Good all round defensive display against a much bigger side coming down hill first half. Also Thaler with some harsh decisions kept Featherstone at our end. My opinion Josh Walters had a very good game with Holroyd and several others also very good. McClelland looks a good prospect as well, future looks good with this lot. Poorly supported though even allowing for another very blustery and cold day.

Spence has always been reliable & he's improved year on year i wouldnt tip him as a future star HB yet but he's still got 2yrs left in the u19's.

Alot can happen in those two years, looked good for me not saying he will be a big star or will even make it in SL but potential is there and as i stated dark horse slow burner see where he is in two years time, if he is knocking on the first team door then can only be a good thing.

The one thing both Burrow and McGuire had as youngsters coming through was the pace/evasion to frighten defences.
As a link I think the halves are the ones which add pace to attack; they instigate the momentum and it takes quite a special player to execute high skill at high speed.
Whether any of the academy halves will make it in the end I'm not sure - we don't have the strength of player depth to have all positions covered, things tend to come in waves.
Right now we have some decent centre prospects, although perhaps in the Ashley Gibson mould rather than Kallum Watkins... fullbacks and then forwards.
Walker, Golding, Whitton, Stephens is a decent depth at fullback for once, and I'm very happy with our crop of props and second rows coming through.

Sam Little in the scholarship is an excellent talent at fullback aswel, played a couple of times last season as an u15, scored a nice try against StHelens. His footwork is top class.

If the fullback has real pace, they can transfer to wing fairly easily - or possibly push up into the halves (unless they stick their heels in like Walker..). Haven't seen this lad yet but will look out for him.