Two good wins to start the Reserves season 48 - 0 vs Bradford and 46 - 10 vs Cas, played some good rugby and scored some cracking trys. Plenty of the players still eligible for the Academy aswel. Always interested to see how the younger players are developing physically at the start of a season and we certainly look a big athletic team right across the park with 7 or 8 players somewhere between 6 ft 2 and 6 ft 6.

The Academy season starts this week after a cancellation to the opening round fixture.

Good promising start to Tony Smiths tenure.

The ever impressive Mark Butterill has a good set of players to work with this season, the U16's especially are a great intake, which more or less sweeped up all the best players in the Yorkshire league. Theres other good players in the group but the Names to watch out for imo:

Harry Smith - HB
Pressley Cassell - 13
Harley Thomas - FB/C
Callum Webster - BR/C
Joe Butterfield - Prop
Dylan Hutchinson - HB/FB
Marcus QareQare - FB/W
Jermaine Oladipupo - Prop
Jacob Stead - BR

The U15's intake missed a few players who are heading over to Lancashire, 2 going Saints, 1 warrington and Cas kept a couple in Yorkshire, but still a good intake, led by Zak Lloyd from Siddal, who's the best U15 in Yorkshire, and from what iv seen, in the country imo, big, fast, skillfull, intelligent. He can play anywhere, FB, 6, 13, Centre, SR...And he's excellent in all of them, interested to see where the club play him.

Sounds like the production line is still working - thanks for the update.

Wasn’t our QareQare supposed to be the better brother..?

Too early to say with ours being so young, he's certainly a classy player with great feet though, the potentials there.

I didnt see much of Jason at the same age so cant even compare on that front.

Butterill is leaving?

thought it was the worse kept secret in the game that this is his last year at the club and he will be on the look out for another club for next season?
I rate him the lads done a great job said it for years now he will be another clubs gain its a shame like.

Buterill will be a massive loss to the club.
Why is he actually leaving the Rhinos Tom?

was told lack of opportunity and not getting the same backing and support as other coaches have had? One to watch i guess ..if i hear owt else Biff ill let you know. agree with you though be a loss for the club

Under 16s v Hull KR tonight with all players mentioned above in the game

70 - 0 win for the Scholarship, solid start

Webster x 4
Cassell x 3
Lloyd x2
Thomas
Hutchinson
Diskin

I’m wondering who the next couple of lads to break into first grade will be.

Would expect to see Sinfield wirh game time this season. Simpson was close before his knee injury. Who else do you guys reckon might be there or thereabouts?

Actually quite hard to get into our 17 at the moment.

Also can anyone see Field coming through into the Leeds back row at some point? Gannon/Field/Smith is a good sized and very skilful back row.

Amazing how we go from a very poor show against cas to an irratic first half yesterday (yes there were some good periods but still irratic) then a great 2nd and now we've a 17 that's hard to get into!

It is a hard team to break into now as a young player because 6/7 lads have cemented spots overt the last year or two, and a couple more are on the verge. Some decent prospects like Muizz, Edwards and Broadbent not made the cut.

U 18's Academy started the season with an 84 - 0 win at Newcastle today