Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:12 pm  

KXP under 16's played their part in a classic local derby tonight in front of an enormous crowd on Savile park losing to Siddal 8-6 in a very physical Halifax cup semi final.
Anyone missing these type of matches is missing out on the finest rugby league this country has to offer at this age group, there was four international players on the field tonight, absolute quality rugby league.
Well done to everyone who took part and played in the best spirit.

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:14 pm  

Col, I hear Inc Rose have a picture of the winning "try" in the cup final that shows they didn't get the ball down.. Bit gutting that for the lads after working so hard

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:15 pm  

Well they got a try tonight off dodgy reffing, so all evens eh ?

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:08 pm  

marillion man wrote:

Well they got a try tonight off dodgy reffing, so all evens eh ?

are you having a laugh....

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:05 pm  

rlw wrote:

are you having a laugh....

I would have added a laughing icon if i were.
Nice of you to be so gracious in defeat though, thanks. You may note that two tries to one is a winning margin, not converting either try made it a closer result, obviously. If you care to take not of the league table sometime, you'll be aware that Siddal under 16's have conceded an average of 11 points per game this season, having played everyone at least once now, some sides twice and in one match ( Normy away ) conceded 30 odd points, so do the sums for yourself sunshine, good defence wins games, even against a side like KXP with three current internationals in it. Teamwork, fitness & structure is the key my friend.
Congratulations BTW to Siddal on lifting their second trophy of the season so far, today beating Brighouse Rangers 50-0 in the Halifax cup.
Two more for them to aim at.

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:31 pm  

marillion man wrote:

I would have added a laughing icon if i were.
Nice of you to be so gracious in defeat though, thanks. You may note that two tries to one is a winning margin, not converting either try made it a closer result, obviously. If you care to take not of the league table sometime, you'll be aware that Siddal under 16's have conceded an average of 11 points per game this season, having played everyone at least once now, some sides twice and in one match ( Normy away ) conceded 30 odd points, so do the sums for yourself sunshine, good defence wins games, even against a side like KXP with three current internationals in it. Teamwork, fitness & structure is the key my friend.
Congratulations BTW to Siddal on lifting their second trophy of the season so far, today beating Brighouse Rangers 50-0 in the Halifax cup.
Two more for them to aim at.

could you please explain to me where i have been "ungracious in defeat". If anything you are being a bad winner, suggesting that king cross park did not even deserve a try, but hey ho.
Must agree with you about the quality of the games though, and another one to treat ourselves to this week, great stuff!

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:23 pm  

The King Cross V Siddal under 16's league fixture is on the top pitch at Savile park thursday evening 6.30 kick off.

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:02 pm  

marillion man wrote:

The King Cross V Siddal under 16's league fixture is on the top pitch at Savile park thursday evening 6.30 kick off.

This game has now been cancelled. I understand that King Cross have forfeited.
I'm not sure of the full facts, but I know that both teams have finals to play in on sunday, King Cross have three players & Siddal one player involved in England matches at Odsal next friday, how ridiculous is this, the way we're treating the players who are the future of our game ? My own lad for example trained for his Siddal team last saturday, played in the Halifax cup final on sunday, trained monday & wednesday with Bradford Bulls scholars & was scheduled to play tonight before the postponement. He'll train again on saturday, play another West Riding supplementary final on sunday and is preparing for the scholarship games which commence on 30th april having been put back a couple of weeks to allow the club season to be completed. I reckon his club side still have around five or six league matches to fulfill & they're in with a shout of winning their premier division, so obviously they want to be on top of their form. And on top of all this, the school games are in motion now, on top of their GCSE's.
We need to take better care of our players I.M.O.

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:08 pm  

Thats pretty insane, always thought the timing of scholarship games was daft, these kids never get a break.

Re: kxp v ince rose bridge national cup semi final : Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:52 pm  

[quote="Leon Ashton"]Thats pretty insane, always thought the timing of scholarship games was daft, these kids never get a break.[/quote

In fairness to the RFL/clubs involved, they're putting the lads into summer rugby by grooming them in the way that the academy & seniors are training and if the scholars games were during the juniors regular season, they would pull rank over the juniorclubs who would then suffer by losing their better individuals & the junior fixtures would be diluted of it's quality.
I don't disagree with you Leon, but it's just too much rugby all in all.