Having watched the Under 21's on Friday night vs Leeds I have to say that Jack Briscoe looks a ready made fullback in the next couple of years. He is only 17 I believe and scored 2 great tries showing real pace and composure. The first was excellent support play and Kallum Watkins (not exactly slow) from Leeds couldn't get near him. The second was pure class, darting through a gap and throwing an outrageous dummy to score under the posts.

There is also Reece Lynne who I am led to believe is a potential star centre with pace to burn and a great rugby brain. Throw into the mix Tom Briscoe who we all know is class and the doom and gloom at present should hopefully be replaced by a brighter future.

As for the forwards, well I have to say there doesn't seem to be an abundance of talent in the under 21's but hopefully we will unearth a couple of decent forwards in the next two to three years.

Also I believe we need to keep Sam Moa. He plays with aggression and you can sense the crowd lift when he takes the ball up. I don't sense this when Radford, Dowes, etc. plough forward. He can only get better. Radford, Dowes will not improve.

I see Reece Lynne scored 3 tries on the weekend, thats already about 5 tries in three or four games.
Really excited about him progressing through the ranks.

hull fc acadamy play their castleford counterparts on saturday(11th) at west hull's ground ko-2-30pm.not been to see them play yet,but fully intend to go on saturday.it would be nice to see a decent crowd.

Wonder how long it will be before we can expect to see them both in the first team, 2 years?

Edited

Both will play for the first team within two years.

Briscoe should get a couple of games next year.

Be good to both the Briscoe's and Lynne in the side along with Tansey and Yeaman, good young backline.

Think Briscoe will get CC experience next year.

Lets just hope that these top talents get the chance to reach their potential, which really hasnt happened to most of our young players this past decade, one full international from our academy this decade says it all

looking forward to seeing these lads play on saturday.just hope all the hype doesn't get to them over the next year or so.

Wonder how long it will take to see them all changed into hookers?


FWIW i may be tempted to play Jack Briscoe towards the end of this season if we cant/dont make the playoffs. If Broughton has gone back he may well get a game sooner rather than later.

You mean like Reece Lynne, Liam Kent and Lee Williams?

Lets hope they don't get bigged up too much (like Lee / Washbrook / A Thackery etc) to be world beaters only to be slated for left right and centre when they don't turn out to be the next Wally Lewis.

Out of those 3 Tommy Lee is the only 1 who got bigged up all throughout his junior career. Anth Thack pretty much slipped under the radar.