Just like to say its good to be back in Junior ARL, My lad has had a year out playing wendyball but should be making his return to RL tomoz,

A nice little fixture away at Shaw Cross for his Panthers U11s, Good luck both teams



Bigal will you be around ??

its a secret "or do youav vays ov makixing us talk)

yeah well i had nowt to wear until he came home

thats good to hear steve im sure ade wont mind having another half back in the squad.

hey up Rob what you up these days, are you coaching, i'm helping out with Heworth at the moment, should be in Cas soon playing Townville

i coach the panthers u12s,its a bit like been a drug addict you know its no good for your health but you enjoy it enough to keep going back for more.



what age are you doing?

i'm nearly round



Working in the morning and going to Ovenden later with the first team, so depending on KO probably not.

Well see how he gets on rob but he's got that buzz back about him. He lost that while playing football.

Al it's 10.30 so if your about after game I'd love a chat

Stanley Rangers U14s welcome Dudley Hill this Sunday kick off 11-30

expect nothing more than a convincing win, they have three or four outstanding players but on our last visit fell short of a good defensive line
once they can achieve this their confidence will grow

I predict a 32-6 result to Stanley

Result ( u12's)

Cas panthers - 0
Crigg - 32

Result

Yorkshire Junior League U13s

Sandal Spartans 44 Vs 0 Methley Warriors

thanks to all at both lock lane 10 s today (sorry we could not stop) but we had to dash off to see the other one at cas panthers play at a little higher pace . Once again rob you and your parents can hold your head up high as can the lock lane ones . Its always a pleasure to meet the better mannered coaches and to be fair today's game was a little slow but some of your old heads still showed glimpse of how dangerous of what they can do . I knew that your top tackler would still have it in him and to be fair is one of the finest players my son as played along side and plays the game in right mannor . i wish i could of seen his dad on the way out to say hello as he and his older lad is always friendly .
the 12s is a tricky age some lads start to fall by the way side whilst some become overnight sensations , one day in the 15s most kids will be JD n TH size then the level playing field will hit home.

I think on today's performance both teams will be going home thing they could of done better , whilst some individuals in particular will be thinking why on earth did i do that ?

Still always nice in the club house afterwards partially seeing old people from Stanley

i think its a pretty fair reflection on the game,you are quite right at u12s you get a mixed bunch regards size and the teams who have the lets say more developed kids in there side seem to do well but has you say there will be a levelling off period at around u15s then you will see who stands up

not all negatives from us 7-8 kids stood up very well,has always we will work hard during the week and look to bounce back against stanley next week where we will have the full services of out two most potent attacking players for the full game.

12s Oulton Vikings 16- Stanley 10. What we lack in size not many will match us for handling ability and sheer determination, pleased.

right that does it

MUTTS METER MARGIN

sorry mate , well done

No worries, predict a loss for us every week ....

No, mate, but I have "vays end meanz" of keeping you quiet...

Under 8s, its mad

Stanley Rangers u14s only just manage to scrape through todays games against Dudley Hill winning 12-10

some absolute appalling reffing that had prevoiusly helped east leeds beat the u15s by two points, he then continued it in our game with 5 mins to go he sin binned one player for complaining about a player down injured while they scored their last try and then binned another for asking why he was sinned the first player

so ended up with 11 on the pitch.

it was some effort to keep them from scoring again to win

Big game next week as we are away to Normy Knights

Reffing at all levels this season has been diabolical, I watch a considerable amount of ARL and semi/pro and have been amazed at the standard, I watched 4 games of rugby today and have to say the worse display was at top level, so how do you expect the youngsters to improve their reffing when what they aspire to perform so badly

well two games into the u/12 season it still looks like everyone still has to catch up to crigglestone all black level of rugby in div 1 and the team to beat at the moment

i wouldnt disagree at all,i doubt anyside will be able to contain crigg unless complacency sets in or a certain individual misses a few games.

this has got me thinking to how the aussies do things and instead of playing age groups they play to size and weight so that everyone on the field is of simular build,i had a good chat with both lance and gadge after the game at the weekend and they both said we played the better rugby, but ended up on the end of a 32-0 scoreline and i wouldnt disagree that we played the better rugby.

now more than ever at u12s you can see quite clearly that some kids are growing quicker than others and at times it is men vs boys and the men will always win. i can see this trend conituing for the next two years at least until we get the levelling off period at around u15s u16s.

i also feel it does the bigger kids no good in the long run has they can rely on there size to just power through teams rather than having to use skillls to open up teams something they will need when they play at a higher level in the coming years,has a kid myself i saw some quite awsome kids at junior level and at the time they seemed unstoppable but i cant remember many of them been any good after everyone else had caught them up in size.

im not having a dig at the kids or the teams they play for has any coach would love them in there side and use them the same way and its not there fault they are what they are.please take it in the right context.

Heworth u8s beat Wetherby Bulldogs 8 tries to 5, cracking game for age group, loving working with this age group, derby match next New Earswick this sunday

100% with you on this Rob