Re: Academy Prospects : Sun May 16, 2021 10:37 am  

You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false

You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false

Re: Academy Prospects : Sun May 16, 2021 11:22 am  

Great to see academy back, 14 months without a game.

Re: Academy Prospects : Sun May 16, 2021 2:33 pm  

ccs wrote: You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false thanks ccs i will watch this as i thought we had as strong academy squad with seven of them training with our first team but from the scoreline 32-14 its looks like it was a bit of a drubbing particularly as we scored late in the game to make it 14 points

ccs wrote: You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false thanks ccs i will watch this as i thought we had as strong academy squad with seven of them training with our first team but from the scoreline 32-14 its looks like it was a bit of a drubbing particularly as we scored late in the game to make it 14 points

Re: Academy Prospects : Mon May 17, 2021 5:06 am  

bonaire wrote:

thanks ccs i will watch this as i thought we had as strong academy squad with seven of them training with our first team but from the scoreline 32-14 its looks like it was a bit of a drubbing particularly as we scored late in the game to make it 14 points

Not like to be negative, its first game in 14 months, at least give them a chance, what was the average age of both squads?

Academy rugby isnt really about results, it's about development of players making sure as many as possible are ready for professional rugby.

Re: Academy Prospects : Mon May 17, 2021 1:30 pm  

ccs wrote: You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false We looked rusty but not hapless. The Wakey team seemed a bit more prepared and they have some good players. A couple of our lads had to be taken off, Barron was one, I didn't see who the other was. Hope they are okay.

ccs wrote: You can watch the full academy game against Wakefield here... https://en-gb.facebook.com/wakefieldtri ... rect=false We looked rusty but not hapless. The Wakey team seemed a bit more prepared and they have some good players. A couple of our lads had to be taken off, Barron was one, I didn't see who the other was. Hope they are okay.

Re: Academy Prospects : Mon May 17, 2021 4:36 pm  

C for Cuckoo wrote:

We looked rusty but not hapless. The Wakey team seemed a bit more prepared and they have some good players.

A couple of our lads had to be taken off, Barron was one, I didn't see who the other was. Hope they are okay.

Agree, Wakey looked more "battle hardened" and made metres every time they had the ball. Their number 8 and 12 both looked good.

Hull's full back, Marcus Walker, went off towards the end with what looked like a shoulder injury

Re: Academy Prospects : Tue May 18, 2021 4:14 pm  

I see LR has offered a job to Danny Wilson at Cas next season. (Also Andy Last.)

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Re: Academy Prospects : Tue May 18, 2021 6:16 pm  

ccs wrote:

I see LR has offered a job to Danny Wilson at Cas next season. (Also Andy Last.)

Cas fans saying deals are done for both Andy Last and Danny Wilson.

Re: Academy Prospects : Tue May 18, 2021 10:11 pm  

ccs wrote:

I see LR has offered a job to Danny Wilson at Cas next season. (Also Andy Last.)

And signing Westerman

Getting the band back together

Re: Academy Prospects : Wed May 19, 2021 6:55 am  

One thing Radford needed to do was learn from his mistakes and bringing in the same coaching staff and some players aren't going to help that.

Not sure Wilson would be that big a loss, he has been there for a number of years and our academy hasn't exactly been that successful has it (The Rovers merger didn't help). Get a top youth coach in, with a history of finding and developing players, it can be done as Rovers have one from Bradford.

The only concern for me would be Cas signing players from us or the best academy players from the area, they did take advantage of the academy merger a couple of years ago.