Cool Dee wrote:I have been looking at these forums for a while now and Lister has finally made one misinformed comment too many for me.
Today Huddersfield fielded 4 players who had previously played first team rugby and two who had been assigned to the wigan first team. So to beat this team is an achievement in itself, secondly Quins fielded Edwards, Bryan, Williams and Thomas who have all played first team rugby league and are products of our academy. So to say that the reason our u20's team are winning is purely because of the other teams fastracking their youngsters is ridiculous. We also have players destined for first team action such as Caro and Sarginson in the side who have had a whole pre season at first team level and a possible only reason they arent in the first team currently is due to the first teams successes! Maybe you should try and get down to a few games before you make stupid assumptions.
Do you play for the side?
Our games are played in Aldershot, which is nowhere near our home ground, and nowhere near my current location.
I await in anticipation for the likes of Caro and Sarginson to establish themselves in Super League, but I think I will have a long wait.
I really don't think it is ridiciculous. Other teams are fielding youngsters in Super League regularly by the age of 18. We aren't.
If it was Under 16's or 18's, my opinion would be different. But this is Under 20's and we shouldn't draw too much from it.