England Academy U17 Squad to face the Australian Institute of Sport



Ben Currie (Warrington Wolves, Golbourne Parkside)



Connor Farrell (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Pats)



Connor Spencer (Bradford Bulls, Hunslet Warriors)



Danny Yates (St Helens, Waterhead)



Dom Speakman (St Helens, Widnes St Maries)



George Williams (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Pats)



Greg Richards (St Helens, Ulverston)



Greg Wilde (St Helens, Golbourne Parkside)



Jack Cockerham (Bradford Bulls, Castleford Lock Lane)



Jack Owens (Widnes Vikings, Farnsworth Hornets)



James Cunningham (Hull FC, East Hull)



James Saltonstall (Warrington Wolves, Siddall)



John Bateman (Bradford Bulls, Dudley Hill)



Jordan Baldwinson (Leeds Rhinos, Hunslet Warriors)



Josh Johnson (Huddersfield Giants, Waterhead and Saddleworth)



Liam McAvoy (Bradford Bulls, Broughton Red Rose)



Mark Percival (St Helens, Halton Hornets)



Mike Learmonth (Warrington Wolves, Hunslet Warriors)



Mike McMeeken (Harlequins RL, West London Sharks)



Sam Doherty (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hunslet Warriors)



Stevie Ward (Leeds Rhinos, Hunslet Warriors)

Saints lead the way as ever.

Ben Currie is from Lowton Rouges which is closer to Warrington than it is Wigan and if we are picking technically Leighs area.

Would of been 4 players if Farrell had got the move he wanted.

Farrell got what he wanted which was to stay at Wigan. If he'd have wanted to leave he would have been let go just as Danny Bridge was.

I'm actually surprised that he has made the England squad, but good luck to him and indeed all of them.

The outstanding player from those that I have seen in that squad is Stevie Ward from Leeds.



I will be there in December to cheer them on regardless of which clubs they come from.

Penrith's youth system always gets hailed as a good model especially because of the numbers of kids involved with it but Penrith Panthers have made the playoffs once in the last seven years...it doesn't always translate through to being successful at first team level.



It's like the famous West Ham boast about producing Ferdinand, Lampard, Cole, Carrick, Defoe and Johnson, half the England team in recent years - it's not made West Ham this formidable club that everybody fears has it....neither have Everton for all their Academy products, Rooney, Jeffers, Dunne, Ball, Osman, Hibbert, McCann etc

Actually Ben is from Golborne not Wigan. And he has played at Golborne Parkside all his youth.

lowton

He's a cracking player and a really nice lad, my son has been friends with him for years. He was on scholarship at Wigan up to U16s. Wigan, Warrington and Salford were all after him, but Wire offered the best deal apparently, even though he's a Wigan fan, he chose to be a Wire. He played in the same team at Golborne as Greg Wilde who is at Saints (and also a Wigan fan LOL) At least Greg got it half right





And Yed is right, he lives in Lowton

Does it really matter who the lads support ? I know both greg and ben very well and their families and know they are wigan fans, but this thread should be about the good young talent that is coming through, and as a couple of the lads have come from a little old club called Golborne, I think from a personnel point of view (my kids also play at Golborne) I am very pleased for the lads who have worked hard to get in the squad.

WELL DONE TO ALL WARRINGTON PLAYERS regarding ben currie he watched wigan growing up. Since signing for warrington ben is totally dedicated and working hard to become a warrington player.

Well said !