Re: Ryan Hampshire : Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:50 pm
try scorer wrote:
Seeing you know so much avenger ,you'll know that the all conquering side of Trevor bailey ,was made up of going around the district picking all the best players from local clubs much the same way were accusing Wigan and leeds of now , you can't tell me owt about wakefield and district rugby over last 30 yrs I was it
Trevor Baileys team was made up of a few Trinity U17s who moved to play at Narmanton alongside a number of players who came from Half Acre Trinity. The reason for the move to Normanton was the ongoing argument between the RFL and BARLA about who should run U17s Rugby.
After forming a very very formidable team, half of the lads moved into Colts Rugby under Alan Box while the other half transferred from Narmanton to Sharlston along with Bailey and later went on tour in Australia.
The following year the two halves of that Normanton team reformed to become the most successful Youth Rugby team in Wakefields history.
So they weren't players picked from all over, in the majority they came from 2 teams, the former Wakefield Trinity U17s (albeit the U16 lads) and the Half Acre Trinity U15s.
The lads who played in that Colts team came mainly from Lupset, Eastmoor, Kettlethorpe and various parts of Cas, Not outside the District so I see no comparison to what Wigan and Leeds are doing?
However once again you're drifting the argument, this wasn't about previous Youth set ups but about the current one and whether it's good or not!
Spencer - Kettlethorpe
Loxton - Normanton
Wild - Cas
McDermott - Lupset
Heggarty - Eastmoor
Green - Cas
Modules - Cas
Potts - Cas
Conway - Normanton
Craig - Lupset
Stuckey - Cas
McCraw - Flanshaw
Kelly - Lupset
Hepworth - Cas
Rollin - Kettlethorpe
Pollard - Grimethorpe
Pell - Cas
A few others played cameo roles but they too were all Wakefield District lads, isn't that how it should be?