Clark Wells. Now got his fourth

said we should be looking at RU
This one could pay off

Pearson went to watch him

I happened across an article about improvements to Hull FC’s academy today. Here are a few excerpts.

[iThe academy set-up has dramatically improved, the introduction of the half-back school and bringing in the junior players to train with the first team will all contribute to a brighter future.

It’s an ambitious plan which Pearson appears to be putting in place, and a brave one, but one which could recapture the imagination of a fan base who have become, to some extent, disenfranchised with the club after a lean few years.

There is a real hope Hull can emulate the likes of Wigan and boast a team of almost all local players in the years to come. For that to happen, change is needed, and that change is on the way.[/i

If you haven’t guessed yet, it isn’t a recent article - it’s from September 2013. I’m not having a pop specifically at Hull FC. Rovers have been singing that same song for more than 10 years with even more meagre returns. Maybe the investment didn’t go in to the degrees implied or the facilities at Bishop Burton weren’t all they were cracked up to be. However, it feels a bit groundhog decade and I think there’d be value in pondering whether there’s something about the circumstances of our clubs vs Leeds-Saints-Wigan that might mean another approach might be more optimal.

Excellent win for the reserves and great to hear Savelio played a big part that.

Hopefully he’s turned a corner and will now knuckle down to reclaim his first team spot.

Good signs from the trialist as well. Be interesting to see how he goes in the next match.

Indeed and showing the foundations the club have chosen to build on are starting to show their worth.

As for Savelio maybe this is what he needed to refocus.

Highlights on FC's Official F/B page , Some cracking tries in that game .

Savelio looks like Jason Taumalolo in the highlights. Hopefully he’s righted whatever the problem with TS is/was.

Lazy defense.

Its amazing how none of the hull fans ever noticed it.

Leigh reserve game cancelled, the 6th game Leigh have cancelled this season, as well as they are doing with the first team, this is really poor.

Full things a farce.

Staggering that a SL side cant run a second string team which will only get put together every other week. Has to be sited when it comes to IMG grading

Teams like Salford and Leigh are really playing things on a knife edge. Doing great in the league, but Leigh cancelling Reserves games, and Salford getting battered by our Reserves at the weekend just shows that they have no depth. An injury crisis, and both of them are really struggling. They have been very lucky with injuries so far

the game is going backwards with these clowns in charge,i remember in the 60s and 70s the a team has they were called played nearly every week,very occasionally if a team cancelled a match with no good reason,they were heavily fined.you only have to look at the nrl reserve structure and how good it is to know that our game is years behind.the attitude seems to be who cares about youth and the reserve structure.just fill the team full of aussies and other overseas players.i would limit the quota system to 2 per team.