BIG GUNS PRODUCING HOME-GROWN TALENT
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- BIG GUNS PRODUCING HOME-GROWN TALENT
- MOYES HAILS HOME-GROWN TALENTS
- CATALANS HAVE HOME-GROWN INTENTIONS
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BIG GUNS PRODUCING HOME-GROWN TALENT
Sportinglife.com – Mar 13, 2008
The figures, released at the official launch of the engage Super League at Old Trafford, show that the two sides who contested last year’s Grand Final rely less on foreign players. This year’s competition will see a 12 per cent increase in the number of home-grown players, while the number of overseas players has dropped by six per cent to 29 per cent following the introduction of a new club-trained player rule. All but five of the Rhinos’ 24-man squad are eligible to play for England in this year’s World Cup, while Saints could provide 21 out of their 27-strong squad. At the other end of the scale, Hull KR have 11 overseas players in their 26-man squad. “It is fantastic that in World Cup year that so many of our top sides are built around young English talent,” Wood said. “Not only are they getting the opportunity to play at the highest level but they’re also benefiting from playing alongside and opposite some of the best overseas players in the world such as Trent Barrett and Matt King.
MOYES HAILS HOME-GROWN TALENTS
Sportinglife.com – Mar 13, 2008
He said: “It is important that we do get British managers through, and theyhave done pretty well of late. “There’s Alan Curbishley and Steve Bruce, and I think there is a good crop ofyoung British managers coming through at the moment. “There’s Paul Jewell, Alan Pardew and Mick McCarthy all coming into thePremiership and I think there is a lot of homegrown talent. “I’m Scottish and there’s Irish and Welsh amongst us, so I think there is afew good young British-bred managers around. He added: “There’s no guarantee that you get success when you buy a playerfrom overseas, or employ a manager from overseas. There are some very successfulones who have done very well, it just depends on what the chairmen wants tobring in. Moyes, though, knows he must bring his ‘manager of the year’ credentials tothe fore.
CATALANS HAVE HOME-GROWN INTENTIONS
Sportinglife.com – Mar 13, 2008
Les Catalans say they will draw players from their own French championshipteam, which will continue under their present guise of Union Treiziste Catalane,and their under-19 side. Club president Bernard Guasch also told a news conference in Perpignan thatthere are 15 rugby league clubs, with around 1,000 players, in the Catalanregion alone. Super League’s newest club will be known as Les Catalans to reflect theregional nature of the club and intend to play two of their home games next yearin the Spanish town of Figueres as well as nearby Narbonne. The club will initially share the Aime Giral Stadium with Perpignan’s rugbyunion club but plan to move back to the famous Gilbert Brutus Stadium when amajor renovation is completed in July 2006. The Gilbert Brutus Stadium will be upgraded at a cost of around