Some refs allow scoots some dont and it depends where they come frome which is stupid.

from the horses mouth and YJ ref of 5 years now No scooting at that age if they do the play the ball is to be retaken . And its a good idea to educate the player why .

Unfortunately some coaching teams seem to get cross and have a pop with the kid in charge which fuels the parents and the kids look up to them. So they think its the Referee who is wrong.

Not that he or she is in this instance but its good policy to remember the ref is right thats it.

weekend off if I want it seeing as crigg 14s out of cup and due to 3 teams not playing extra time in there last cup game n game for young uns club. ;[
BUT I will be at a match tomorrow I guess and I also think I w]] go to a 14s any ideas .

Normanton Knights u17s re play the cup game v Upton that got abandoned due to brawling, lets hope they come to play than fight this time

Saw some great rugby yesterday in the 12s and 11s . ( the joys of transporting referees ) .
So much better watching neutral games .

Today its

Shaw Cross Sharks 14s v Dewsbury Celtic .

A derby between 2 teams at the wrong end of table with X needing this one IMO a little more than Celtic.
If Dewsbury win Crigglestone fall deeper into trouble and it puts wind in Celtic sails.

was gonna go to Hawks v Cas but this one has more of a meaning to us. And no doubt Hunslet will be kicking off at 12 ish.

good luck to all regular posters on here still involved in cup.

Panthers 14s scraped home 10-16 in the qf of the challenge cup at hunslet warriors.

Not the prettiest of games by any stretch but two teams that were prepared to slug it out and defend well!!

a very good win for the Normy u17s today beating Upton 22-12.

Normy took a 12-0 lead in to the second half only for Upton to claw them selves back to 12 all.
it was touch and go for a bit in the end we managed to get that cushion we needed.
it still had its heated moments but was controlled far better with this referee

home draw in the next round to Stanley Rangers

What dates are the finals weekend this year mate , always a good weekend but little info on the YJL website

It seems like panthers got another result at the weekend, could be a team to watch this year

They dont pose any threat rugby wise......it's true.....i read it on here...

Stanley Cas should be a cracking semi final and im sure the Rangers will relish the challenge.

Is this the year of Panthers/West Hull ?

Still so hard to tell with East Hull still at 100% in the league. What is staggering is the amount of teams who have only won once . Every win will count for something at the moment in the top 2 divisions in the 14s.

FWIW I personally think technically W Hull have the edge but points on the board count as Crigg found out last year .

Cas v West Hull final but no easy semi for either team. Then its anybodies

And when are finals ?

14's is weekend of 21st/22nd June i believe.

IMHO West Hull are the favourites as they have beat Panthers comfortably on two occasions.

Raiders 8's had our first game after Easter putting in a real good performance against a decent Eastmoor side who had some pretty handy runners and defended well for the most part, but they also had a few smaller kids too. The run of fairly easy games we have had running up to Easter seemed to do us the world of good and confidence levels were high and they put in one of their best performances yet. Was close at the break but Eastmoor seemed to go to sleep a bit in the second half when playing up hill. Good to play 12 a side on a big field so all the kids got a good run out.

We have been told from another coach that the teams have been split by squad size rather than ability since Easter, presumably to give more players the chance to play. I can see the logic in this, but wherether or not this is more important than playing against equally matched opposition would be better I don't know.

Kippax away this week.

good win today for Normy u17s beating Keighley Albion 42 -4, the game was marred due to a head collision in which when one of our lads came off, he then didn't know where he was and had to go to A&E hope he recovers ok

as yet these lads are unbeaten in league and cup