FC have just signed 2 young lads, 1 from Scotland called Chad McGlame and a lad from Cumbria called James Newton

Watched Bradford's pre-season trials and Bateman has been amongst their top performers by some way.

At Widnes, there's a few with potential. Kelly (SR / P), Gore (S/H), Craven (Utility), Brown (W) and Lunt (HK) should all get some significant game time this season.

how has Olivier looked so far ?

Very good call. I watched him yesterday v London Scholars at Orrell and he was very impressive, quick and elusive.
I also think Liam Carberry, Danny Bridge, Jack Hughes, Greg Burke and Ryan King are showing great promise.

Jamie Murphy for Crusaders. I can't see him getting much game time ahead of Schifcofske unless he's injured but one for the future and has a couple of tries under his belt in the friendly against Widnes.

Also very excited by quite a few players at Scorpions who I expect to grow as players this coming season and hopefully make the step up.

Really exciting time in Wales. I am confident we can produce top quality players in years to come if both clubs continue to operate at their current level and keep the player pathway in place. My main worry is Crusaders but hopefully we put the turbulence of the last few years behind us and have a steady few seasons ahead.

The way I look at it is if Wales have produced top class players in rugby league over the years without a player pathway and many players actually playing it as their main sport from the off then if we now have teams both ends of the country and more players in the game than ever before then the players will be produced. It's just a matter of how long that will be. There were 4 Welsh players in the Warrington U-20 team that played Rochdale Hornets recently with one of those discovered through the Crusaders/Scorpions scouting system and player pathway. A healthy Welsh set up is not only beneficial to Wales RL but rugby league as a whole.

Current superleague champions Wrexham Crusaders have signed a promising young scrum half from local rugby union side by the name of 'Rampaging' Rhys Llanffair-Jones from Rhosddu Rhinos for a fruit shoot, 2 bags of gobstoppers and a sherbert dib dab.





Young Rhys's agent and mother Miss Ceredwyn Llanffair-Jones (19) said

“My son is very excited and appreciates the opportunity Crusaders have given him. He has always wanted to play rugby league and to do it while he is still young will be a great experience. Rhys has always loved Rugby League and has supported Bradford Rhinos since before he was born. He looks forward to being coached by Iestyn Harris as he is a very knowledgeable Welsh coach who will no doubt better his football. He has enjoyed his time with Rhosddu Rhinos over the past five years and is very grateful for their major input in his career, and without them would not have the opportunity to join the Wrexham crusaders. Over the next thirty years he hopes he can enjoy success and happiness with the Crusaders and can’t wait to meet the team and all the fans. Right. Thats what it says on the card. Was that ok butt?? Now wheres Rhys's cowing sherbert dib dab you promised him? He says he's not getting changed unless he gets it”


7 year old Rhys was heard to say 'Rugby [iLEAGUE[/i you say? I've never heard of it. Does this mean I get out of double Maths on Friday afternoons? Mammy does me Findus crispy pancakes with alphabites on Thursdays. Tidy."


Rhys's father could not be contacted as Rhys's mother doesnt know who he is.

Way to try and derail a thread. Why not crawl back under your rock.

At Saints i would look out for centre Tommy Makinson. Very good centre, was England academy captain prior to injury and hence missed out against the Aussie Schoolboys.
Lee Gaskell may also start to get a few runouts in the halves. Much depends on how the Kyle Eastmond saga turns out.
Carl Forster the young prop or second row is also very highly rated at Saints probably will get a run out later in the season.
Tom Armstong, be interesting to see how he goes on loan at Leigh this season. I reckon he will cream it in the championship.
Sean Magennis also should get more gametime and is a really talented footballer, held back due to injury.
Gareth Frodsham another young forward reputedly going out on load. Former England academy captain with a big pedigree, who has unfortunately suffered from serious injuries in recent years that have stilted his development. Still only 21 years old though.

Ive excluded the likes of Jamie Foster, Gary Wheeler, Jonny Lomax, Andrew Dixon and Matty Ashurst as they are pretty much established 1st team squad players now despite being 21 years of age or younger.

We've got a few

Nick Fozzard, Danny Orr And Ryan Hudson.

Elima has been quality.

Just what you want from a forward, his defence is brutal, he makes great metres and he never comes out of a tackle the worse one off!

This AUP thing may help..

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They say you haven't really 'arrived' until you have your own personal stalker. Someone who follows you around the forums like a lost kitten making negative comments on your threads. Someone who sends you PM after PM. Someone who would go through your rubbish bin if he knew where you lived.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Meet mine. Please give a very warm welcome to Damo-Leeds

Do you honestly believe people laugh at your posts?

Damo has more credibility round here than you after your recent post on this thread.

It's a fact of life that Bazza is here to stay.

And there was us thinking he was an Australian and had gone back. How stupid were we ay.

I've seen Damos 'comedy' videos.

Its safe to say Michael McIntyre won't be forced into early retirement.

I missed out a young lad for us too.

Gil Dudson. Iestyn seems to like the look of him and he seems to be getting bigger and bigger every time the fans see him.

One for the future without doubt.

at wigan i think charnley and logan tomkins will have an impact this year and mellor who's gone onloan to quins will shine for them

at wigan i think charnley and logan tomkins will have an impact this year and mellor who's gone onloan to quins will shine for them

I would expect a good season from Josh Charnley who has a good chance to stake a claim for a place early season with Richards being injured. If he does get a run in the side he could be hard to dislodge.

Liam Farrell should go well too but is in a position with a lot of competition so is likely to be mainly a sub when he plays, unless injuries hit the back row.

Ben Davies is another who should do well once he recovers from his injury although I would expect him to make an impact on loan elsewhere as Charnley and Mossop did in the last two seasons.

Omari Caro at Quins. He is very quick and if given game time could be a real find.

Saw Milner from Cas play for England Academy at the LSV, looked a really good player along with George Burgess.
At Leigh, Nicholson looks a talent along with Ellis we signed from Saints in the summer. Chris Hill will be in SL by the end of the season I reckon.

Another from Wigan who may get a game is Dom Crosby, a prop who played in the pre season game v Salford.
Tall lad but will need to bulk up before he get a place in the first 17.

When he was warming up at Salford I mate wouldn't believe me that he was a prop. He thought he was an outside back!

He's a tall lad and I believe he's really worked hard and impressed in pre season but your right that he looks like he needs to add some bulk before he's ready for a crack at superleague.

Good shout.

I think Crosby is another year away from SL. Davies should push on this season.