Annual report by the RFL


Outstanding
Hull FC
Leeds
St Helens
Warrington
Widnes
Wigan

Good
Huddersfield
Hull KR
Wakefield

Needs Improvement
Castleford

Weak
Salford


1 = Outstanding
2 = Good
3 = Needs Improvement
4 = Weak

Castleford
Meet Players Needs - 2
Delivery - 2
Leadership & Management - 3
[uOverall - 3[/u

Huddersfield
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 2
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 2[/u

Hull FC
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

Hull KR
Meet Players Needs - 2
Delivery - 2
Leadership & Management - 2
[uOverall - 2[/u

Leeds
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

St Helens
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

Salford
Meet Players Needs - 4
Delivery - 4
Leadership & Management - 4
[uOverall - 4[/u

Wakefield
Meet Players Needs - 2
Delivery - 2
Leadership & Management - 2
[uOverall - 2[/u

Warrington
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

Widnes
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

Wigan
Meet Players Needs - 1
Delivery - 1
Leadership & Management - 1
[uOverall - 1[/u

And the clubs will still waste money on overseas crocks.

Crazy.

At least Wigan have made a decision that should benefit them in the long term rather than the short termism shown by other SL clubs

Makes grim reading for the Salford club

Weren't Leeds vastly under performing just several months ago? Now it's suddenly top notch (for reasons that were there all along, strong club ethos, connection with Leeds Beckett etc.)....those academy appraisals are rubbish.

Absolutely. Especially as their previous ratings were poor too:

[uSalford[/u
Achievements of System
2013 - 3
2014 - 4
2015 - N/A (to be measured under a new system)

Meets Players Needs
2013 - 4
2014 - 4
2015 - 4

Delivery
2013 - 4
2014 - 3
2015 - 4

Leadership & Management
2013 - 4
2014 - 4
2015 - 4

[uOverall[/u
2013 - 4
2014 - 4
2015 - 4

The problem is that the lowest score on any section is taken as the overall grade. Which is just daft. The whole point of an overall score is to take into account the whole situation.

It's not helpful to look at just one year, as you say Leeds was put down to a 3 last year. Which shows how daft it was, but looking over the 3 years scores so far gives an indication. I hope they continue with it but just tweak it a bit. Though it doesn't matter how you score it really to show how bad Salford's academy system has been. 2 years, with Koukash's money, should leave the club with a higher score than 4's across the board.

Alan Hunte has today left his position as head of youth at Salford, with Martin Gleeson expected to fill the position. Unsure whether Huntey could have done much better with the resources at hand (I would have thought these would have increased when Koukash came on board) but perhaps they haven't.

During his time as head of youth development, we've still seen the likes of Theo Fages, Niall Evalds, Jordan Walne, Adam Walne, Stefan Ratchford, Marc Sneyd etc come through our system. Positive comments from Koukash since the report was published, indicate majority of his money from now on will be spent on youth.

Wonder how long it would take for our international side to improve if every club was scoring "outstanding".

All depends upon your starting point is, and what the target is.

Captain obvious over here.

Salford is the easy one to pick on but why are Huddersfield and Cas so average/poor? Good catchment areas, decent structure at both clubs and two top British coaches.

I don't think there's much wrong with Hudds academy. It's probably something relatively minor that has led them getting a 2 rather than a 1, as its only in 1 category.

Cas, I suspect, aren't putting enough money into the facilities or their academy as a whole. Before Cas fans jump in, I'm not having a go too much, Cas struggle financially as they have to run off their own income and don't have the benefit of being able to post losses each year.

It's why clubs incomes are so vital and are closely related to both our health as a sport and our ability to compete at international level.

Is there an equivalent report being published for the Championship sides?