Apologies for the spell correct typo above.

A fantastic victory last night by the England boys and thoroughly deserved too

AS has already been mentioned, there is a very talented group of young players coming through and not only at the Rhinos but also at all of the other clubs too which bodes well for our game.

IMO England's defence won the game and our pack were far better than the Aussie forwards,They never really looked capable of breaking us down.

Tom Holroyd was my stand out player.

If I was looking to bring in junior talent into the Rhinos then I would be very interested in Oliver Wilson (Bulls) and Sam Walters (Widnes) especially with them both not being already at clubs in SL

Tom Holroyd was excellent, Owen Trout also had a good game. Mustapha and Newman look like great prospects too. They need to be playing at a higher level than U19’s academy next year.

There was some talk at a recent Fev fans' forum of the possibility of a couple of Leeds players joining Fev on season-long loans. As Fev fan I'd dearly love Newman to be one of them, but he might be next in line for you guys at centre now behind Watkins /Murrell and I suspect the likes of Walters & Ormondroyd are more likely to be the players involved.

I'd love to see Mustapha/Dupree on a season-long loan too (assuming Holroyd will be pushing the fringes of the 1st team at Leeds), but Fev are reasonably well stocked in the pack whereas we are short on outside backs.

I can see Newman going to Feb for the season to be honest. Sutcliffe and Handley will more likely back up Watkins and Hurrell.

I can see Newman getting the gig on the wing outside of Hurrell - Luke Briscoe simply isn't of the standard we need if we are to seriously challenge the top sides

Agree Sal,always my first choice for next year!Handley 2nd

centre: Newman > Luke Briscoe
wing: Luke Briscoe > Newman

I agree but I think Handley will win wing spot over Luke Briscoe.

Handley will get first shot IMO. Newman should be first back up centre, there will be plenty of opportunities. Should not be held back by the Sutcliffe obsession.

Sutcliffe will be ahead of Newman in the pecking order rightly or wrongly at this time in my opinion.

Probably. It maybe has the feel of a make or break year for sutty despite him being contracted til 2021. His name may also go on ze list next close season if there's not more involvement and consistency shown by him.

IMO I think that all of our England academy players need to be playing above academy level next season even though they still qualify to play at that level, in order to progress their careers

I can foresee that the majority of these players being sent out on either dual reg or even on a season's long loan deal depending on which club they go to.

Realistically speaking I would love to see our talented kids that won't get a game in the first team during 2019 ultimately go out on loan and play in the Championship if possible in order to get them ready for 2020/2021 onwards whilst playing against sides that will take them out of their comfort zone as being top dog at academy level.

For players like Harry Newman and Tom Holroyd I would like them to go to Fev on dual reg in order that they can also play some first team footy at the Rhinos too as they are the 2 most likely to get the chance in the first team in 2019 IMO

Thoughts guys

Completely agree TBB.

No bigger fan of Tommy the Tank than me. I've watched nearly every game he's played in 16s and 19s but I'm not sure physically he's ready or mentally tough enough yet for regular week in week out Championship rugby.

Last year was his 1st in 19s and he missed a lot of time due to niggling injuries and bangs.

Another year in 19s, maybe a month or so on loan here and there will benefit him more.

He is still a kid at 18 and there is no need to rush a young prop through. I don't he's mentally as tough as Mikolaj for example but I rate him extremely highly and think he can become a star but in my opinion to be playing against men week in week out at this stage would be too much for him.