I guess when you say you know your rugby you mean you watching it. Do actually know what it takes for these youngsters to commit and train hard. Not all are on full time contracts and have other commitments like college and apprenticeships. Not to mention dealing with things like becoming a man. All to have pratts like you pulling them down. Im guessing you've never actually picked up a rugby ball either looking back through your past posts. Clown!

my bad 'plugger' i wasn't aware that all the academy players under walker that won a grand final were all full time professionals and didnt have to contend with all the off field issues you raised? i bow to the superior knowledge you gained by playing 3 second team games for east leeds. clown

Has anyone seen much of Toby Warren?

Another game against one of the big 3 Lancashire teams, another disapointing defeat, hope tony smiths performance is part of the review Blease will undoubtedly hold

Agreed. Do you think Cassell will go onto to be a first teamer,, Matt?

Yeah, im confident he will, got everything needed to be a quality Super League player

You would bloody well hope so. The academy has been a mess for a few years now.
I was told that it had got better in the last year or so but defeats like these certainly put a dent in things.

Hopefully its something now Brad is staying he can cast an eye over and make a shrewd appointment.

Another awful performance from the academy tonight, going down to Bradford

Really poor

Were you at the game Matt? Was it really as poor as that?

A must win game, too. Surely Grix has to go. Are the players really that average, or just really poorly coached? How can we ever be confident of moving forward at 1st team level when the pipeline just seems so mediocre?

Bradford weren’t even at full strength, that’s a real bad loss that one.