Good win for the reserves.


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A good effort by the academy today against a team that looked bigger and more powerful than most of our lads did.

I think the main difference between the two was that when Hull got the ball they seemed to know what to do with it more with set moves etc.

Going off the team sheet the players that stood out a bit for me were.

6 - Declan McLoughlin, showed some nice footwork and good vision.
8 - Adam Davies, a couple of good runs that took the Hull players some effort to stop him.
9 - Liam Thompson, organised well and looked dangerous with ball in hand.
11 - Matthew Sarsfield, got through a lot of work in defence and made a lot of tackles. His go forward was the only thing that let him down imo.

Well done to the reserves as well for keeping the winning start going

My Report on the Academy Today - Link: wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=666 Reserves btw - wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=665 Better goal kicking seeing them to victory it seems. No teams from the reserves yet.

My Report on the Academy Today - Link: wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=666 Reserves btw - wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=665 Better goal kicking seeing them to victory it seems. No teams from the reserves yet.

You couldn't criticise the effort today but the lack their of composure let them down, particularly in the second half, when, with the wind at their backs Wigan had Hull "on the ropes" but failed to finish them off.

Hull were certainly physically much bigger, and Wigan were very poor defensively around the play the ball. However, it was very young Wigan team that will certainly get better as the season goes on. It's always difficult early in the season to make judgments. Last year Wigan got overrun by a bigger Castleford side, but came good as the season progressed to make it to the academy Grand Final.

Quote Bilko="Bilko"My Report on the Academy Today - Link: wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=666 '" Excellent report on the game at Orrell today as ever. I agree with you about the ref, I thought he ran the game well as a good ref should. The ironic thing is all the reserve grade officials have been pretty decent so far this season, shame you can't say the same about the superleague ones.

Quote Bilko="Bilko"My Report on the Academy Today - Link: wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=666 '" Excellent report on the game at Orrell today as ever. I agree with you about the ref, I thought he ran the game well as a good ref should. The ironic thing is all the reserve grade officials have been pretty decent so far this season, shame you can't say the same about the superleague ones.

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Reserves/Academy Tables Link: wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... age_id=875

I'm too easily amused. Just writing on the site.

Tries: Russell, Crowe.

I need a life!

Yeah I agree with all of that. I don't get to Orrell often with Saturdays being a pain for me but I was there for that Cas game so maybe it's me. Saints last years champions got humbled at home by Warrington today as well to prove the point.

Get your coat

Who coaches the 18's? Is it Pendlebury? Thought Wane had an input into both but obviously with the reserves being away that would have been impossible yesterday.

According to the official site........

Reserve Team Coach - Shaun Wane
Head of Youth Development- John Pendlebury
Head of Programme Development for Players and Coaches - Ray Unsworth
Scholarship Coach - Kris Radlinski
Skills Development Coach - Dave Lyon
Talent Identification & Player Welfare - Brian Foley

My cousins first game today (Matt Crow). Pleased for him scoring on his debut!!