The entire team was all under 17's so that they could build a team for the tour down under next summer. Winning in Australia is the goal and the best way about going about that is to have as consistent team up until that point. Pointless having a team with ten 18 year old's in if they can't tour next summer.

You can be 17 and still play under 17s IIRC.

Of course there may be a lot of 17 year olds that play U20s too. For example John Bateman has played a lot of U20s despite being 17, plus he's played a handful of 1st team games too.

The cut-off date in the RFL operational rules is midnight on 31 August before the start of the competition, so for Under 18 Academy players in 2011 that meant being aged under 18 on 31 August 2010.

That's who it was!!! Kept staring at him in car park as couldn't think who he was

One of the best out there IMO. Always alert and had a great eye for a gap.

Any relation to Kieran