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Is that the best name in RL

Awesome name isn't it!!! Not a bad player either with bags of potential

Why can't Lock Lane or other amateur clubs provide players?
Can you be confident that this NRL fringe player at best, actually knows who and where Castleford is and really will be a club man?
Anyway at least people will understand why we can't produce players in this country and where money is being wasted.
Don't think he will make Cas any better than a team making up the numbers when the SL 8's start

There is (or was) a lad in our academy called Zeus Silk.

As long as he's a full back

You do realise Cas have a squad of 34, 26 of which are players eligible to play for British nations. Moreover, 15 of those came from Castleford's academy, plus Crooks and Patrick who are from this area. 11 of those have played a first team SL game with Westerman, Gill, Million and Sheehan the young kids so far not to.

Your comment would have more legs if you didn't pick on one of the sides outside of Wigan, Saints and Leeds who has a vested interested in youth progression and a credible record at doing so.

Indeed, Patrick spent more time in the Castleford academy system than he did in Huddersfield's.

That's even better

Luke Walsh to Catalan

Oh dear. Bit of a down grade from Carney, although he wasn't the revelation most expected him to be.

We are supposedly signing three from Bradford. Does that count?

Three players you mentioned there are Loch lane juniors, so his point is invalid, there must be 20 players in super league come from loch lane

Great signing.

Do you not think if the kids with enough quality were knocking about they would be knocking on the door at the Tigers? The cream will rise to the top without any handouts or favours because they are local lads. Thats not fair on the players if they arent good enough or with promotion and relegation now the clubs need to guarantee they can compete. There arent that many amateur sides in Cas at the moment with the full structure down to the juniors. With Cas Panthers having all sorts of problems, Lock Lane are the premier team in Cas at the moment.

Yes he didnt play much this year but wasnt just a fring NRL player at Manly, and push come to shove the queensland/NSW cup competitions are not too far off being SL standard over here. The standard of SL compared to 10-15 years ago is very much so down for me, and if kids arent coming through with an inferior competition the problem runs deeper than the clubs it stems down to junior coaches at amateur clubs and the practices that are/are not being implemented.

I'm not having this view about english players not getting a chance. Look at the international side now 10 years ago the England/GB side would have been predicted months before. We now have genuine competition for places in a lot of positions. We have more options for longer than i can ever remember.

This isnt just a signing that is a panic buy or anything, Daryl Powell is a very astute coach who will have researched every inch of the player to fit in with the playing side and culture of the club

Great post. I think you have personally made a great signing

Loch lane always been the premier side in castlford and surrounding area. Open age rugby going to summer as done the game no favours.

Today's Hull FC rumours: Frank Pritchard out and Albert Kelly in.

Hope so.

Shhh, everyone knows that only Saints, Leeds and Wigan produce young lads of any note. Being a Bradford fan, I know this for a fact. I mean, it's not like you'll see an England side that has nearly a third of it's players as ones who came through the ranks at Odsal

I was just about to put that myself. I'm not sure if we've announced which academy players are getting first team contracts yet but he may well be one of them.

Why do you hope so? It makes no sense but then again you never do.....

More sense than you've been making on the Rovers board lately. Made yourself look a right tool haven't you

When you say more sense, can you explain please? Because Pritchard has nothing to do with you or your club, neither does Kelly, has he was sacked a while back now, so can you explain why you hope so?

I don't need to explain anything to you.