yes. the Leeds forwards were great as was Wilson from the bulls. both halfs backs were good as was saints full back welsby?
only Aussie try was off a kick. they were as poor as Aussie academy side I've seen

England really bullied them over the 2 games, and were excellent. Australia were really disappointing, it's the worst back line I've seen any Australian team bring over at any level.

Good game. Smith, Smithies, Holroyd, Newman all good, as was the fullback - the English one - whose name I don't recall,

welsby? from saints I believe

Yep, that's him. Looked very good.

Great! I’m already looking forward to watching them turn out for SL sides in a few years!

Thought Owen Trout was superb.

Historically we have always done well against them. Difference is most of their team will go on to do really well in NRL whilst the majority of ours will end up in the championship or on a building site

Unfortunately I agree with you - not just a RL thing as its common in many other sports. Our inability to turn boys into men is shocking.

this was the worst Aussie junior side I've ever seen. nothing about them whatsoever

Well that's not true really.
Historically they have been undefeated. It was years before anyone got a win and NZ was first.

Some get to NRL but not many.

However, I agree we need to make sure ours do. Historically we don't develop our players like they do.

i agree, its also seen in tennis, athletics and football, probably others too. don't know why, coaching? motivation? rewards? too many cheap fix imports?

i heard that the aussie team is not necessarily the cream of their crop, as some others are tied tightly to clubs and are not picked for these tours. not sure how true that is. some of our aussie based friends might know more

Probably a combination but one more factor that isn’t blameless are the fans. They can be very guilty of judging a youngster not good enough when he does make it into the first team when he’s still learning and far from the finished product, whether it be that players own fans or opposition fans. In 2014 Ashton Golding was player of the series against the Aussies and a youngster that actually got given a first team chance at a young age and has faced plenty of criticism from both Leeds and opposition fans because he wasn’t as good as Hardaker.

and what happens if a young player has a bad start is often the coach will panic because it is his job on the line if the team loses, so they go for more experienced players to step in. in the mind of a younger player he might think 'i'm not good enough'