Howie B
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Yep all of the good teams have a majority of players who have made their debut for the club. They dont necessarily have to be local juniors, they just need to be picked up early.May I also add, that our last premiership team in 2004 had a lot of players who made their FG in Canterbury colours. They weren't ready made superstars. Guys like Mason, Maitua, SBW, Thurston, Asotasi, Sherwin, EL Masri, Harris, Anasta, Hughes & Utai all made their FG debuts at our club and played in our lower grades first, not to mention Sherwin, El Masri, Hughes & Utai being PURE Canterbury Juniors playing for the local competition from a very young age. Then you had rejects that we picked up along the way who bought into our culture like Patten & Tonga. That team only had two established stars that we bought from other clubs in Andrew Ryan & O'Meley, the rest we're either home grown or developed.
Look at the 3 most successful sides of the last 10 years. Storm, Roosters and most recently Penrith. Storm have 13 players this week who made their debut for them. The panthers have 14 and the roosters have 10.
We only have 5 (Avo, Schoupp, Jacko, BO and Patolo). I dare say this would be the lowest in the league.
Its no the be all and end all. The knights for example have 11. But you cant make progress by going into the market every year