Thats it, as good as they are and as much as they can earn good money if they make it, the club have to ensure they allow them to finish studies and have a back up career if anything goes wrong.



IIRC Tom Briscoe did exactly this too

I think the Club, League, or whoever initiated this deserves some credit

I know Union sides have built up strong links with Universities that allow their full time players to structure their studies around training full time and their playing commitments; therefore they get the best of both worlds. Leeds Carnegie, leicester Tigers and Newcastle Falcons definitely do this. Cardiff Blues and British lions centre Jamie Roberts is still at Medical School whilst being a full time pro too. I don't think Hull do this or have any provision for players to do this.



Even the Hull Rugby Union have an arrangement with Bishop Burton College where the "Rugby Scholars" benefit from free accomodation, free tuition fees and rigorous daily training under Tevita Vaikona. It's the scheme Laurence Pearce was on.

He has played 6 for the 21's however the way they play with split halves means he would have no problem playing at 7.

Agar has stated when long plays he's first receiver, does that mean if he's missing or first team plays with split halfs?



So inafect changing our game plan.

I get what your saying however today with Turner playing at 6 and offfering a bigger running threat Nicklas and Williams in particular both stepped up and were taking control as 1st reciever which is different to how they were playing for the 21's. Think the playing with split halves is a good idea for younger players as it helps them both to develop their talk more and have equal responsibility on the play calling.

As I've said in another thread, Williams was playing behind a dominant pack against a fairly poor Doncaster side, which explains why he looked better than he has in the U20's side (not that I have seen him play, but that was the concensus of opinion around me), wether he could do a job in SL you can't really tell from that game.



I was told Niklas had injured his knee, but the match report suggets nobody is injured, any ideas?



And fnally, Washbrook at 9 is not going to work.

Tbh HF I prefer the 'Arsenal' approach.



All Hull age groups should play the same system and style, then when a player is missing another player can come in and fit in without any disruption.

So he's wrote off after one game, brilliant!

Fair comment. Did you miss his season with the illawarra steelers in 1989??

Dont you understand English, i just havent seen him play simple as that !!

anyway back to lee williams ffs

What not even for Leeds/Salford post 90s??? How old are you 15...