I don't think I remember seeing a better prop coming through the academy at his age. Ward and Bailey, even L Burgess looked good but Holroyd is certainly more damaging going forward.
When Furner was in the side that finally broke our long wait for a trophy, there were 10 academy products in the 17, including some outstanding talents, and the overseas/other signings were of real high quality. It's not necessarily a guarantee of success if we get back to this kind of ratio again, but it's what we built the Golden Era on and I think this side would paste the 2019 version I have to say. Front row of Oledzski, Johnson, Holroyd would whet the appetite in a couple of years.
Richard Mathers
Mark Calderwood
Chev Walker
Keith Senior
Marcus Bai
Kevin Sinfield
Danny McGuire
Danny Ward
Matt Diskin
Ryan Bailey
Chris McKenna
Ali Lauitiiti
David Furner
Rob Burrow
Willie Poching
Barrie McDermott
Jamie Jones-Buchanan