Quote:"It is massively positive that we are seeing this because when I was there, in Brian Noble's first year, we were nearly getting relegated.
"Yet players were getting picked in front of me who weren't playing that well while I was playing well in the Under-21s.

"It felt like they were getting picked just because they were Australian.
"I reached a point where I decided I'd had enough.
"I couldn't get to see when I was going to get a break so I told the club I fancied a change.

"I just knew I had to leave to get first-team rugby and I have played first-team rugby almost ever since.
"It was the right move for me to leave Wigan and I love it at Wakefield but I am glad to see things finally changing at the JJB.

cadoo wrote:He will be most likely referring to Ian Millward.

But I get the feeling this applies to Darrell Goulding big time.

Alex BP' wrote:It's true.

Instead of promoting juniors, we decided to sign Jordan James, Tim Jonkers, Oliver Wilkes and Liam Botham...But I wonder which Australians he's refering to?

jinkin jimmy wrote:Millward got lots of things wrong and may even have been guilty of not giving Gleeson a chance (not sure here TBH) but not for the reasons you have given.

Andy Greg wrote:To be fair he was the one to give Gleeson a chance it was at Salford and a sky game but i think it was more of a publicity stunt more than anything. Like when he played Scott Moore in the Good Friday game to make him the youngest player to play in Super League