Wouldn't be Mr Shaw by any chance? He's dropped another clanger in his article about first half score beating a record.



I know we had a good first half but it certainly took us longer than eleven minutes to get the 9 tries

Don't be surprised to hear news on various young players signing new deals soon.

Cameron Scott is still young enough to qualify for the under 16s so is still at least 5 years away from playing any first team rugby. If he's really that highly sought after, I'd say we have little to zero chance of hanging onto him long enough to ever see him make his first team debut.
I hope I'm wrong obviously, but it's the unfortunate truth thanks to where the club is these days.

5?

Jacob Trueman, Sam Burgess, John Bateman all made their debuts in their first year as an academy player at 17. Not saying Scott will do that but there's no way he still wont have made his debut at 20. If we sign him and other clubs want him, then they will have to pay for him.

I'd rather we sign Scott than yet another SL reject, play him for 4 games, then realise he's not good enough and ship him out on loan to Dewsbury while we still pay him a wage.

Great news. Maybe we've finally clicked in how do to recruitment. Or Smth has just taken over from ferres.

Well yeah, I mean those are special circumstances but I hope you're right and he has a long and successful Bulls career!

I've met the kid and without wanting to big him up too much, I'd say he is definitely capable of playing first team at 17, so in the next 12-18 months. Has made just as much impact as Bateman at amateur level. I refuse to compare him to Burgess though because that guy is different gravy!

This time last year I think that you'd have said the same thing about James Clare. To SOME players, the idea of playing regularly to give yourself the chance to improve is more important than being a squad player at a Super League club. Even if sometimes it means earning a little less money. I think that Mariano is OOC at the end of the year and he's already played for Wakefield and Hull KR before his time at Cas, so I'd say he could be a realistic target.

I'd like to see Matt Cook back at the club. A solid forward and Good leader.

Not sure how long he has at Cas though.

Re Cameron Scott,
Cameron turns 17 in October, numerous SL Clubs were in the hunt for his signature. I doubt he will be kept under wraps for too long.

Oddly I'd just read about him wanting a new deal at Cas and he's there until end of 2017.

I think he would be great for us but seems to fit perfectly at Cas, and already talking about new deals there.

I think his problem at us initially was his utility he was still filling out and we couldnt decide whether he was a centre or back rower.

To be fair, Cook always looked a prospect that wasn't going to quite fulfil the promise when he was Odsal. Could see he may be a top player, but never really got tot the level where he was demanding a place in the 17 every week.

Yeah now he'd likely be doing that, but would he command a place in Wigan or Warrington's team? I don't think so.

Destined to always be one of those who looked like he could be a superstar and never quite got there. But a solid player nevertheless.

Cook was in a similar position to to such as Brett Ferres and Ryan Atkins, and to be fair, quite a few more, when he was at the Bulls. They were all excellent players, but we had a great side back then filled with genuine stars, and you didn't break into it by being just, 'good', you had to be pretty outstanding to get a look in. Quite a few young players from the academy couldn't, and wouldn't, wait to be given the nod, so they left for pastures new and got on, rather successfully, with their lives.