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OMEGA

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  1. Double whammy as Leon Rian scores, he’s a Wakefield Academy product!
  2. Don’t want Pratt to play against Leeds, They’ll see how good he is, buy him off us and send that crock Newman the other way. That said, I wouldn’t put it past our current Coach & BoDs to just swap Pratt for for some unknown Hooker cos Hoods out for a week or two
  3. Two more try’s and an assist in todays match Vs Brisbane Broncos Including England games his record in the top flight reads like this: Dom Young Height 6’7” Weight 17st Played 44 Matches Scored 43 try’s Not bad for young lad still only 21 years old playing on the other side of the world in the highest standard of Rugby (either code) on the planet.
  4. The sponsorship is almost certainly a precursor to a full take over and the new owners, knowing that major team changes are needed NOW, are making funding available via the sponsorship. Much will depend on just how badly the new owners want to avoid the drop but if they’re desperate to do so then all may not be lost for Wakefield Trinity. If a new coach is followed by a handful of real quality signings in key positions then we may see a few victories for Trinity, maybe enough of them to catch Castleford who are just 3 wins in front of Wakefield. Interesting times for Wakefield Trinity, New owners, new coach, new players & stadium upgrades in the offing
  5. On a more serious note, the decline in amateur teams, clubs and participation at all age levels in Yorkshire is alarming. it’s been declining for a couple of decades and is reaching or has reached critical lows. A good barometer is Castleford a Town where RL has been a religion but whose age group amateur clubs are regularly finding that they don’t have enough players to run a team at one age or another. That dearth of new players over 15 to 20 years is now showing up at Pro level with less players transitioning from Amateur to Pro. Another issue is the narrowing of the player pyramid base which means a smaller number of high quality players reaching the apex. That in time means the quality of the competition falls pro rata. Add in the falling levels of finance to keep young players in the Youth Systems, with Academy lads being asked to sign contracts worth as little as £7k a year So from an initially jovial thread we’ve actually uncovered a very serious threat to the game.
  6. Leigh have been superb this season, they play a good style of rugby and they’re obviously close with each other and fight for the team. I Wakey get any worse they could bypass the Championship and go straight into League 1
  7. Leigh reverting to being Leigh, they obviously feel it’s not enough to beat Wakey 3 times they’ve now got to own them physically & mentally
  8. I don’t think Reynolds could muster up anything that would get Fifitas attention, you’d have to fire him at Big Dave from out of a circus cannon ! Letter of the law says Red Card
  9. Jowitt Lineham Croft Kaye Taufua Dagger Lino Proctor Hood Bowden Hewitt Ashurst Pitts Crowther Bowes Battye Fifita That back line will see us get destroyed in this match
  10. We haven’t got any guns to blaze! We might huff and puff for 20 minutes, we may even get a repeat set or two but it’ll come to nowt, then we’ll fold up like faulty Blackpool deck chair
  11. Jake Wardle is a class act, he has everything you want in a centre. He just needs to stay fit and keep playing so the final pieces of subtlety settle into his game.
  12. Just needs Tom Johnstone to pick up a lose ball and out sprint French & Field over 80 metres
  13. McNamara has developed into a fine Coach If Catalan continue till the games end then Trinity might avoid being on the end of the biggest score line of the weekend
  14. It’s just another indication of the rank amateurism that pervades the club at all levels. Add in the stupidity that their desperation to end this losing run is generating and you get decisions like this one to sign Gale and the much more ludicrous decision to swap Corey Hall for Will Dagger.
  15. Nice piece by the BBC Sport team on the new record about to be set by Cornwall RL It’s a very grown up article that talks positively about Cornwall and looks at the potential issues surrounding such a long coach trip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/65779868
  16. I think the warmer weather & the occasion will suit Leigh much better than the aging and comparatively unfit Wakefield team. Leigh are also man for man a better team and are much better coached while also playing with confidence. Wakefield 12 v Leigh 44
  17. I thought Welsby was the stand out underperformer in the loss to Samoa
  18. What goes under the radar about Dom is the number of times Newcastle make a break or score a try immediately after Young has stretched the defence and got a lightening fast play the ball, he’s George Burgessesque in that regard.
  19. Did you live through the 80s & 90s watching SoO? If so there should be no explanation required
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