if walshaw,cowling and slater are not given a chance soon i fear along with annekin that the chance will pass them by, they need to play sl and kick on now. kear brought players in from other academys and plays them in the reserves, pointless.

yes sems like he would do good in the championship, and anyway we have a great goal kicker in moore

Who was our no8 - strapping lad with a shaved head?

Aye - forgot about Gaz Moore .... points machine !
Good to see Chris Dean this aft too

Do you think they are ready for the next step, thats a tough call i know but whats your gut feeling.

imo i honestly feel they are now stagnating in the reserves, they need to be pushed on as quickly as possible. the standard of rugby this afternoon was appalling, its doing them no good at all. can they do any worse al, the cas lads who the 18s took to bits a couple of year ago are ready. they may have dips in form but they need a shot now. milner, holmes, arundle, walker, thomson, davis , clarke and more knocking on the door, they seem to be ready.

Kyle Trout I believe

Think he was no8 - didn't make me think WOW though tbh , seen better in the penine league tbh on todays showing .

I thought he went well - not a barnstormer, but a big, strong lad who was difficult to put down; I think he did the full shift aswell, which isn't easy for the big lads on a hot day.

Part of me would like to see some of these lads getting their shot in the 1st team, but I can't help thinking that we're the wrong team to blood youngsters, given that we can't protect them; stepping up to SL with WTW right now is a totally different ball game to doing so with Saints or Wigan - with the players they'll have around them, we can't protect them or develop their confidence. Meanwhile, I'm sure they get frustrated when they feel ready for SL, but there's no defined path to the 1st team.

It's a quandary.

what about dual regestering them so they could gain some first time action?