Really sad state of affairs. The Bulls do a load of good work at Wetherby Bulldogs with the younger kids yet totally ignored the successful under 16's team as they progressed over the last few years. I know that three of the lads from that side, all Bulls fans at some stage, were signed up by Hull FC and Rhinos, and all came back to haunt the Bulls 18's academy this season!

can only have 6 out of area on scholorship, not sure if that goes out of the window when they move into the academy

It does.

Yes sorry, main point was that there is a real disconnect. Why do the Bulls bother going into Wetherby (LS post code) to promote RL when they ignore the potential academy talent there? Wetherby isn't known for RL, but anyone interested in that age group couldnt fail to recognise the group of lads from that team that won the Yorkshire cup, Leeds & District cup, and runners up in L&D Cup twice. Both coaches were season ticket holders at Odsal, all three signed up players Bulls fans too. Two of lads from North Yorks, so Leeds & Hull FC took on out of towners as Bulls could have done. Real shame, came back tom haunt us when 2 of lads scored against Bulls 18's this season.

Quote: R.B.A "I was at the game and the Bulls were the worst Academy side i have seen this season by a distance. I had assumed that perhaps you had played a lot of young lads with your actual under 18s playing in your under 20s side but you were physically bigger than Rovers so not sure that was the case. It surprised me to be honest because with kids like Whitehead, Donaldson, Burgess, Addy, Olbison etc you have obviously invested in your youth. The ref blew up early in both halfs aswell with the game only lasting 70 minutes so it could have been worse. look at this viewtopic.php?f=28&t=505426

Quote: R.B.A "I was at the game and the Bulls were the worst Academy side i have seen this season by a distance. I had assumed that perhaps you had played a lot of young lads with your actual under 18s playing in your under 20s side but you were physically bigger than Rovers so not sure that was the case. It surprised me to be honest because with kids like Whitehead, Donaldson, Burgess, Addy, Olbison etc you have obviously invested in your youth. The ref blew up early in both halfs aswell with the game only lasting 70 minutes so it could have been worse. look at this viewtopic.php?f=28&t=505426

Just be because they scored tries against us doesn't mean we should have signed them.