St Helens at the moment. The other week against Hull KR they had 9 out of the 17 in their first team that had come through their academy ranks.

With watkins,mcshane and allan coming into the 1st team squad i think the next batch will be manning,liam brown,ambler and jodie broughton.
I would like to see ratu added to the 1st team squad and given a run out at SL level because he did well imo on boxing day and i think it's time he got a chance unless he's to go out on loan again.

This does highlight a serious gap compared to Aus. Here you may have 4/5 players moving up to senior level each year, but every club would expect to replace them at junior level PLUS replace those who are obviously not going to make it with players of potential.

howey isn't good enough for hunslet, never mind a good team

He showed stacks of potential when he first broke through our acadamy but it has been mentioned on here he suffer's from attitude!!

I know the guy personally, he didnt play against Wigan, i dont think he has played at the moment either.. good player mind, wooped it in the Brigshaw v Temple Moor games.

The Leeds v Saints fixture is just smidge of a step up from the one mentioned

Gaunt played while moore at fax, and moore chose to return not sent back. According to RL Weekly John Kear is close to signing Moore on a permanent deal for next season, so gaunt will get some game time.
Howey was one of the better forwards when he wanted to play, it was his attitude that let him down.

I would start working on Clarkson for first team long before any of those players. He has far more potential.

Still might not make it like. But his potential is certainly there.

Yeah he was in my year at school.

I was going on pre-season and who bluey has been monitering whilst training with and around the 1st team.
I'm sure if clarkson has the potential you say he does then he'll be on the radar and in line aswell.

Has for me was before. I think he should have been brought into the first team squad before now. He certainly had more potential than others.

But like I said, whether he will make it now we will have to wait and see.

In your opinion mate but at the moment the coaches think different it doesn't mean he's not in their plans at all.

I am not saying he is not in the plans. I am saying he should have been brought through the same way as Watkins, not at a later age.
IMO he should be further on than he is, and I fear like with many potential stars before him he could regress. Hopefully not, and we will see him prosper. But he is not a centre he is a backrower, and they should stop playing him there.

Dont know

good old school rivalry

Old feller said "My concern whenever I've watched the academy or reserve teams recently is the lack of size of our pack, where is the next generation of homegrown packmen to come from?" I must agree against Wigan the pack looked like boys playing men.

KWLB - Being a member of the same year group as Ryan & Glenn Quagmire, as well as a part time member of the RL team which formed in year 11 and played 1 game together in a final at Stanningly in the same year, i was wondering when Temple Moor actually played Brigshaw?

Im sure you did play us once, teachers vs teachers, students vs teachers (tag), students vs students.. im pretty sure it happened :S and im sure it was before year 11 too.

Age is catching up with you mate! That never happened while I was there.

Hey ho.

Is it fair to say the reserves are used to get the youngsters bedded in to the training methods of the first team, with results secondary?

What was the reserves score last night?

got hammered.again

Lost 42-16 after a decent first half.

Cheers.

What's happening?

A lot of u18's and they aren't gelled yet no need for panic though!!