He certainly seems to be a real deal.

Must be close to getting a few SL games, his last try was excellent, but also liked his work for the 2nd try,

Staverly is top class too.

I hear good things about the number (If it's Sully Medforth?)

Obviously Balmforths 2nd try is the most eye catching try but his ruck manipulation to set up Laidlaw is the kind of skill which will transfer over to 1st grade.

Is it legal for a hooker to pretend to go one way and then go the other? Seems like cheating to me. I mean, if it was allowed then wouldn't our other hookers do it?

Slow in the legs and slow in the head

With the way things are going, a few more of this group will be in the first team soon.

Who are the halves in the academy team currently? Next week I'd expect we start with Lovodua and Hookem in the halves, with Balmforth on the bench to interchange with Houghton. Who's the next cab off the rank for a pivot place?

Intrigued to see the likes of Staveley, Severs and Balmforth in the first team soon hopefully, feel it's the right time now to add some fresh impetus and the energy that a young player with something to prove has to offer. Enthusiasm will go a long way in the eyes of the fans right now.

Well done to the SEVEN Hull FC players in the starting line up for Yorkshire Academy v Lancashire Academy tomorrow. Manoa Wacokecoke, Lewis Martin, Sully Medford, Matty Laidlaw, Denive Balmforth, Nick Staveley and Charlie Severs.

Really impressive to see this.

Sully Medforth is playing 6 for Yorkshire tomorrow. He's only 17 so it will be a while before we see him near the first team. He's looked decent when I've seen him but I've no idea if he will make it at this point.

Superb stuff.

Anyone know the score from the origin match, I'm sure last season I watched in on our league app, but now can't even find the score anywhere?

I was trying to find something yesterday and couldn't. In the past few days the England RL twitter account has been making quite a few posts about it. There were even coaches interviews before the game posted a couple of hours before the game. Since then they haven't even posted the result. Pretty amateur stuff to try building it up like that then not even post game updates, and to seemingly completely ignore the end result is just bizarre.
I would even have expected Hull to put something out there about the game considering how well represented we were, but can't find anything.

Lancashire won 38-20, not sure how the FC lads got on as I was at Craven Park

Hope you have been vaccinated

Disapppointing lack of news on this from the RFL.

It is a bit odd to have such limited coverage of the game.

All the try scorers were pur lads. Severs, Balmforth, Martin, Wacokecoke. Match report here https://www.rugby-league.com/article/60 ... emy-origin

All the try scorers were pur lads. Severs, Balmforth, Martin, Wacokecoke. Match report here https://www.rugby-league.com/article/60 ... emy-origin

Quote ="Hasbag"All the try scorers were pur lads. Severs, Balmforth, Martin, Wacokecoke. Match report here https://www.rugby-league.com/article/60 ... emy-origin'" Nice.

Quote ="Hasbag"All the try scorers were pur lads. Severs, Balmforth, Martin, Wacokecoke. Match report here https://www.rugby-league.com/article/60 ... emy-origin'" Nice.

I'm surprised your club havnt made more of the fact Joe Cator coached the Yorkshire side.

The RFL get a lot of stick but I think on this occasion they, plus Paul Anderson, should be applauded for getting Joe involved during his injury recovery.

Good on the club if true. BH made a big thing about keeping him involved with the club while he recovers.

Radders and gang are raiding Hull, they have just signed 8 players from Hull Dockers for their scholarship.

It's an odd one. Cas have signed 8 of them but from the games that I have seen, Rovers and Hull have signed the best prospects.

My guess is that Cas offered all 14 scholarships hoping that they would come en masse but it backfired massively when the 6 opted for Rovers and Hull.

Cheers for the insight RBA, one is Drew Docherty (if I have the right age group) who has signed for Rovers, could be one hell of a player?

Didn't the Cas academy get stuffed 100-0 by Wigan recently?

Reserves

I wouldn't trust Radord with the academy, I don't think that's his strength.

Fair. Still a mad scoreline.