There is a Championship CEO/owners meeting today with the RFL in Doncaster, with a variety of issues on the agenda.

At the start of the current season it was (supposedly) stated the club finishing top of the Championship would have home advantage.

Now - at this stage - its obvious who is going to be top - so there are moves afoot to change the venue to a neutral ground.

Should have been neutral in the 1st place - but hey thats the RFL. Don't agree with the moves afoot but past inconsistent decisions may come into play.

This is being debated today - and not only do "others" want it changing - the same "others" want to host it should they not be in the final.

I guess dummies and toys to be scattered everywhere.

Widnes hae brought some cracking kids through last few years, and especially last year leading into this. There are far far far worse super league clubs. I reckon only Saints, Wigan, Leeds (to an extent as they have brought through but nowhere near their usual quality) and Huddersfield (not withstanding where some of their kids have come from) have brought through more than Widnes, barring us obviously

Also remembering Widnes have to compete with arguably the two best academies in the country in Saints & Wigan, plus Warrington who can throw money at young players on their door step.

Warrington and Leeds seem to be keen to snap up any promising Widnes youngsters. Sounds familiar.

Fair enough, my bad.

Wasn't a dig back mate, just an observation. As Bullseye put above considering who they compete with too I think they have done ok. With dwindling participations at junior level across the country I reckon the job of enticing youngsters will be even harder for any club