To be fair i'm not comfortable with pilfering your players while your in the poop but if we dont, someone else will, and make themselves stronger into the bargain....

We had to suck it up in 1997 when We had to sell Iestyn Harris and Paul Sculthorpe......both going on to be men of Steel, Scully twice....so its not something new and its not just us thats ever done it.

Jodie Broughton though im not sure...?? It would be harsh on Riley if he was pushed out for Broughton...

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... y-friendly Has Owen gone now, or is this a misprint ?

menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... y-friendly Has Owen gone now, or is this a misprint ?

According to Mondays League Express, Salford and Catalans U19 places have been taken by Featherstone and Sheffield.

So should we get out of this mess would I be right in thinking this would have a knock on affect for the next franchise application. As we'd fail the bit about youth development?

And yes I know we've more to worry about than that.

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.

Can you tell us a bit about Alex Davidson.Thanks

I tried posting a link but it wouldn't work. Type "Alex Davidson rugby league" into your web browser and it should put the wiki link up.

Basically he is a 20 years old prop who has played for England u16s, played a SL match in 2011 and played well consistently in SCR's successful u20s last season.

So, can someone please clarify. Am I understanding correct that we have opted not to put a team in the SL u19s, but we will be putting a team in the Championship u20s?

That is my understanding of the club's intention.

Is there an U20s? I thought this was scrapped?

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.