you had not been relegated

Plus when Westerman or one of the others jumps ship to a ' big ' club I'm sure you will all be very happy for him

Re: Youth development : Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:47 am  

tb wrote:

Shamelessly nicked from a thread on the VT

According to RFL figures on 'club trained' players (apparently), defining club trained as players on the club's register who were trained by the club for three years before before reaching 21.

Saints 14
Leeds 13
Hull with 13
Wigan have 11
Bradford 10
Warrington 10
Castleford 7
Catalans 6
Quins 5
Wakefield 5
Salford 5
Huddersfield 4
Hull KR 1
Celtic 0

This is in our 25, we actually have 12 in our full first team squad.