Prem Academy Comp

[Tigersman]

Week 1 results
Northern Conference:
Worcester Warriors 12 - 55 Wasps
Yorkshire Carniege 33 - 19 Newcastle Falcons
Leicester Tigers 31 - 31 Northampton Saints

Southern Conference
Saracens 31 - 34 Gloucester
Bristol 32 - 14 Bath
London Irish 29 - 43 Harlequins

[Tigersman]

Week 2 (so Far)
Northern Conference:
Sale Sharks 6 - 16 Leicester Tigers

[padprop]

Have wasps completely cut ties with their southern counties or is it a caseof them playing in a northern conference with southern players?

[Tigersman]

Rest of week 2
Northern Conference:
Northampton Saints 20 - 26 Worcester Warriors
Newcastle Falcons 24 - 24 Wasps

Southern Conference:
Harlequins 12 - 23 Saracens
Bath 10 - 66 Gloucester
Exeter 48 - 17 London Irish

[Tigersman]

Has Craig pumped any money into the academy?

[Raggs]

He may have done, but Glaws academy are nearly always very good.

[Timbo]

He may have done, but Glaws academy are nearly always very good.

This particular Gloucester crop are apparently pretty special.

[Which Tyler]

Has Craig pumped any money into the academy?

He did a few years ago, with Grewcock coming in, and a concentrating of the talent. Then MFord and Danny had their... disagreement, and Mike didn't see the need for an academy and stopped the funding.
The talent there has mostly been promoted already, though we've a few promising youngsters; but they're not ready yet. I don't know Todd's view on the academy.
Either way, with a concentration of talent, followed by underfunding, it would never bode well for putting together an academy team, as their won't be the numbers without dipping further down the age spectrum. Add in a lack of continuity and some unconvincing coaching and yeah, I'd expect us to be pretty shit in an academy competition.

[fivepointer]

U18 Academy League Round 3 Results:

Northern Conference

Newcastle Falcons 41-27 Northampton Saints
Wasps 22-19 Sale Sharks
Worcester Warriors 20-19 Yorkshire Carnegie

Southern Conference

Gloucester 41-33 Exeter Chiefs
London Irish 41-50 Bath
Saracens 38-25 Bristol

[Tigersman]

So thats the end of the regular season and onto the Play offs.

The finals are
1st/2nd Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby
3rd/4th Wasps Rugby v Saracens
5th/6th Harlequins v Sale Sharks

Results
Round 4
Northern Conference:
Leicester Tigers 42 - 14 worcester Warriors
Wasps 25 - 14 Yorkshire
Newcastle 14 - 33 Sale Sharks

Southern Conference:
Gloucester 20 - 19 London Irish
Bath 36 - 36 Harlequins
Exeter 38 - 19 Bristol

Round 5
Northern Conference:
Wasps 5 - 52 Leicester Tigers
Yorkshire 15 - 15 Northampton Saints
Sale Sharks 66 - 17 Worcester Warriors

Southern Conference:
London Irish 21 - 21 Saracens
Exeter 19 - 14 Bath
Bristol 19 - 26 Harlequins

Round 6
Northern Conference:
Northampton Saints 12 - 26 Sale Sharks
Worcester Warriors 26 - 35 Newcastle Falcons
Yorkshire 7 - 36 Leicester Tigers

Southern Conference:
Saracens 31 - 26 Exeter
Bristol 17 - 33 London Irish
Harlequins 31 - 34 Gloucester

Round 7
Northern Conference
Leicester tigers 47 - 7 Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints 12 - 36 Wasps
Sale Sharks 24 - 24 Yorkshire

Southern Conference
Gloucester 72 - 12 Bristol
Bath 10 - 29 Saracens
Harlequins 47 - 33 Exeter