Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:56 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

U16s got a big of a tanking against a huge NSW team. stand out were Levi Edward's and oli field.
the NSW U18s are warming up and are bloidy huge. massive

Oli Fields playing for the 18's next isnt he?

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:05 pm  

sorry. billy Davies. looked at wrong sheet

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 3:47 pm  

Under 18's got beat 34 - 4. Couple of big defeats for our junior teams today.

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:51 pm  

Understandable. We had 15 year kids playing against lads 2 year older. Billy Davies excellent for 16s but Aussie kids was much bigger and stronger.

Sounds like the A team plans are becoming a farce. Leeds wanted to use Fev players and the RFL have put a block to it or at least limited the number. Leeds then wanted to use a link with the University to use players from there and again vetoed. Its unclear from RFL the number of games the reserve league will be at this point so very difficult to plan for.

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:54 pm  

2 good tests against bigger and better opposition. some thrived, others left wanting. good games though

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:10 pm  

Both Teams will gain good experience from today neither took a backward step when it got tough but both were out muscled out skilled & out played.
Fwiw id love to see the birth certificates of both their age groups Forwards the u18's especially most of em looked & were built like 25yr olds.

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:25 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Sounds like the A team plans are becoming a farce. Leeds wanted to use Fev players and the RFL have put a block to it or at least limited the number.

Interesting, do you have any more details on this? Fev have probably six reserve-type players who aren't realistic 1st grade contenders this year and it was clear Leeds & fev ahd an arrangement for them to play in the Leeds reserve team, do you know what the extent of the RFL limitation is going to be?

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:50 pm  

The NSW boys are mostly contracted to NRL clubs, the u16 have had a great year and almost beat the NSW city team which contained the best young talent in Australia.
Would have been interesting to see how the Leeds under 16 players went against them instead of playing up 2 years.
Tom Holroyd and Jack Broadbent to name a couple are young enough to have played today in the 18’s game.
By the way, isn’t the young Sinfield lad only 14 ?

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 7:45 pm  

So were there u16's today the same age as our 16's from last season like Atkinson, Nichol, Watten, Field, Parsons etc? And there 18's today the same age as our 2nd year Academy players from last season like Holroyd, Jonhson, Broadbent, Walters, Whitten etc?

Re: 2020 | Academy Talk : Sun Nov 24, 2019 7:50 pm  

looked like it too