SUNDAY 14th MARCH 2010.

UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP

HARLEQUINS RL 14 - 76 SALFORD CITY REDS

[HALF-TIME - 0-52

[TEAM

1. Lewis Palfrey
2. Adam Clay
3. Imad Nasir
4. Brad Hargreaves
5. Eddie Vaughan
6. Stefan Ratchford
7. Marc Sneyd
8. Matt Haggerty
9. Marlon Alker
10. Jack Spencer
11. Toby Adamson
12. Ben Wood
13. John Wilson

[iReplacements[/i

14. Gareth Owen
15. Ben Burrows
16. Alex Davidson
17. Will Hope


[iRatchford 4T - 5G
Palfrey 2T
Vaughan 2T
Hargreaves
Sneyd 1T - 7G
Adamson
Wood
Burrows[/i

*[uNEXT GAME[/u*

SATURDAY 20/3/10

WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS v SALFORD CITY REDS.

KO: 2.30.

Any news on Stef Ratchford, James?

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But to be perfectly honest I can't see young Stefan playing next week against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats fit or otherwise can you?.

I don't think being dropped yesterday will do Stefan any harm and hopefully he will fight his way back in to the first team a.q.a.p.
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Really cannot agree with your point JR re Stefan,

Do you think his removal and having 4 forwards on the bench was the heralding of a new dawn? SMc got lucky that Quins were so poor without Dorn, Purdham etc. To me it was a dreadful decision as on a talent scale SR would come out near the top every week.

I sympathise with him greatly AFTER winning the Man of the Match v Catalans.

He HAS to play if we are going to become a more attractive side to watch.

Another nail in McRaes coffin if you ask me.
Yes we won but only just and also against a team missing around 7 first teamers.
Stef is the future, not a Aussie (talented as he is) who will be around for a couple of years tops and a player who is only on loan.

Is the Adamson fella related to Luke??

His little brother.

As for Stef, I was referring to the injury he picked up in the second half. Anybody know how bad it was?

And boy can you tell, not only does he look, run and tackle like Luke I think the name Tobias gives away his backgound.



Another thing, how big was our 12? (According to PF's post he's called Ben Wood) either way he is massive.

Is Matt Haggerty related to Gareth ?

Exactly, why the hell did he drop Ratchford FFS?

Maybe he wanted to shake things up? Ratchford didn't play and we won FFS! If we'd got beat i'd understand people moaning but for god sake give it a rest.

Maybe because Ratchford's been a bit gash in every game he's played this season?

Just a thought.

Hallelujah! Someone else who has noticed?!

I am a HUGE fan of Ratchford's and think he has the potential to be a World-class half back.

However that doesn't mean he has to play week-in, week-out, when he's so clearly out of form.

A blast in the 20's could be just what he needs.

In fairness, it also takes him out of the firing line for a short while. There are a lot of hopes and expectations on Stefan's shoulders and maybe a break for a game or two may help him. (sadly, I have no idea what his injury situation is)

I was saying to my mates that Ratchford hasn't hit his form of last season and they said he was good because he was partnered by Myler. Didn't think they played together that much myself. I don't have the facts though because I don't get a programme.

He is in the first team squad but unlikely to get a game as our coach would rather play Littler at second row.

Saturday 20th March 2010, 14:30

SATURDAY 20/3/10

Wakefield Wildcats (0) 16 v 20 (6) Salford City Reds


Venue: The Hearwell Stadium




Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 16

T: Lawton 2, Annekin

G: Southernwood 2

Salford City Reds 30

T: Wiper 2, Clay, Alker

G: Sneyd 2

H.T. 0-6

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats :

Will Colleran; Lee Brickwood, Danny Lawton, Karl Olstrom, Yaad Johal, Jordan Lowther, Matthew Wildie; Paul King, Lloyd Templeton, Kyle Trout, Adam Slater, Sam Scott, Chris Annekin.

Subs.
Luke Pettman, Tom Harrington, Lucas Walshaw, Cain Southernwood.



Salford City Reds :

Lewis Palfrey;
Adam Clay,
Brad Hargreaves,
Max Wiper,
Eddie Vaughan;
Tom Whitehead,
Marc Sneyd;
Phillip Leuluai,
Marlon Alker,
Matthew Haggerty,
Ben Burows,
Toby Adamson,
Jack Spencer.

Subs.

Gareth Owen,
Will Hope,
Paul Steel,
Adam Walne.

2 from 2 and both away from home, great news.

I see Paul King played for them, is he returning from injury or just out of favour?

**NEXT FIXTURE**

Academy Under 20s Championship

Satuary 27th March 2010

Salford City Reds v Hull FC


KO: [size=15015:45[/size

Venue: The Willows

Good Luck next week guys... 4 outa 4 for us so far thus season......

bit of both TBH

Interesting, although I dare say we've no money to bring him in to boost our pack anyway if the option was open.