Im not sure about the coaching strategy, but from my limited knowledge, the 16's have been very well coached for a number of years, the 19's not so much, morley as 19's coach last season was a bit of a disaster imo.

Player wise, i think we'v done a fantastic job of getting some of the best young players in the country into the club.

3 year ago our intake had walker and oledzki who are arguably the best teenage back and forward respectively in the british game, Cameron smith, who was regarded by most as the best player in the whole country at that age group and a bit of a superstar in the making, aswel as whiteley, A sutcliffe and chapman -smith, who are all highly rated by people on here who know more about the academy than i do.

2 year ago the intake included mcconnell, trout and newman, these 3 were the standouts of that years group for me and are all amongst the best there age group in the country, especially newman who's an electric young . Theres also tyler dupree whos a massive unit and seems to be developing into a quality impact prop, i think the club picked him up a bit later than the others, so credit to the coaches for his development.

This years intake could be the best of the lot and has 4 very special players in it imo, Holroyd (prop) martin (backrow) johnston (hooker) broadbent () are all brilliant talents, then theres spence, whos an england academy halfback, moorhouse and whitten who are already doing well at 19's level in there first season at that level.

Iv probably missed a few aswel.

Couldnt agree more, looks like the club agree now too which is good to see, no need to waste cap and squad places on your walters, ormndroyds and mullallys when theres talent coming through like we have. Its win win...the youngsters get a clear path way to the first team and we free up cap to bring real quality in.

Im also a big fan of delaney, think out pack at 19s this season will be fantastic, we probably wont play our strongest pack all throughout the season but if and when we do it could be frightening

8.Holroyd
9.Johnson
10.Dupree
11.Trout
12.Martin
13.Mcconnell

14.Burton (Oli)
15.Moorehouse
16.Mustapha
17.Delaney

Im expecting big things from Moorhouse and Martin this season in there 2nd years.

Where do you reckon Muizz will end up, position-wise?
Can’t decide whether he’s a direct second rower or a potential Barrie McDermott physique prop. He’s a bit short but he runs so hard. Would need to fill out a lot (and probably lose pace) for prop.

Moorhouse had his leg in a boot at Keighley.

Not sure, probably depends on the coach, as a regular starter and the way the games gone id say 13 would probably his most natural fit, it would be hard for teams to handle him steaming in off the back of 2 bigger props, he's mobile and he's a quality defender. But if a coach is after a ballplayer at 13 then i see him as an impact bench player. Be interesting to see how he develops, iv seen a couple of interviews where he mentions putting on size.

Shame, hopfuly nothing too serious, he's another huge unit with pretty good hands and an offload