Would love to know what the England coach as doing.

England team was all Lancashire with all the Yorkshire players on the bench !

I don't see what what the Yorkshire/Lancashire divide has to do with anything,

Laughable scoreline though, is there any sort of write up available for the match?

rlYou can watch it on YouTube if you wantrl

The suggestion is the coach who was from Lancashire was giving favours to local lads. Playing players out of position so that they could get international honours doing favour for his preferred players.

A bit like situation we had at international level with Leeds and Wigan players.

Makes a bit of a mockery of the game really

I'm not sure the result would have been much different no matter what team started yesterday.

I believe it was England Colleges, not schoolboys and they were playing a side of High School students, some of whom were a couple of years older........the game (and the 2 coming up v Lancs/Yorks) are designed as warm up before the real deal of the academy v Australia.....
....watch the video. It was men v very young boys (who are essentially weekend warriors v NRL destines kids)

Watched until the Aussies exceeded 40 points before the 30 min mark. Interested to see if the NRL edict to play the ball with the foot carried through to the young lads. It did, with the England lads continuing to ignore that simple rule as happens in SL.

Thanks for the footage.

I think you're very much on your own with this one, I'm sure the coach made the decision based on current form and attitude in training.

Match report from the club who had five Yorkshire players in the squad seems that they were not happy

A great honour for any player dreaming of becoming a lion no matter the age, but for these lads they proved themselves worthy amongst the few and fought against the best.
All these lads earnt and have worked their way up quickly eventhough these five are just u18’s. Bob Jowett, Kian Morgan, James Wilcock, Josh Wilcock and Jordan Paga have accumulated achievements and have played amongst the best already. These boys have represented Moldgreen for many years with the exception of Bob who has been here at the club for the past 4 years. The 5 lads were put forward for the trials back in November 2017, where 70 of the best trialists turned up for the first session.

Over the last 12 months the numbers in the training squad has been reduced session by session and the final 19 were informed yesterday. To have 5 players from one club is an amazing achievement and only goes to show how well the club is doing and that we are all pulling in the right direction. The boys have taken part in all the trial games this year, firstly playing against Lancashire in March followed up by a Northern England vs Southern England and culminating with the final game England vs Catalans. Key individuals that have made international level for Moldgreen include, Nathan Sykes, Paul Reilly, Craig Williams, Micky Diskin, Leon James & Luke James

Match Overview: England Colleges 0 – 92Australian School Boys

It started with a bang as the Aussies just hit the ground running, the England lads outpaced outmuscled and just out manned. It was a great spectacle to watch but only as a neutral would it be right. The tactics was more men against boys in which it showed and dominated the atmosphere despite fielding both strong teams. However this was to change as the Aussies quickly put points on the board in the first 20 minutes leading to a 62-0 first half onslaught. Key points was that the bench full of Yorkshire athletes was primed and ready to take field but weren’t enabled by the England coaches due to the bias of players. Furthermore reason to believe players playing massively out of preferred position to no beneficial reason of the team.

The second half was a different story as Bob bulldozed his way through the opposition in attack and defense which enabled England to actually have possession of the ball. From one up rugby of the Aussies they had to switch to playing out of the back which they did majestically to then hand of the majority of the outside backs scoring 90% of the time. A change was yet again needed thereby resulting in England putting on more Yorkshire lads creating a better platform for the players in attack and defense. Despite them playing out of position the Yorkshire lads were able to organise the England squad into some shape with the help of Kian, Josh and Jordan defending the all-out Aussie attack. In the second half it was the most promising as England held them to only concede 30 points in the second half. Kian immense in his tipping of the ball towards the line and dancing through the defence before providing quick plays for the attacking line. Josh helping sweep in defense covering both side of the Aussie attacking line. Jordans quick speed enabled England to get close to the line on numerous occasions but to no avail despite having a lot of possession and territory in the Aussie half.

An accurate demolition of a promising England side didn’t properly prove anything for the Aussie boys and it was more the way England came back into the game that showed true grit and determination. Further positives from this game will be the experiences that the England lads gained from playing against future NRL and Aussie stars at such a young age where they can build, learn and become legends in their own time. Time to mature, grow and develop as rugby players more importantly as a team. For our Moldgreen boys they shone above the rest when tested and toughed out probably one of the best displays at youth level for a while from the Aussies.

#WallOfWhite

Every time I see the Australian Schoolboys take on their English equivalents I cannot believe the size difference. I remember seeing the likes of Oliver Gildart turning out against them at Orrell a couple of years ago and only some slick skills and rugged defence kept us anywhere near so no wonder the colleges lads got thumped. I look forward to the full England team having a run.

But for several bad injuries during that game at Orrell Wigan would have probably won that game

There is a lad called Franklin Pele in the squad. He's mahoosive.

Yorkshire put up a much better fight on Wednesday evening before going down 22-30. They actually led on 40 minutes, but the Aussies just had too much guile and match savvy.
Games are shown on the our league page....Lancs up on Saturday at 1pm GMT..........if it's half as good as the Yorks game it'll be great

Hull KR's Mikey Lewis scored a superb solo try but couldn't help prevent Yorkshire Academy slipping to a narrow defeat against the Australian Schoolboys.

Lewis, who penned his first professional contract in a three-year deal last month with Rovers, helped the hosts at the Mend-a-Hose Jungle take a 12-4 half-time advantage, touching down for a try plus kicking two conversions.

However the visitors hit back with 26 second-half points to snatch the win in a 30-22 success.

I enjoyed the game, I thought they showed up well. The Australian hooker in the 2nd half - Gray - was fantastic. Thought the Yorkshire props did well. I will probably spell their names incorrectly, but Dupuis, Mustapha, Holroyd were excellent. As a Hull fan it was good to see Connor Wynne in the 2nd half at full back who looked dangerous returning the ball and beat men easily, although he had a rush of blood to the head when he made a half break and flung the ball back inside