R.B.A wrote:
Today is the first day that Clubs can officially talk to scholars from other clubs. Don't be surprised if Warrington try to raid you. They are throwing ridiculous money at kids.
Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino wrote:
They always do.
Why bother identifying talent when you can let others do it, nurture it, so you can step in right at the end and steal it away.
tad rhino wrote:
thing is, they poached 2 of our best prospects with stupid 'petrol' money and ruined them.hopfully others have learned there lesson
Warrington have always been stalkers of junior talent at other clubs and have always offered very nice incentives to entice them over there rather than find talent and nurture it
In recent years they have gazumped us with higher offers for Brooke Broughton,Micky Learmonth and Morgan Smith and none of those lasted very long there.
IMO Morgan Smith was a very talented half back whilst at the Rhinos but the Wolves ruined him by trying to turn him into a 9 without any success
The Wolves have recruited Pete Riding over to the club to hopefully improve their identification of junior talent,he was very highly regarded at identifying junior talent whilst at the Cas Tigers before joining them.
He also had spells at both Wakefield and Huddersfield
If all else fails then they are not shy in offering the big money to young kids