Wigan Warriors • Rumours and signings v9
Ruddy Duck wrote:
You are indeed correct about St Peters, but can yourself or anyone explain why the St John Fisher School is no longer as dominant in the schools game as it has been in the past, especially during the period when Sean Edwards was a pupil there.
As for Castleford Academy, it appears that they are doing far better than any school in Wigan judging by the number of teams they have had at each age group and both sexes at the Schools Finals in recent seasons.
Which surely proves my point that the game in Wigan is not as strong in Wigan schools as it has been in the past and the Amateur game has also suffered as a result with less quality players being produced and Wigan Warriors having to sign better young players from outside Wigan including it would appear Leigh amateur clubs.
Castleford academy was a dedicated sports college so attracted pupils with sporting tendencies.However ,their "normal" exam results don't compare with St Peters.
S Peters have have an excellent P.E. department and I think this is what is probably puts them ahead of the other Wigan schools.
If you go back to the John Fisher school of excellence that produced so many players it was led by a couple of excellent teachers who had strong RL backgrounds.
Statistics: Posted by Rogues Gallery — Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:41 am — Replies 17851 — Views 3531643