England youth team : Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:13 pm  

Squad been announced and only Lewis Charnock from Saints makes the squad. 8 players from Wigan as the England team is coached by Wigan coach John Winder. The players picked are not the best in the country. Theyre the players picked from a biased panel.

Re: England youth team : Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:52 pm  

Turget has been outstanding for Hull and he's only 17. Baldwinson is a superb player, Hampshire, Williams and Burgess are the best in their positions. I suspect if Savelio and Percival had been fit they would have been included. The only glaring omission is Liam Sutcliffe but that may be at Leeds request due to the number of first team games that he has played.

Oliver Gildart is a class centre even at seventeen years of age, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him get a couple of games in the first team next year.

Re: England youth team : Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:44 pm  

Club of the year.

Re: England youth team : Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:45 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Club of the year.

??

Re: England youth team : Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:50 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

??

Not aimed at you Sir, it was tongue in cheek toward those who suggested our youth system was the reason we got Club of the Year this year.

Re: England youth team : Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:51 am  

I would assume Luke Thompson is also injured, he would have been a certainty and possibly Greg Richards.

Re: England youth team : Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:58 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Club of the year.

TROLL OF THE YEAR!

Re: England youth team : Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:59 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Not aimed at you Sir, it was tongue in cheek toward those who suggested our youth system was the reason we got Club of the Year this year.

SICK TO DEATH OF YOU TROLL NUMPTIE, JUST DO ONE!

Re: England youth team : Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:47 am  

Wigan have been the best 19's team in the league this season and these 8 have earned their call ups in my opinion.
They were all in the squad for the game in La Reole where they won their game by a big scoreline.
Thompson and Sutcliffe were both in that squad and would have been in this if available I assume.
Is Percival still under 18's this season?

Re: England youth team : Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:03 pm  

THELAST3YARDS wrote:

Wigan have been the best 19's team in the league this season and these 8 have earned their call ups in my opinion.
They were all in the squad for the game in La Reole where they won their game by a big scoreline.
Thompson and Sutcliffe were both in that squad and would have been in this if available I assume.
Is Percival still under 18's this season?

I agree with this. Wigan coach or not, it's pretty obvious Wigan have good youngsters.

Saddened, we have produced good quality youth this season. The likes of swift, Thompson, Percival, Walker, Greenwood (sure I'm forgetting someone) have all came through or developed as better players this year.