: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:16 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

So why have they not rectified it? These figures are for this year aren't they?

Because clubs can't just magic a bunch of SL standard junior players out of nowhere

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:32 am  

Wes Hooligan wrote:

Because clubs can't just magic a bunch of SL standard junior players out of nowhere

Their academies. Most teams run them. They just have not had the confidence before now to give their players a go because they couldn't afford to risk it, whereas the top teams could.

But they still don't. That's the point.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:54 am  

The Chair Maker wrote:

This is incorrect Kallum Watkins is classed as club trained while there.


A "club trained while there" is a player who has spent a proportion but not all the 3 full seasons with his current club prior to the age of 21.

He will undoubtedly fall into the club trained category in a year or two.
However so will a couple of Saints young players in the squad

So because he is too young to have been at the club 3 years he is not classed? Thats the RFL for you Anyway (acording to his FB) he is 19 next month and as far as I am aware this is his 3rd full season at Leeds (it was his brother Kashley) who was at Warrington) He has never had another pro club as far as I know.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:16 am  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

:lol:

So because he is too young to have been at the club 3 years he is not classed? Thats the RFL for you Anyway (acording to his FB) he is 19 next month and as far as I am aware this is his 3rd full season at Leeds (it was his brother Kashley) who was at Warrington) He has never had another pro club as far as I know.

he's only just turned 17 mate, D.O.B. - 3 December 1991

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:41 am  

MHL wrote:

he's only just turned 17 mate, D.O.B. - 3 December 1991

According to him its 12/3/90. Plus I saw him play as a 16 year old 2 Years ago.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:19 am  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

:lol:

According to him its 12/3/90. Plus I saw him play as a 16 year old 2 Years ago.

depending on where you look, altho most seem to point towards 12th march, rather then 3rd december. either way i think 91 is correct, making him 18 next month

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:12 am  

yes it's disappointing from a Hull KR point of view but given we haven't had the cash to match HFC signing the cream of the Hull jnr crop for 10 years not surprising. Now we are back on even pegging judge us in 3 years. Don't be surprised to see Hull's reducing and HKR's increasing. (Hopefully they will both be increasing though!)

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:21 am  

It's all about ' facilitys '

Nothing to do with getting the best kids to start with

Clubs with good facilitys can make any young kid an international

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:29 am  

Starbug wrote:

It's all about ' facilitys '

Nothing to do with getting the best kids to start with

Clubs with good facilitys can make any young kid an international

yes, yes, its the big bad bigger clubs stealing all the players again

blah blah blah poor old leigh, other clubs being bigger means their small, its not their fault blah blah blah

yes we get it, you feel hard done by nobody cares

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:04 pm  

On the Hull KR issue, some have said they dont develop players because of the threat of relegation in the past , but if thats the case explain Castleford who despite being in a lower division still persisted in developing junior talent.

For me it looks that Hull KR went for the Sh*t or bust approach adopted by Widnes a few years ago, in order to get in SL. It looks like their gamble worked, unlike Widnes.
A lack of any coherant development, combined with a stadium that is clearly sub standard at present in size and facilities, must also mean that Hull KR despite having a large fan base, must be one of the clubs staring down the barrell of demotion in 3 years time.