I've heard this quoted but I was sceptical.
Maybe I need to get a life but the alternative to checking this out is to watch Countryfile which the rest of the family love.......

Average age of the starting 13, and for that matter the 17 against Catalan was 24.

Average age of the 6 guys coming in was 22.

Either way, it's quite impressive.

The futures looking good.
The difficult bit will be keeping this team together.

The quote came from TS's post match interview. Just goes to show, there is an upside to Bennie W's season ending injury if you are prepared to look for it.

Just looking at 2017 though, we will not have many players 30 yrs or over; Atkins, Bennie, Simms, Gidley, Bailey and 3 of those at least will have disappeared by the following year.

If this was Wigan Sky would be creaming themselves about the average age and how the academy conveyor belt keeps churning this talent out. Not that I'm a little bitter especially after the weekends game commentary!

Let Sky cream themselves about Wigan, I couldn't give a toss what those dinosaurs think about rugby league.

As long as we win some silverware and playing exciting rugby I really don't can't too much about what the Sky (or other) commentators say.
It's irksome but that's all - and they have eat humble pie if we scoop awards or simply look stupid.

The most difficult thing is keeping hold of Ben Currie. That for me is paramount.

Totally agree. Keeping Ben should be the Clubs number one behind the scenes priority.
Whatever it takes get him on an even longer deal. I think he signed a 4 year deal last season which keeps him at the club until November 2019

Just playing Devil's advocate here. For Ben's own development, would it be better to encourage him to do a couple of years Down Under, with us having first dibs when he comes back?

I think a stint in the NRL will make him an even better player and if our club actively encourages it we will give ourselves a good chance of him coming back once he's had enough.

I think it's more likely BC would follow a path more like Sam Burgess as opposed to Sam Tomkins.
I doubt we would ever see a return from Currie once he's left.

Think it's "when" not "if" Ben C goes to Aus. No inside knowledge, just think they will throw big money at him. Cash plus the opportunity will be a massive draw. Suspect the Club know this and will eventually let him go to keep him sweet for his return.

I hope it would be more like Joe Burgess