In the modern game, the most common route to becoming a Super League player is through the junior systems at a top-flight club.
Players join a scholarship scheme, progress through the Academy as full-time junior, and then, if they are good enough, make their first-team bow.
But it isn’t the only route to the top, as new Warrington threequarter Gareth Walker talks to two new Super League signings who benefited from a Championship apprenticeship
In the modern game, the most common route to becoming a Super League player is through the junior systems at a top-flight club.
Players join a scholarship scheme, progress through the Academy as full-time junior, and then, if they are good enough, make their first-team bow.
But it isn’t the only route to the top, as new Warrington threequarter