Thumped London Broncos today.
Star boy Harry Robertson played his first game at academy level and scored a hat trick.
Ben Will is a try scoring machine and scored 4!
Robertson played Full back with Whitby and Roberts in the halfs
Thumped London Broncos today.
Star boy Harry Robertson played his first game at academy level and scored a hat trick.
Ben Will is a try scoring machine and scored 4!
Robertson played Full back with Whitby and Roberts in the halfs
Where is Ben Will from? How old is he? I've never heard of him.
Not sure but he scored 13 in 9 apps last year for the academy
These sort of blow out scores do nothing for the game, the teams or coaching staff.
I was at Wigan v Newcastle academy yesterday and Wigan won comfortably to nil. It must have been disheartening for the young Newcastle team, somehow there needs to be a rethink at this level, maybe two or three divisions I'm not sure?
Any thoughts?
We will have some good ones in there. I have no doubts.
They did try to form elite academies but then teams like Castleford got upset when they didn't get one.
I guess with the likes of London and Newcastle it is a bit chicken and egg. You need the competition to become good but you need to become good to be competitive. If you get my point.
In the short to medium term it doesn't help anyone to get scores like this.
I have been suggesting an American style collegian system where academies are associated with Universities and get scholarships to play etc. If this was the way things worked you would find that a lot of players would move up to Newcastle to strengthen their team.
I could agree with you but then we would both be wrong.
110-4 win away against Newcastle Thunder today.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Just seen the highlights. The number 8 Stephens looks like a handy prospect, ran in like a team train, big lad, offloads, went almost the length of the field with the first carry of the game. Number 5 Will looked to have some serious gas as well. Difficult to judge though given the standard of the opposition. It was like watching under 18’s vs under 14’s.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Good to see we have a strong presence in the 3/4s represented in that group. Given a lot of fans are looking at our aging 3/4s in the first team, hopefully it will give a good opportunity for a good few like Dagnall, Robertson and Sambou to break through.
The futures bright