Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:09 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The issue for me is, did the schools develop these players or were they developed at a club and just happened to be at this school.
Rob Burrow as an example......when i was there Wilfs was a Rugby Union School. Has it changed or did he just learn his RL at an amateur club?

i would say that the biggest majority learn their trade with their amateure sides but it can only help their development playing for the school side.

for example at cas high yr7 they had over 50 kids apply for the schools rugby side this year.they were eventually put into two squads of 20 basically a first and second team, the first team is made up of 10 cas panthers players 8 from lock lane 1 from townville and 1 who has never played before,needless to say despite some indifferent performances they have never looked like losing a game and are getting better has a team by the game,the B team have only 3 players that play for cas panthers and 1 from locklane and the rest arnt at any club they have yet to get close to winning a game and are shipping in points galore.it certainly proves that playing club rugby helps although i wouldnt say you should right anyone off.

Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:34 pm  

smoking monkey wrote:

I think Steve Booth (ex Hudds/Leicester Tigers), whose about 4 years older than Burrow and went to St Wilfs, only played union there while learning league at Oulton.

Steve Booth there a blast from the past, Steve started at Travs BTW with my Brother moved to Oulton later i believe and is another Airedaler

Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:36 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I can't give you loads of names but I'd have thought Eastmoor would have churned out a few.

As as been mentioned Alan Hunte played at Eastmoor and Brian McDermott as well, I played there with Jimmy Leatham & Kieran Allen.

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Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:16 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

As as been mentioned Alan Hunte played at Eastmoor and Brian McDermott as well, I played there with Jimmy Leatham & Kieran Allen.

I meant Eastmoor High (as it was) rather than the club.
I know Jim well. Good lad.

Brian was at St. Thomas a Beckett

Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:11 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I meant Eastmoor High (as it was) rather than the club.
I know Jim well. Good lad.

Brian was at St. Thomas a Beckett

Alan went to Eastmoor High - I can't imagine that he didn't play for them.

Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:09 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I meant Eastmoor High (as it was) rather than the club.
I know Jim well. Good lad.

Brian was at St. Thomas a Beckett

D'oh!

Re: Which RL school : Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:35 pm  

The Clan wrote:

I think St Thomas a Becketts is out in front, Outwood (the sixth largest school in the UK) only started concentrating on Rugby League about ten years ago.

Off the top of my head STABs:
David Ward
Paul McDermott
Paul Kelly
Andy Kelly
Neil Kelly
Richard Kelly
Brian McDermott
Kieran Allen
Nick Fozzard

That's certainly not a finite list.
Incidentally, has any other school produced so many top flight coaches/international coaches.

Normanton grammar which is now freeston high

David topliss
Steve Evans
Jason Timmins
Mark Webster
Darren carter
Richard gunn
Richard slater
Martin slater
Dean blankley
Neil Webb
Ben Westwood
Jamie Langley
Ben Cockayne
Oliver Holmes
Jordan Thompson

Super league contracts awarded to
Richard Blakeway
Joe hirst
Tony tonks
Steve Lewis
Adam slater

One to watch Ryan Hampshire at Wigan, 16 and training with the first team with Brett finch as his mentor. Got his head screwed on and is truly a class act.

Sure I'll have missed quite a few off there too

Re: Which RL school : Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:11 am  

Uptoncat wrote:

Normanton grammar which is now freeston high

David topliss
Steve Evans
Jason Timmins
Mark Webster
Darren carter
Richard gunn
Richard slater
Martin slater
Dean blankley
Neil Webb
Ben Westwood
Jamie Langley
Ben Cockayne
Oliver Holmes
Jordan Thompson

Super league contracts awarded to
Richard Blakeway
Joe hirst
Tony tonks
Steve Lewis
Adam slater

One to watch Ryan Hampshire at Wigan, 16 and training with the first team with Brett finch as his mentor. Got his head screwed on and is truly a class act.

Sure I'll have missed quite a few off there too

Ryan aka Rocky has the best attitude I have ever seen in a young player. Will go far if he continues like he currently is.

Re: Which RL school : Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:39 am  

Exactly John. Stays off the sauce and is completely in to his rugby league. Only person I've seen with that same attitude was Jamie Langley, if the bulls hadn't changed his game and used him as a battering ram and tackling machine then I'm pretty certain he could have made the England 13 jumper his own.

Re: Which RL school : Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:06 am  

dont think for one minute that wakefield didnt try to get ryan. Ryan made his own mind up that he wanted to go to wigan and not even speak to any other clubs. i recieved several calls from the club and even had a meeting with jimmy regarding ryan. Since he went to wigan he has been well looked after, coached well and he has been moved in with a family. even though he had made his mind to go to wigan, wakefield rang me with a massive offer no other player got anywhere or club offered.

Dont think im speaking out of turn here but the club has set aside money for junior development and its now a case of winning the kids over and regaining the trust of the public. wakefield will now in the next few years put structures in place to sign top youngsters and eventually faze the overseas players out.

Things are looking up at the club, its up to the coaches and youth development to deliver and im sure you could see many more come from the wakefield area.