You'll never win at Wembley?

Good player that scored the final try though.. only 16 yo.

Some of Hull Fc's play during the tourney was top drawer. With their number 4 well deserving his man of the tournament award.

Think we do have some exciting youngsters - we normally churn out back row forwards - burnett, washbrook, g horne, but we have some exciting backs coming through. Hall, who got MOM, reece lynn that got the winning try, jack briscoe, brother of tom, was in the sprint and josh hodgson

Wish i had gone last night now.

Hopefully.Not sure that all will get regular chances in the final 17 week in week out but if we keep hold of them i'm sure we'll reap the rewards.

Dependant on injuries maybe a possibility of loaning one or two out to get first team experience whilst they are learning as after all its not done Broughton and Burgess any harm and Scruton before that,although accepted he's no longer with us.

I think some of these fringe players/up and coming starlets benefit more from first team action against seasoned pros in the National Leagues rather than in our acadamy/reserves etc

None of the three Leeds players you mentioned had to fall that far did they?

Agree with that.Craig Hall was a deserved man of the tournement.Looked dangerous every time he had the ball.

I liked the look of him the odd time I saw him last year but upuntil recently he was on loan at Widnes.

I'm sure a lot of the FC fans were slagging off his performances at the time of been loaned out but no doubt after their trophy success they'll be hailing him as the next best british three quarter



Bar him,I thought our own Broughton was next best which is kind of ironic in that he's spent most of the year at Hull

Quote ="cheekydiddles"Agree with that.Craig Hall was a deserved man of the tournement.Looked dangerous every time he had the ball. I liked the look of him the odd time I saw him last year but upuntil recently he was on loan at Widnes. I'm sure a lot of the FC fans were slagging off his performances at the time of been loaned out but no doubt after their trophy success they'll be hailing him as the next best british three quarter Bar him,I thought our own Broughton was next best which is kind of ironic in that he's spent most of the year at Hull'" Tbh, we know of hall's quality - it was his confidence that was lacking plus being played out of postion at full back www.hullfc.com/hullfctv/season09.php check that link for his hat-trick against quins last week, his second was superb centre play

Quote ="cheekydiddles"Agree with that.Craig Hall was a deserved man of the tournement.Looked dangerous every time he had the ball. I liked the look of him the odd time I saw him last year but upuntil recently he was on loan at Widnes. I'm sure a lot of the FC fans were slagging off his performances at the time of been loaned out but no doubt after their trophy success they'll be hailing him as the next best british three quarter Bar him,I thought our own Broughton was next best which is kind of ironic in that he's spent most of the year at Hull'" Tbh, we know of hall's quality - it was his confidence that was lacking plus being played out of postion at full back www.hullfc.com/hullfctv/season09.php check that link for his hat-trick against quins last week, his second was superb centre play

Weren't we linked with Hall a year back or so?

Always looked really classy runner of the ball when I have seen him but, IIRC, some question marks over his defence.

His defence has improved since his loan spell, which i prefer to put down to his increased confidence rather than the coaching of Cullen!!

You know what I mean though,National Leagues or Superleague.Granted those three examples were all Super League.

Not sure about Kirke and his arrangements at York previously as I never remember if he was ours or theirs to start with but wasn't he spotted/taken on and loaned back to York for a spell under some kind of arrangement with York,a bit like we are now going to have with Whitehaven.

Didn't Ratu spend some time last season or the one before with Halifax?

I know we've had a few real fringe fringe players sent out on loan to Hunslet/Doncaster and the like,but they've ended up going completely,the likes of Gale etc

Hall's defence isn't great but he'll always score more points than he'll concede.

TBH my man of the tournament last night was Jodie Broughton. He was awesome.

Quote ="Irregs #12"Tbh, we know of hall's quality - it was his confidence that was lacking plus being played out of postion at full back www.hullfc.com/hullfctv/season09.php check that link for his hat-trick against quins last week, his second was superb centre play'" I know.As I say I rate him and think he's a decent future if he knuckles down to some hard work and has his head in the right place

Quote ="Irregs #12"Tbh, we know of hall's quality - it was his confidence that was lacking plus being played out of postion at full back www.hullfc.com/hullfctv/season09.php check that link for his hat-trick against quins last week, his second was superb centre play'" I know.As I say I rate him and think he's a decent future if he knuckles down to some hard work and has his head in the right place

Broughton last night was quality i agree, there were a group of 5 of us stood together and when he picked the ball up ran past 3 hull players on the outside all 5 of us at the same time turned to one another and went "JESUS





!!!!" or words to that effect

That lad has rockets in his boots

Just messing.



Leeds loanees to the Championship tend to stay there moreso than those who go to Super League sides.

Ratu could be a notably exception. We'll see.

I was commenting to my other half that it would have been interesting to see Broughton in the 'fastest man' race.

Until last night I didn't think he was in the 'flyer' bracket in terms of pace.

I know Hull's Jack(?) Briscoe ran in the race and I think came 4th or 5th? Not sure if he was on the pitch at the same time as Broughton in the Final but from watching all the games i'd say that Broughton was much faster than Briscoe

I figured as much...ratalliation for the Chinese slip of a few weeks ago

Darren Alberts was 11.365

Although to be fair, Darren's was over 100m whereas they only ran 90m last night.

I don't hold grudges, you can ask anyone on here.

It was amusing to see the ignorant Hull fans booing him ....

My player-of-the-tournament was the little kid wearing red & black wearing No.6 during the first Under 8s session in front of the North Stand ..... They looked to be playing 13-a-side on those small squares and you know what those games are like, stop the kid with the ball and it's an eight man tackle as the rest of the team all goes flying in. About a quarter of the way from his own line, a little jink and a sizeable amount of pace, he wove through the whole of the other team to score.

Even at the age of 7 / 8, that kid 'has got it' and Leeds could do worse than to keep tabs on his development over the next couple of years.

Just out of interest what team did he play for?...