Would he start for us at full back in Rd 1 ...? Or at 6 and displace Miller. Not in in round 1 ... Later in the season definitely but by that point he'll be back at Wigan displacing that chump Williams

Will learn a lot with Powell who despite being a Cas - without a doubt is a great coach

Let's move on

Wigan were indeed fined and they then went straight out and tapped up a team of U13s the day after.

The wider wider issue is that these lads at Y10 and Y11 who are in Pro Scholarships are also in the middle of their GCSEs. I know it's partly their choice but dragging these lads over the Pennines at rush hour and them not getting home till gone 10 or 11 OClock at night 2 or 3 times a week is irresponsible of the clubs who do it but more so of the RFL for allowing such disruption to occur.

My lad has just finished u14s season and wakey scouting is very poor.They rarely go to matches and kids are picked up through doing Saturday morning training camps.
Out of this year's batch only 1 kid plays in the top division all the rest come from division 2-4,kids from my lads team who have gone to Leeds not approached because they did not go on camps.
Don't even think Ryan Hudson knows who most kids are as young ens mate was asked what his name was,who he played for and what position he played when they first signed on scholarship.

This is my point exactly, it's no good people coming on here moaning about the likes of Wigan, Leeds, etc coming and pinching our kids from under our nose when Ryan Hudson[and I'm glad you named him and not me] cannot be bothered to get of his arris and go and look for himself, relying on a phone calls instead. Perhaps if the chairman ever got any spare time he'd address the problem of which certainly needs sorting. He's done okay with most other things let's hope he can sort this out as well.

I could never understand why we had to go to guys who's hearts are at Cas or Fev to fill the various coaching roles (Agar's team??). Hudson was one player I certainly wouldn't have rewarded with a job here after his history.

Meanwhile, Andy Kelly is Head of Youth at Shudds - it's a funny old game.