Catalan Dragons, City of Hull and Huddersfield Giants join the list of Academies to be rated 'Outstanding'.

Pleased as punch for my club as i know through my own involvement that the amount of work that has been put in over the last few years has been tremendous, there's a great set-up now and we are reaping the benefits with some excellent prospects.

8 clubs now hold 'outstanding' status, these are the future of our game so seems it's not all doom and gloom after all !!

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How did Leigh do?

Erm...........

Why are Salford allowed to play in Super League without an academy? They're just starting to benefit from one with the likes of Lannon and Bibby.

Do the lower league clubs get a report like this for their academies? Good to see Newcastle on there, I know they do work with Northumbria university with a number of students playing for Thunder. They've also had 2 lads named in the England u16 squad.

Question is how were Leeds awarded outstanding when the report on the club states that there are areas where they can improve?

Look at the number of clubs given outstanding, I'm sure all of these still have areas they can improve.

If you read the rfl report the only one of the outstanding academies where they say they identified room for improvement was Leeds.

Have you read the report ??

Thought Hull had been operating at an outstanding level for a number of years now? So don't see why it would change just because of the COHA? It's still the same facilities FC academy used.

Yes, I couldn't find any mention of Leigh, hence the question.

Well done to Newcastle, Bradford and London for running academies from the lower leagues and Catalan for running an academy overseas.

Stop being a Pr!ck and try and understand the situation. And get rid of that sir in your username, you are lower than the lowest. We all look down at you because you're making a fool of yourself without knowing it.

It seems you are a bit touchy on this subject. I believe it is you that has just made a fool of yourself.

Menawhile, on a related & positive note, over 2000 at the U19s Grand Final today between Wigan & Castleford.

IT was a really good game despite the scoreline only some last ditch defence prevented Cas from scoring 2/3 more tries. Wigan are a very good side with more than a few that will become household names over the next few years. Most of the Cas team are still eligible for the 19s next year so expect them to be strong again next season. Great experience for the young guys to play in front of a good crowd I'm not sure what that stand holds but I'd say was over 2/3ds full and well played Wigan in making it a good event with the build up,it's those little things that make the difference.

Wigan have reported the attendance as 2,129