Misprint. Another confirmation that you shouldn't believe everything you read in the newspapers.

The Widnes player is Jack Owens formerly of Halton Farnworth Hornets, a young full-back.

I can't understand why SCR haven't entered into the U19s comp - a concept I have consistently considered to be short-sighted, penny pinching anyway. But I would have thought that they would have wished to stay in the Super League related competition, unless they have already decided that their future no longer lies in Super League.

However, the championship U20s rules, I am led to believe, allow 3 over age players to be used, thereby allowing game time for some younger lads who are training with first team, too old for u19s and not in Vievers' sights to play first team.

Meanwhile Adam Files has been loaned to Oldham and Alex Davidson to Leigh.

That's what I'm trying to work out. I don't know why you'd opt not to field in SL unless there was a reason to play in the Champs (ie, if the age groups are different)

SL clubs decide to scrap U20 and U18 and replace with just one U19 team to save money. It appears championship teams will be U20s, but bizarly I am hearing that when Leigh, Fax, Keighley and one other play each other in the U20s league, they will be U23 games....WTF. The game is in a mess especially with the new 'twinning agreements'. What happens if those teams are drawn together in the CC for example.

The 19s were meant to be playing the other super league teams but due to the financial restraints on the club they were unable to have 20 players registered by deadline date thus getting no super league fixtures, I believe they are appealing this in January and are hoping to be reinstated, if not they will play championship teams, that's my understanding.

Thanks filesy.

rlU20 fixtures championship2013rl

Championship U20's fixtures published , at present we are due to play York away on Saturday 2nd March
1st home fixture for U20's is V South Wales Scorpions on the 16th March followed by Rochdale on the 23rd.