BD20Cougar

I hope York go on to get a home tie against a top super league team, what a great game and occasion that would be.

Think it's fair to say Newcastle played the conditions better and defended very well when they had to. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the referee gave an offside at the potb to either team all game.

Dallimore from Barrow always seems to play a blinder against us (Keighley). I'd also have Jake Webster at centre even if he is getting on a bit.

No where near championship standard in my opinion, no one I know was at all disappointed when we realised him a few weeks ago. Hope he proves me wrong as he's a very nice lad with a great attitude but no where near the level of Gabriel and Ryder, two players I'd love to see back one day.

Former York forward Dan Hawksworth joins Keighley from Hunslet. Any good?

Anthony Gelling, no explanation needed.

For some reason Lingard was always a fan of him so wouldn't be surprised but not even close to championship quality in my opinion. No idea why it didn't work out for him at Dewsbury but surely he must have been doing something right to earn a move there in the first place? Other than being a bit on the small side Harvey is a solid prop, bit of a fans favourite at Keighley. Also still pretty young so time for him to improve.

Played more times for Keighley then any other club if Wikipedia is correct.

Presumably Fev and Newcastle won't have made the cut either? Hopefully the rejected clubs can put together their own mini league.

No one is pretending Keighley reserves will be producing a boat load of future England internationals but what they are and would continue to provide is a pathway into the semi professional game for ambitious youngsters overlooked by super league academies. Why does it matter whether they contribute more or less to the game then NCL clubs? With the ever shrinking player pool in this country the RFL should be begging more clubs to start up a reserve teams, not slamming the door shut on clubs who actually want to run one.

No official reason yet but my first thought was that the super league clubs (who didn't want to run reserve teams in the first place) don't fancy the extra couple of games a season against "less worthy" lower league opposition. If I remember correctly the last time Wigan ran a reserve team a few years back they refused to play against Keighley or Fax.

Why not?

What's Paul Rowley up to these days?

Don't think anyone saw this coming, the guy was well liked and working minor miracles to make us as competitive as we have been after all that went on in the off season. I can only think we must have a relatively big name lined up as a replacement for Craig to be rushed out of the door seemingly out of nowhere.

13 games left to close the 8 point gap to 5th place. It's doable but not much room for dropped points. The next three games of Newcastle away, Oldham at home and Hunslet away could make or break our chances.