How old is he? Any chance of a senior appearance or two this year or is he too green for that?

He turns 18 this year. I don't know why he missed selection in last seasons academy tour to Australia, he would've been a good impact player.

I've been banging on about him for a while now. Great prospect

He's a very good player, big, strong and fast.

High praise indeed. Is he signing for Wigan perhaps? And no Wigan-supporting links anywhere in his family?

That's no good. I like my second rowers thin, slow and prone to giving away 20 penalties a match.

Dont think you will see him this year. Very good player but needs a bit of toughning up before he reaches the first team. Saints report is now up. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/2747

Dont think you will see him this year. Very good player but needs a bit of toughning up before he reaches the first team. Saints report is now up. www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/2747

Could not believe the size of him in that U19s game! Physically stood out over the rest.

Is Charnock any good? I remember the Wire fans being all wounded when we snapped him up from a Warrington amateur side after he had been expected to sign with them.

Charnocks not developed liked id hoped to be honest. Was a great Loose forward for Rylands but played full back last year and it now seems he is being used at stand off. He still shows plenty of talent on the pitch and aggression but im not sure if he'll make it at stand off for the first team.

One player to watch out for is Dave Hewitt. Very talented stand off.

Also a couple of players for the u16's im looking forward to seeing are 2 new signing, Danny Richardson signed from Widnes and we have signed a young lad from the Midlands in the name of Ricky Bailey. already a England youth international and just represented England at u16 level in Union.

He certainly looks promising. He stands out in that team. I hope that he is promoted to the first team next season. Imagine what he could be like if he did full time training.

Another player that I thought was good, was James Tilley. He runs in with the ball very hard and makes good yardage. I only just realised that he was promoted to the first team when Magennis retired.

Great prospect, expecting big things from him.

Dave Hewitt is another who has caught my eye coming through the system, made his under 19s debut against Huddersfield the other week.

I'm not sure about Hewitt. He was quite a big lad at 12 or 13 years of age but doesn't seen to have grown much. Only time will tell.

Is Dave Hewitt the lad who played full back at Bold when he was younger?