2nd year U16's are strong, 9 players from Kippax and 5 from Lock Lane, all the best players from the best 2 teams in Yorkshire, players to look out for:

Robin Smith - Prop
Jack Mears - 13/6
Brennen Townend - Back Row
Jacob Tooala -
Sonny Hetherington - /Fullback


With quite a few more good prospects

1st year U15's, really strange intake, with just 6 of the 20 actually playing in the top division of the Yorkshire League, the other 14 scattered between divisions 2 and 4 and RU. Quite a few of the obvious better players in the Yorkshire league are crossing the penines to Wigan/Warrington etc, on the surface, it looks like we've missed on quite a few. Some could be decisions on what the club think they can become, rather than what they are now, but know we missed on one with big potential who chose Huddersfield over us.

The best U14 team in this age group are West Hull, but we dont seem to look anywhere other than our doorstep these days, which is really dissapointing, Kells U14 in Cumbria are a great team, with lads going to Wigan/Warrington, who recruit from all the hotbeds, but we dont bother. On a side note, the Scholarship players of the year at Saints and Warrington were lads from Siddal

But yeah, apologies for waffling on, strange, but interesting, intake of first years this year

Yep. Good indicators that we are finally moving in the right direction from the bottom upwards.

Did anyone go to the game last night v Castleford ?
Big win for the Academy and it sounds like a few of the first year  ones were the standouts.

watched highlights of the bulls game and both centres looked very big, mobile and quick. very impressive.only brief highlights obviously and playing the bulls who might not be the best test. sure others will know better

Jacob Hardy looks a real standout in U18’s playing centre but has some versatility.
Both Tooala and Hetherington at centre at U16 also look good. 


We seem to have a load of centres coming, hope we can get a few different positions coming as well.


In a world of huge props , both of JJB’s lads look a bit short to me but not seen a lot of them to know if other attributes can compensate 

A decent win last night for a young reserves vs an experienced Bradford team - including a few first team players like Ebon Scurr. Now Warren has gone out in loan we look a little light in the front row, Cassell was starting at prop for us