pyeman wrote:
What english players are first choice at hull kr then?
First choice? Matter of opinion I suppose.
But in our final regular season game of 2011 against...Castleford.......the Hull KR team featured 9 English born players.
In season 2012 HullKR will have 32 full time players 27 of whom are eligible to play for England.
One who isn't will be Con Mika.......but who knows if he stays with us for 2 years 9 months maybe he'll be in the England frame too just like someone else we know.
Look I'm not having a go at anyone here but don't you think that if you have an issue it is with the RFL ? If they are going to let players represent England after 2 years 9 months then they can hardly object to the same players being in Super League.
Basically Hull KR have a mix of Hull born players (17 of them in 2012) and overseas born players. We don't have many West Yorks or Lancs players but so what? There's plenty of clubs in those parts for those players to choose from.
I can promise you that the Hull KR youth system is starting to produce a whole load of fantastic young players. We started from scratch 5 years ago, loads of time effort and money has been pumped into it and it is now starting to bear fruit.
Prior to that we had no chance whatsoever. We had been in the lower leagues for over a decade so guess where the best local youngsters went to even Hull KR fans like Richard Horne & Paul Cooke?
No more though. Look we all admire the youth production system at Cas and it is something we aspire to. Rome wasn't built in a day but in the meantime we wanted to establish ourselves in Super League and we have done.
Good luck for 2012 you have a good coach in Ian Millward and I'm sure you'll do OK.
