Home grown players, 9 out of our starting 13 and 11 out of our strongest 17.

Does any other club mach this?

1. Sam = Home grown
2. Josh = Home Grown
3. DAZ = Home Grown
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5.
6.
7.
8 Preccy = Home Grown
9. Micky MAC = Home Grown
10. Mossop = Home Grown
11. Hock = Home Grown
12. H = Home Grown
13. Lockers = Home Grown

14. Tuson = Home Grown
15. FAZ = Home Grown
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17.

You're slipping. Took you a full two hours to discover this thread.

Was there an earthquake in Warrington to briefly distract you from the Wigan message board?

The good thing is I'd expect that to only increase over the coming years as well and as the Australian salary cap lifts we should be in a very strong position.

From a superleague point of view it's good that we're not the only club with those sorts of numbers either.

It'd be nice if we can produce some centres/half backs instead of 2nd rower after 2nd rower

But things do look good. As for other teams, I think Leeds have 10-11 home grown players in their first team?

Take Mickey Mac out he's from Leeds

Its hard to work out why we're not producing centres of any real quality. Maybe it's just because we've had coaches loathed to try players in the position and show them patience when they make the odd error. It's not like we're the only club with that problem either as the game as a whole is struggling bar probably Leeds.

Looking at Leeds they've been prepared to give 2 youngsters a sustained run at centre and it's paying off. They bought Hardaker as a fullback/winger yet saw something in him and gave him a shot at centre.

I still say Josh Charnley should be at centre. He's a real talent and we need to get him more involved.

Came through the Wigan Academy though.

We signed him from Leeds academy so does it count?

Dunno. My understanding was that we'd signed him from our own Academy. Could easily be wrong.

And H is from Salford but the point that is being made is they've all come through Wigan's system.

Isn't Mossop i big hard Cumbrian just like myself

he is indeed

No we didn't, he was signed from Queens ARLFC in Leeds.

You sure?

Yes, he's been at Wigan since he was about 16.

Does it for me. Leave him on the list.

And me

Im surprised there hasnt been any Leeds fans on here yet telling us how they have 29 homegrown players in their starting 13

Right on the first count, and on the second whilst I think everyone in RL already knows how fantastic our supporter base is (in every sense), if you feel the need to start a thread on it, be our guest!

It counts. He's come through the academy, its not like we're doing a Warrington in poaching other SL clubs youngsters.

Thats like saying we produced Paul Deacan or Terry Newton because they came from Wigan but not through the academy.

The RL rules state something along the lines that a club must have 8 club trained players in their squad of 25.
They should soon make that 8 club trained players in the match squad of 17.
Plenty clubs are up to that now so it would push the others along to improve the player pool in SL. No 8 in the 17 from 2015 then no licence!
Whilst they are at it perhaps they should go back to the old rule whereby a club could only sign one player a year from outside their own service area.
That would stop certain clubs in their tracks!

Think we touched a nerve with Paul the Warrington fan

obviously we can't celebrate our brilliant youth system because we lost last weekend