Yeah smith was really poor for you last season,im giving him the benefit of the doubt tho. Hopefully it was just an ajustment for him from being the star in probably every team he'd played in coming through the ranks and probably finding things too easy,to playing against seasoned pro's where you'v got to put 100% effort in for the full 80 mins. Could be the experience he needed. Im hope the leeds staff will be telling him he needs to up his workrate from what he showed for you.

Looks like the 19's and 16's have started the season pretty well. For those who have caught any of the games, which players have been impressing?

Have we got any highly rated u15's starting there first year in the 16's to keep an eye out for this year? Cheers

I thought Dupree and Trout were an handful last night. Liam Whitton at fb looks a good prospect as well.

Cheers. Like the look of trout, he got mom against widnes in the first game aswel i think. Havnt seen much of dupree but he looks a big lad that seems hard to deal with. We'v got a lot of good forwards with size coming through at present.

The halves in the under 16s look like the best young out and out halves we've produced in a while.

A message to anyone who coaches junior rugby, please stop 'coaching' skills in relay fashion with dozens of kids sat waiting for their turn, it's killing development and I see it everywhere including Leeds foundation events.