the lad at 1 stepped in at s/o for the regular lad he does have that natural ability and a great turn off speed.

Certainly does -had a great game

its a shame the 2 teams only meet once this time , can see a bit of a healthy rivalary emerging between the 2 sides that will carry on trough the age groups.

Absolutely ! Just hope we don't get dropped down by the league at the end of the year . The lads always play well but seem to run out of steam in the second half, seem to lose by a couple of points a lot lately . Derby games , even at this age , add a bit more spice to things and the Stanley lads were chuffed to bits when that winning kick went over . Pleased with our lads though, no one sulked , all shook hands and that hasn't happened at a few places when we've won , believe me !

nice to see another club posting keep up your fixtures and results

seemed to have lost the others

its a shame when that happens but i think it comes from the side lines. i know a couple of teams we've won as well this year who have gone off sulking one unnamed club that did not even come back to the club house.

cannot see that Stanley have won a lot of games this year but in this group its nearly always by the odd couple of points its a very tight group where any team on any given day can win . Good luck for rest of season

Thanks for that - I'll keep posting the crigg scores . We're playing shaw cross this week , beat them earlier in the year but they beat Stanley didn't they , so must have improved . Good luck fellas

cas panthers u9s returned to action in the league for the first time in 3 weeks and despite putting in a great defencive effort we went down 10-4 away at drighlington.

both teams defences were in top form with some crunching tackles been made by both teams all legal and in good spirit,a 4-4 all draw looked likely until drigs scrum half showed great footwork to score the winner.

this week we travel to eastmoor for what should be another tight affair.

and I can fair bet if you ask the kids "do want to go back to the club house to have something to eat and drink" they would, its the parents that should remember the kids are foremost and its called socializing, after the knocks on the pitch they should learn to talk about the game and where they went right and wrong,
its happened in our year but I now make a point to chat to the parents before and after the game

You're bang on . It just really annoys me when a player storms off or chucks food about none of the parents or coaches ever pull them up for it . But then again I suppose you could get a bit deep about this ( society etc.)

Thought the Crigg boys were a credit to your club after the game. You could see the dissapointment (because the game was so close) but they were very gracious, which as pointed out, is so often not the case. Would be dissapointed and surpised if the league dropped you down a group, you are too good a team for that to happen, best of luck for the rest of the season.

We go to Heworth this week, will post score mon/tues.

i was told last night at a meeting that townville tigers have now replaced shaw cross for the remainder of fixtures in group 1.

townville played their first game last week and got well beaten by stanningley sharks having won every game they have played this year prior to moving up,personally i though shaw cross were a decent enough team with the stand off in paticular been a very good player for his age.

looking at the fixtures its Whinmoor that Townville have replaced. Stanningley are a big step up from the lower groups to be fair.

thanks outwood vic , nice of you to say that . to be fair it's what it should all be about - play hard , then have a laugh with each other after . Hope it's not true about shaw cross , that's our game on Sunday ! Don't know how we'll get on - down to the bare bones ( school trips) . Will post the score Sunday .good luck to all

slipping up here stanley ranger 11s are at oulton tomoz 11-00 k.o.

I very rarely go on about amateur refs in kids games but today two decisions was very contentious, one was after a kick when our player grounded the ball behind our line to then having an oulton players touch it after and then classed as a score

and the other call was from a so called high tackle

by my lad,
we lost 16 -6 in the end but nothing between the two sides

well played oulton

Crigg under9's played against shaw cross today at the tetley stadium before the Dewsbury v Blackpool game . Absolutely hammered it down throughout the game but not many knock ons so well done to all the lads on both teams . It ended up 8-8 with crigg having a try disalowed right at the end ( ref was the shaw cross coaches son , so I'll say no more) which was harsh to say the least . Only had 10 players as well , really proud of every one of them today , their effort was fantastic .

seems to be the same all weekend with the refs

never mind at least the kids enjoy it even if the parents get uptight

Stanley came unstuck at heworth today going down by 6 points . both teams played their hearts out and and they were rewarded with a special guest appearance from Mr Bean. Although i have calmed down now it will take a lot for this game to slip from the memory.

Best leave that one then by the sound of that !

cas panthers u9s came unstuck at eastmoor after a poor first half,the game finished 32-24 to eastmoor but in truth we were very poor and can have no complaints.

TBF the heworth guys tackled their way to a deserved victory and was worthy winners shame that IMHO a grown man should end up behaving like a big kid himself . (dont want to overstep the mark but) i think he will need an overdose of horlicks tonight to get any sleep.

Dissapointed with the ref and coach at Heworth...............Kids were great though, tackled well and deserved their victory.

you have the patience of a saint mate