It’s generally good that some of these lads will get more time to develop. It’s good for them to mix with first teamers coming back from injury and playing against generally more mature opposition.

It’s also good for fringe first teamers to be able to still play regularly and make their case.

Markland is a tidy winger with great pace. Its difficult to judge the backs at the moment though, as most have got a lot of filling out to do

I agree Marty he’s a brilliant young player X Factor in abundance

Would Stephens be a threat coming out of yardage though Matt. All depends on what the club want from their wingers. He’s not going to be a threat out yardage and may struggle with high balls but put a ball in his hand on attack and he’s a threat and knows where the try line is but is that enough ?

More of a Johnstone type, than a Hall. IMO nothing wrong with that. Think the game has concentrated too much on size, and lost a lot of skill with backs. Whether that means he can fit in though, only time will tell.

I think he'l be fine coming out of yardage personally, he's never going to be the tallest but he'l be a well put together thing, you can already see he's starting to look bigger than he did start of this season. Dont forget, he's one of the youngest on the pitch any time he plays this season, so he's got a lot of growing to do. He's a late march born first year right now, so he's playing against lads more than 2 years older than him in some cases...with his body type, footwork and acceleration, i dont think his yardage sets will be a problem.

His height is an issue but hes a terrific explosive athlete he has a high leap and seems to catch every ball that kicked at him.

Many a time this year I've thought he was in trouble and has caught virtually every ball. Hes a good finisher too. One of tries at Warrington a couple of weeks ago was absolutely spectacular.

As Matt says hes a 1st year player and a really good one. Hes not ready for the step up yet but hes going really well at the moment and developing really nicely.

Good win for the 19's today...22 - 10 away at Huddersfield. 8 first years in the squad.

Bit of a flat performance tho I thought Matt.

Wasnt there Marty, so cant comment on the performance, happy with the result though, thought we'd struggle there today. Any individual performances stand out for us?

Iwan Stephens had a strong game, Corey was Corey always good, Markland sharp in centre in 1st half.

Team had no depth and Hudds was able to close us down too quickly.

Team is missing some quality players but found a win.

That’s fair enough I guess given the talent which is out on loan at the moment. Although could we say the same about Hudds with a few U19s qualified players in their first team? We got touched up by them last time out so good result either way.

See Burrow mentioned Sam Moorhouse for praise after the last two games, really hope theres a change of heart and the club keep hold of him and Brad Martin, we'v got better players in there positions right now but things can change at that age. To me theyr both capable of being good players in future.

I think a lot hangs on the reserve comp and how we will use it. IMO it should be used for giving those kids who are just over age for the 18’s a chance to kick on, players coming back from injury, and those in the 1st team squad who are out of form or need game time

2 trys and an assist for Broadbent in Batleys game today.

Goulding, A Suttcliffe, Albert and McCllelland all got trys for Fev, McCllelland assist for Gouldings try, Albert offload assist for another Fev try