Johnny Miller

Would think so. Good lad Jonny. Good player as well, had a half decent chance of making the step up to pro.

jordan thompson-freeston

ben cockayne-freeston

ben westwood-freeston

rob burrow-st wilfreds

oliver holmes-outwood

adam milner-outwood

ryan hudson-royds

joe westerman-airdale

liam watts-airdale

richard owen-airdale

daz clarke-airdale

craig huby-airdale

keal carlisle-airdale

brett ferres-castleford

joe-arundel-castleford

greg eden-castleford

dale ferguson-kings

tom briscoe-featherstone

nathen massey-crofton





im sure others could add to the list but it does go to show the strength in depth in the wakefield schools area,imo the area has even more potential to come through has it has only in the past 5 years been taken seriously by the local super league clubs.



im lucky enough to see what talent their is coming through the junior and schools ranks first hand and i see a very bright future for both castleford and wakefield if the talent is nurtured correctly which i believe to be the case now,i can only vouch for the players i coach and see but the commitment and will to succeed is their to see.

The issue for me is, did the schools develop these players or were they developed at a club and just happened to be at this school.

Rob Burrow as an example......when i was there Wilfs was a Rugby Union School. Has it changed or did he just learn his RL at an amateur club?

Ask Mopsey for his views!

QEGS were an awesome RU school when I was playing Union for Cas Grammar but I only got to play against them in 7's because at 15 a side we were way below them (socio/educationally as well I suspect)....despite the fact our back division included Gary Hetherington,Terry Day, Les Dyl, Derek Parker, John Kear, Terry Richardson and Keith Worsley during the two years I played in the 1st XV.



IIRC the Rayne twins played the season after I left.

Which school did Rocky Turner Attend

Hard Knocks I would imagine and I doubt he felt most of them.

I think Steve Booth (ex Hudds/Leicester Tigers), whose about 4 years older than Burrow and went to St Wilfs, only played union there while learning league at Oulton.

His love child rates him more!

i would say that the biggest majority learn their trade with their amateure sides but it can only help their development playing for the school side.



for example at cas high yr7 they had over 50 kids apply for the schools rugby side this year.they were eventually put into two squads of 20 basically a first and second team, the first team is made up of 10 cas panthers players 8 from lock lane 1 from townville and 1 who has never played before,needless to say despite some indifferent performances they have never looked like losing a game and are getting better has a team by the game,the B team have only 3 players that play for cas panthers and 1 from locklane and the rest arnt at any club they have yet to get close to winning a game and are shipping in points galore.it certainly proves that playing club rugby helps although i wouldnt say you should right anyone off.

Steve Booth there a blast from the past, Steve started at Travs BTW with my Brother moved to Oulton later i believe and is another Airedaler