Im hoping to go tomorrow, is it still on and if so does anyone have any advice on parking etc?

It should be on, can't really see why it wouldn't be. There's plenty of parking there though, 3 decentish sized car parks, should be more than enough for a 20s game.

46-10 to Hull with 5mins to go when i left.

London was poor although the 5 was a unit and pretty rapid.

Hull played well in bits but the match was a bit of a errorthon. Can't believe how big Ellis is, looked over weight and unfit but showed good glimpses against a poor opposition. Turner went well as did Kent when he got moved to 2nd row.

You would think looking at the score line it was a good performance however we didn't have to work for anything at all and went away from any structures that we have and was relying too much individual stuff plus the kicking game was very poor.

Ellis tried far too hard to impress and was doing stuff he wouldn't get away with in SL such as taking hit ups and backing himself to much when in their 20.

To be fair though mate, pretty much everytime he backed himself, he split the defence. I was actually pretty impressed with him.

I agree Jamie Ellis did look far above most of the FC u20's team. All in all a good but scrappy performance. But then again I have seen it happen plenty of times with poor opposition, the gameplan goes out of the window and individualism creeps in.

Great set up there, and the only fully open golf stand in Hull!



How did Rovers u20's get on in their new home????

Where have the dobbins moved to?

The Pride of East Hull use


Walter Simpson park

West Hulls ground

Getting them used to travelling across the river to watch games

What was the line up?

Dunno but Clarky reckons the highlights will be on FCTV later this week

Full back
2 wingers
2 centres
stand off
scrum half
2 props
hooker
2 2nd rowers
loose forward
4 subs

They all looked bloody big as well....like other posters said,was a hit up for them but Ellis is a bit on the hefty side to say the least and i would put him out on a dual-contract as Nicklas is way ahead of him in the pecking order.Young Crooks went well as well and Bowden drove the ball in well.As for the set up,can we have some team sheets next time and sort the tannoy out,sat in the golf stand you couldnt hear the thing,good clubhouse mind and ample parking.Also good to see Gentle and Bomber there as well.

Neither Ellis or Nicklas will be going on dual reg.

Thank-you mr Gentle

I thought london were a very poor team, nobody shone for me,Ellis looks promising, got to loose some weight, crooks needs to take extra lessons on taking goals, he got the power, just needs to practise. give kicking duties to Ellis for the time being.

It is good, but surely it is a given that the first team coach would be at all U20s games, at least at home anyway.

It seems obvious, a bit like players training in the positions they play in.

The full back is too small and will not make it

And yes it was good to see Gentle and Bomber

But bad, very bad to see Howes there grinning like mad, theres just summat about him. (Yes i know he's agent for Gentle etc)

I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that after a full pre season Ellis is still overweight. He was clearly overweight last year which might be OK in the Championship but I don't know of any other overweight scrum halves in SL. As you say Nicklas is ahead of him and fitness is probably a big reason why.

I don't think ellis will ever make it at the top level. If he had the heart he'd have lost the extra weight by now. Just a symptom of a lack of desire to achieve at the top level for me

Talking about weight, I actually think that Moa has lost some of his impact game due to the amount of weight he has lost, hopefully as the season progresses I will be proved wrong by this observation.

I think too much is being made of his weight. He's naturally big, and trains as much as the other players in the team. I think he'd at least equal Seymour in a foot race too. Would be great if he turned out like Bobbie Goulding, who was a similar build.

That would be great...Personally I am not too bothered about his weight,he has a sweet kicking game. I am just interested to see how he will fare in SL, it's a big step up. Hopefully before the season finishes he will get a shot.

Wasnt that sweet yesterday and his weight is a issue.Can only see him getting a shot if Symour,Horne aand Nicklas get injured or a place in the cup if we get a favourable draw.