Paul Youane wrote:After your Pryce and Flanaghan as home-grow Wigan players I thought you'd have learnt to check facts.

If you had I think you would have discovered that Riley, Harrison, Cooper and McCarthy are all products of Warrington's Academy who played both at Wembley and in the match you refer to.

HTH

Steinlager wrote:Although I don't want to get involved in the petty argument, I find it somewhat ironic that you critisise Wigan for scouting youth from within rugby league to train up within their own academy/reserve structure, yet you laud Warrington for doing it from Rugby Union.

Steinlager wrote:Although I don't want to get involved in the petty argument

Paul Youane wrote:Jesus H Christ - Pryce and Flanagan??????????????

Whilst Stinky may not have been overly wise to have at a go at Wigan's Academy at the same time I think the original jibe at Warrington's academy is also mis-placed. There may have been a few lean years since the likes of Sculthorpe and Harris came through but recent times have seen the likes of Harrison, Riley and Cooper (and for a year Penny) become regular Super League players.

The current Warrington Academy contains some players that are as good as any I have seen at that level. The club is also being pro-active in its recruitment and going into Rugby Union heartlands to sign young prospects.

For example there was a recent England v Australia u18 rugby union international held in the north-west. Only two super league clubs had represensatives there looking for talent and talking to agents representing the players. Don't knock clubs who are doing everything they can to recruit the country's top talent, you'd be better off going back to the woah-is-me hand-wringing over the salary cap.

Paul Youane wrote:After your Pryce and Flanaghan as home-grow Wigan players I thought you'd have learnt to check facts.

If you had I think you would have discovered that Riley, Harrison, Cooper and McCarthy are all products of Warrington's Academy who played both at Wembley and in the match you refer to.

HTH

Paul Youane wrote:To be honest I would be looking at the trophies that the Academy produced youngsters win for the club as a measure of success for a youth set-up. So to be fair I don't think in this respect Wigan have quite as good a record as you allude to.

Not quite an "End of" just like it wasn't quite "argument won" previously.

MR FRISK wrote:Wigan are NOT going to anyone else this season so get over it