By JON NEWCOMBE

Outraged: Alex Rieder

ALEX Rieder has branded the collapse of the Yorkshire-based academy as “an absolute joke”.
Retired Wasps flanker Rieder is one of a number of academy graduates who came through the system to play in the Premiership.
But young talent within England’s biggest county will now have to look elsewhere for their path to the top after the RFU joined Leeds in withdrawing their financial support.
Seven members of staff and three senior academy players were made redundant on Monday as a result of the decision.
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