Brian Noble's comments of last Sunday's Super League Show just about shows the attitudes of almost every single coach in Super League towards bringing in young British players. The only reason they are doing so at the moment is because they have to to get a license and under RFL quotas. And even if a youngster does come through the ranks and plays Super League, he is hardly given a chance afterwards because he is judged as simply not up to the standard required at domestic level. I offer a solution.
Noble's way is all about abandoning the current scholarships and academys, and poaching players from the other code. These youngsters will either have to live away from home, or come from the books of Sale Sharks, who are the nearest Guinness Premiership side in the country to either Lancashire or Yorkshire. For Harlequins, Celtic and Catalan, Noble's comments will proably please them more than anyone else in RL. All three clubs are situated in RU dominated areas, and the majority of their young players probably played union before seeing the light.
The fact of the matter is, Noble's comment is unfeasable. For a club expected to pay £50,000 for a young union player with potential is simply not good business. If he wises to do that with Wigan, the so be it. But to publically come out and say on television what he did, those reading between the lines will know that he is unhappy with what the British RL game has to offer in terms of development.
Is it time to change the way young players are grown in this country?
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