anyone go?

our pack was strong blyth,cooper,michell all played well.

penny just the same as he was in our first team.shooting out of the line leaveing a big hole. he made a good run back to tackle there winger.

mathers is a good signing. for the reserves!

Yes U18's won 40 - 18 and Reserves won 34 - 26

Thought they played well today, the forwards provided them with real go forward yet again. The scoreline was closer than it should have been at the end. Thought Mathers played quite well to be honest for someone who's just come back from an op. He joined in the line well and was directing a lot of the play. Wigan got on his back from the moment he was there and look how he turned out. So let's get behind the lad from the off.
I think he will be the starting full back next week, which I believe would be harsh on Riley.

Thought Mathers was excellent today. Directing things in the line & looked class. He would be a great addition to the 3 quarters line for us

Thought Mathers had a solid game, but wouldn't say excellent. Shouted alot but not really directing. But considering he has just come back from an op, think he will improve vastly and be a asset. Thought Lee Mitchell stood out today and Alex Thompson had good game from dummy half.

Really impressed by the 15 that came on harvey, great defence tackled back well to bring down the winger brown, looked very strong, put a great kick through for penny. Good performance all round today we coughed up to much possesion 2nd half but a few encouraging efforts.

Thought Mathers was class, seeing passes quickly and making things happen.

The right hand side of our defence looked shaky with McCarthy and Penny struggling at times.

Lee Mitchell and Adam Neal also played very well in my opinion, and the full back for Huddersfield was one of the quickest players I have ever seen, he scored a great try towards the end.

Watching the game yesterday, it is pretty obvious that the overall standard of play isn't that good & is a long way below the standard of SL.

I wonder which players would benefit from a loan spell to the national leagues to toughen then up? My list would include:

Penny
McCarthy
Blythe
Mitchell
Thompson

Did Peter Fox/Brett Ferres enjoy the game?







LMFAO

I don't see how it can be, simply on the basis of the number of players who play in the reserves week in wek out, then step up & make an immediate impact. See Penny, Ainscough, Wheeler, Ashurst, Tomkins, Watkins and on and on ...

I didn't go yesterday, a friend did, he didn't think it was the best game in the world, and it was the worst he'd seen the reserves this year, but I think it was more of a 'bad day at the office' rather than the standard being cack. In SL, we'd say it's good to win when you're not at your best, and they continue to lead the reserve league.

The 15 has potential but his positional sense is not quite there, very green. A few people at the game said the same, he has size and could be good with time. But was caught out a few times......The team hadn't played for 3 weeks and looked a little rusty as one would expect, but if you can win when you aren't playing your best rugby then there is a sign of things to come.

Watched the 18's before hand and they did well, thought the prop crowley had a great game .

Think he needs to bulk up a bit mind, looks like bambi with those legs!

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Good old Bilko.

Stats man supreme.

The matches against St Helens & Wigan should be tasty!

Fair play, you are consistent.......

PS

I bet Huddersfield can't wait for this latest crop.

Pah, you're only top because you've won more games, scored more points and have a better points difference.

I read that the Saints reserves didn't play there best rugby in the last game. Coaches stated the 3 week break will have contributed to that. So I think you have to realise that any team will not play champagne rugby everyweek, but will sometimes just grind out a win. I think this reserve team is one of the best ones I have seen for sometime. They win with style some weeks and win ugly others but thats what good teams do. Look at Saints, sometimes there games are spectacular sometimes they just win. I think there is alot of talent in our junior ranks now and I hope they realise thier potential and we see more of our home grown players making it in the first team.

A very good assessment.

When is their next game?

The next game is Salford away on the 9th of May. Followed by Hull away on the 16th May. Then the big game Wigan at home 23rd May.