WIDNES
This season the team has made a
positive start to their league campaign,
having put together a record of 5 wins
and 2 defeats from their 7 matches. This
has left them sitting just behind the early
pace setters with 26 points on the board.
This should provide them with the
perfect platform from which to build as
they look ahead towards the rest of the
season. So long as they are able to
retain their current group of players and
have some luck on the injury front they
will have a good chance of mounting a
title challenge.
One of the highlights of the Widnes setup is the superb youth section that they
have in place. This part of the club looks
to provide young players from the local
area with an opportunity to play the game
in a safe and enjoyable environment
whilst helping them to reach their full
potential.
It is important for any team to be able
to produce their own talent, particularly
in the current financial climate and this
is an area that they appear to have
covered. It will certainly be exciting to
see how their juniors can develop over
the coming years.
In order to help their youngsters to make
the sometimes difficult transition into the
senior game they also have a number
of additional sides. This allows them to
give players experience of adult level
rugby even if they are not yet considered
ready for first team action.
Another benefit of having so many sides
is that it allows the first XV to benefit
from far greater strength in depth. If they
are ever left short on numbers through
injury or work commitments they have
the option of calling players up with a
limited amount of disruption.
Widnes’ positive start to the season
should have the club filled with optimism
for the coming months. Hopefully they
will b