First time in 5 years that Rovers have a player in the youth set up and the fans come out of the woodwork.

Let's see how many make it to the first team.

How come Captain Turgut and Abdull aren't in? Have they just exceeded the age limit?

Both born in early 1996, Lancaster and HTW late 1996.

Yes, Abdull is 19 already and Turgut turns 19 in a month or so.

Train with the 1st team so ineligible. New rule

You really don't know what you are on about do you!

Lancaster and HTW train with the 1st team.

Here we go then the facts, not abuse, or misguided statements.

The following clubs and the number of players who have been called up to the 2 England squads named today. This is players who train with their respective acadamy's or youth teams not those who train full time with their 1st team squads.

Wigan Warriors = 12
Leeds Rhinos = 8
St Helens = 5
Widnes Vikings = 5
HKR = 4
Huddersfield Giants = 3
Warrington Wolves = 3
Wakefield Wildcats - 2
Castleford Tigers = 1
Salford = 0
Hull FC = 0

Well, yeah.
But...



The attrition rate is high. Plenty of kids who look promising at 16 to 18 get overtaken by others who develop a little later. It's nice for the lads, and they should enjoy it. How meaningful it is, in the long term, I remain unsure.
Still, congratulations to all the players in both squads and all the clubs represented.

so because your players aren't good enough to train with the 1st team squad this somehow makes them better? Hull are taking a pro active approach to improve their youngsters. This isn't a negative, it's a positive.

I get the point and actually it's quite a good point and shows that we are still quite a ways behind the top teams

Whichever way you look at it we have 2 players out of 48 in either squad which is pretty poor & shows we've a long way to go still, as I've said before it's the youth/academy coaching that is as important if not more so than the 1st team so that we ensure we are getting a good crop every year that are ready to be bloodied in SL, at the moment they are coming through in dribs & drabs, Wigan for instance get a good half dozen every year without fail