Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:16 pm  

To help with the Covid situation, the academy has been changed back to U19’s so those that would have been in their final year last year are effectively getting an extension, but at the moment all academy and scholarship training has been stopped (apart from a couple who are in with the 1st team) fingers crossed these lads are going to get a real go this year as at the moment I don’t think there is an “official” reserves league, but I believe & hope there will be some club arranged reserve friendlies

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:09 pm  

Yusif Aydin is 6 ft 1 tall and 16 stones and only 20. When he's finished growing you'd think he'd be closer to 17 stones...

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:31 pm  

asmadasa wrote:

Yusif Aydin is 6 ft 1 tall and 16 stones and only 20. When he's finished growing you'd think he'd be closer to 17 stones...

My 21 year 1month old lad is 6’4” and 17st centre, I hope he doesn’t get any bigger

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:54 pm  

asmadasa wrote:

Yusif Aydin is 6 ft 1 tall and 16 stones and only 20. When he's finished growing you'd think he'd be closer to 17 stones...

He must have grown during lockdown.

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:03 pm  

jonh wrote:

He must have grown during lockdown.

He’s down as 6 foot 1 on Wiki but how accurate that is I don’t know but I’d say he looks about that. I’d say he’d be lucky to tip 15 stone though, doesn’t look 16 stone from what I could see. Not that I think it matters much at only 20.

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:39 pm  

vastman wrote:

He’s down as 6 foot 1 on Wiki but how accurate that is I don’t know but I’d say he looks about that. I’d say he’d be lucky to tip 15 stone though, doesn’t look 16 stone from what I could see. Not that I think it matters much at only 20.

I’d be surprised if he was much over 5’10”/11”.

He is a regular at training and matches supporting his brother, and he is a cracking lad I have to say too.

Very supportive family of all 3 boys and very grounded.

His dad isn’t very tall, I’d say shorter than me and I’m only 5’8”. I wouldn’t describe his mum as tall either.

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:47 pm  

jonh wrote:

I’d be surprised if he was much over 5’10”/11”.

He is a regular at training and matches supporting his brother, and he is a cracking lad I have to say too.

Very supportive family of all 3 boys and very grounded.

His dad isn’t very tall, I’d say shorter than me and I’m only 5’8”. I wouldn’t describe his mum as tall either.

Tbh 6 foot isn’t tall these days, I’ll take your word over Wiki.

Re: Prop Forwards : Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:19 pm  

jonh wrote:

I coach one of them and I assure you both have the potential to play professionally.

COVID and lack of rugby will not have helped either...and a good few others I may add who are in the 16-14 age groups this year.

Yes they have never said they didnt my lad played with both of them when they played in same team at eastmoor so seen plenty the team dispersed and they went diferent ways i know youngest stayed and played his own age while other lad qent to stanly where i know he gone ok.and 100% agree with covid not helping devlopment

Re: Prop Forwards : Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:26 pm  

Just a thought. I’ve just read an article that mentions loan periods are being cut due to Covid. I can’t seem to find the article but it says 2 weeks. Not sure if it’s recall or minimum term.

It just got me thinking that potentially we could have a look at the loan opportunities for prop forwards.

For example, Warrington seem fairly well stacked in the prop department. I believe they signed Butler as a project recently. I wonder if there’s any scope for a season loan or loan period.

The club probably have explored this option but just got me thinking while I was reading the article.

Re: Prop Forwards : Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:58 pm  

Rumoured to be letting Latu go