Saints start this years Scholarship programme at Thatto Heath on Saturday where we will entertain Hull at U15 and U16 level. Our U16's went unbeaten last year at U15 level beating Crusaders, Whitehaven, Salford, Wigan and Warrington in the process. So as a team they're still unbeaten. As for our new crop at U15 level we have some good players so hopefully we can achieve the same success.

Im going to use this thread to keep you updated about the results and try scorers as i'll be going all the games.

Players to look out for at U15 level

David Hewitt - Bold Miners - Fullback/Standoff - unfortunately injured for the Hull game but an extremly gifted player with bags of pace.

Kane Ditchfield - Crossfields - Second row/Loose Forward - Excellent player who is currently playing for England.

Olivier Davies - Orrell St james - Second Row - Hard hitting forawrd who played for England vs Wales last week.

Joseph Ryan - Bold Miners - Prop/Second row - Massive lad for his age and won Warringtons player of the year at U14 level.

Adam Saunders - Thatto Heath - Loose Forward/Standoff - Good player and wins M.O.M everyweek for Heath.

Dom Elkin - Saddleworth Rangers - Fullback/Wing - Tiny player who is very elusive and powerfull for his size, got a good bif of pace.

Star players in our U16's include

Andre Savelio - Latchford - Second Row - Kiwi born monster who is currently a England youth international. Great strength and was top try scorer last year.

Lewis Gailbraith - Saddleworth Rangers - Centre - Stocky centre who is also very fast, for me he is Saints best young talent at scholarship level. Currently a England youth International.

Greg Richards - Chorley Panthers - Second Row/Prop - Monster Cumbrian who as made great progress since his Barrow days, Greg is also a Youth England International.

Ben Parry - Chorley Panthers - Fullback/Wing/Centre - Very tall and fast who once again is a England Youth International. Breaks tackles very easily.

Luke Thompson - Bold Miners - Loose Forward - Very unlucky not to make the England squad, hard as nails who will run through brick walls.

Lewis Charnock - Rylands - Loose Forward/Stand Off - unfortunately he is out for all our games this year with a Shoulder injury. Shame as he is very talented.

Some of these lads will make it for Saints so it's interesting to see how they develop as players. Good luck on Saturday lads.

great effort to keep us informed, thankyou!

What time does the games kick off?

U15 kicks off at 11.45 then the U16's kick off straight after and then the U18's play straight after that. Great entertainment and a good rugby league fix.

Savelio is a beast of a forward and impressed when I've seen him in the past.

Gailbraith also stood out for an excellent Saddleworth team this season.

Thompson is possibly the quickest back rower around I think, very very quick for a loose forward.

All three have stood out for their teams on my viewings.

yeah will 2nd this savelio is a monster player plays for the same club as my son , hes actually been playing prop and he as got it all great foot work good hands and a great shot in defense this kid will deffo make the grade , cant understand why warrington never picked him up good luck to him anyway put a lot of effort in from a very young age

Maybe when he hits 30 and starts to resemble a teletubby you'll flash the cash

... only joking

There is a lot of talent coming through the U16 groups this season.

I watched a fair bit of the NWC League this season and in particular I thought Saddleworths threequarter line was very impressive, with other stand outs here and there.

It's a big call to say who will make it at this age but there is a lot of potential in virtually every team in the U16's top flight and (although I've not seen them) an excellent team at Ince I believe who ran away with the 2nd Tier.

Andre Savelio was at Warrington but left to go to saints scholorship at 15

With Greg Richards coming from Cumbria and now playing for Chorley Panthers does that mean we have some arrangement with them ? Wold have thought they would have been in the Wigan Service Area ???

We have Chris Carr, Ben Parry and Greg Richards from the Chorley club. Both Carr and Parry had offers from Wigan but turned them down.

I like them already

Queue Rogues , Wigan actually didn't want them anyways and they are still lifelong Wigan fans.

They are both massive Wigan fans but they liked the idea of joining Saints and they was made up when they won Wigan last year. Two very good players, Parry just played on the wing for England.

When in hole stop digging.




OS, I'm still trying to get that information for you.

Cheers matey!

I wish you'd jump in so I could start filling it in

I know you do.
But we both know that your on a loser.

I don't usually peruse other club's messageboards ( Halifax fan ) but I'm at a bit of a loose end this morning & just having a nosey around and came across this thread, so thanks Obsessive for starting it off.
Up until July last year, I'd co-ordinated the Halifax RLFC scholarship programme for the most recent 2-3 years and also acted as recruitment/talent ID. So I have taken an interest in what other club's have been up to, name watching etc etc and there are a couple of the Saints lads who's names I recognise at the U/16's group. My youngest son is in the same age group and played this last season at Siddal having recently been at King Cross Park for four seasons prior to that. He makes his debut today for Bradford Bulls at Wilderspool, this being his first season at Bradford having previously been with Halifax for two seasons before this.
He's played against Chorley in the national cup earlier this season & at Bold miners a couple of years ago, also in the national cup as U/14's so that's where I recognise your lads' names from.
Obviously, this is a massive year for the lads who intend making a career out of the game, they are effectively playing for academy contracts for the next couple of years, so good luck to everyone. My lads' lot don't have a fixture against Saints, so unfortunately I won't get to see your boys.
Interesting times though...

Please let us know how the Bulls get on against Warrington, your son will probably be up against a former Halifax scholar Zak Dewhirst.

Yes I know Zak & his team-mate Will Milner very well. Our lad played with them both at King Cross Park & Calderdale service area, he also goes to school with Zak & plays in the school team together.
I coached these lads at service area level for a couple of years, I remember our lads turning Warrington over playing at the Shay at about U/13's or 14's.

Was that Milner who played loose forward for England v France U16's on Tuesday?
Is he any relation to Milner the young hooker at Cas?

Our U15's won Hull 28-18 very good game! Saints massive pack played well.

Our U16's remain 1 year unbeaten! They beat Hull 48-0. Fantastic performance considering The Hull team had a number of England Internationals playing.

I will write a brief about both the U15s and U16s tonight.

Welldone lads.

Your under 20's lost 50 - 16.

Your number 8 was sent off for fighting and then swore at the ref. It was comedy. Your number 5 has a big future, as does your number 8 if he learns to whisper.

Was 5 Brotherton?