ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:42 pm  

Saints won today 40 plus points to 12. Keeps us at the top of the table with Hull KR.

Lewis 'dougie' Charnock
Tom Roughley
Greg Richards

All made there u18's debut after moving up from the 16's. It was Charnocks first game for 12 months and he was very good.

Saints far too good once again at this level.

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:52 pm  

How is the boy Brotherton doing? He looked a likely lad in the youtube videos of him playing for Northampton.

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:55 pm  

Brotherton is with the U20's and is doing ok. It's a team that as no consistency because of the first team injuries.

Interesting that Saints have just signed another lad from Northampton for our U15 scholarship team for next season. Apparantly he is a very good player.

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:56 pm  

Saintly Warrior wrote:

Saints won today 40 plus points to 12. Keeps us at the top of the table with Hull KR.

Lewis 'dougie' Charnock
Tom Roughley
Greg Richards

All made there u18's debut after moving up from the 16's. It was Charnocks first game for 12 months and he was very good.

Saints far too good once again at this level.

According to the Official site the final score was
Saints 50 -12 Cas
That puts us top of the league with 18points Hull KR are second with 17
Wigan are in 9th place with 10 points.

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:06 pm  

Agent Mulder wrote:

Wigan are in 9th place with 10 points.

Putting Antipodean over 30s ahead of developing the kids again I see. I wonder what Rogues' excuse is for this failure?

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:10 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Putting Antipodean over 30s ahead of developing the kids again I see. I wonder what Rogues' excuse is for this failure?

I'm sure he said a while back that they were a poor crop of youngsters this time. I've just posted on the cherry and white about it. Their team just won today 24-20 v Hull

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:08 am  

As I've just explained on the Wigan site in answer to AM's post. Rogues Gallery wrote: There are no league tables for the U18's, and there is no play off competition, same as last year, stupid idea imo. It's supposed to help younger players develop their skills rather than be competitive (don't shoot the messenger) The U18's have been poor for the last two seasons at Wigan due mainly to low recruitment and the fact that the better players get pushed straight into the U20's. Now if you want to compare those teams then there are league tables published, with Wigan and Wire fighting it out for top spot. Wigan have lost two games and Wire three, Saints I don't think will make the play offs. (top six) http://www.therfl.co.uk/matchday/league_table

As I've just explained on the Wigan site in answer to AM's post. Rogues Gallery wrote: There are no league tables for the U18's, and there is no play off competition, same as last year, stupid idea imo. It's supposed to help younger players develop their skills rather than be competitive (don't shoot the messenger) The U18's have been poor for the last two seasons at Wigan due mainly to low recruitment and the fact that the better players get pushed straight into the U20's. Now if you want to compare those teams then there are league tables published, with Wigan and Wire fighting it out for top spot. Wigan have lost two games and Wire three, Saints I don't think will make the play offs. (top six) http://www.therfl.co.uk/matchday/league_table

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:57 am  

Has the tour squad to Australia been named yet ?

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:29 am  

The Eclipse wrote:

Has the tour squad to Australia been named yet ?

Not sure, but the first time Rogues went on tour a chap named Cook was the Captain, (of the ship)

Re: ST Helens U18 vs Cas : Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:24 pm  

Most of our under 20's though are either on standby for first team duties or are playing for first team. Wigan are still in 9th place in the under 18's though.
If you look on the official Saints site they have a league table which shows Saints top and Wigan 9th.