I cannot believe that we can't produce a talented hooker from our academy. Over the years, that was a position our city excelled in producing, Flash Flanagan, & David Watkinson (York I think) spring to mind even relatively recently, when you recall the likes of Lee Jackson, Josh Hodgson (albeit a fledgling with us), Danny Houghton and now Jez Litten . Shame we let Mikey Lewis go to Rovers, I think he'd make a great nine, in the great Rob Borrows mould. RL is really struggling for quality at present, across the board. I watched Wigan v Leeds and, while it was entertaining, the actual standard of rugby was really poor. There seems to be a shrinking talent pool and we need to consider the Championship as an option for developing some talent. There are players there, some will be good enough and our scouts need to be scouring that league, and the amateur scene, for talent that has potential , if our academy players aren't up to scratch. It is worth remembering we plucked Danny Brough from that division and he turned out to be an outstanding talent, so there are players that can make it, even if they go like Danny Langtree, its not a huge investment and can pay dividends.
