AMBITIOUS League One club Newcastle Thunder Newcastle Thunder will have the chance to compete with the big guns of Super League in a 15-team
reserve-grade competition in 2020.
AMBITIOUS League One club Newcastle Thunder will have the chance to compete with the big guns of Super League in a 15-team
reserve-grade competition in 2020.
"In an ideal scenario we would all have a
reserve-grade team.
WIGAN coach Shaun Wane is calling for a return to
reserve-grade rugby.
Powell will officially start his cross-code challenge on June 1 but, with Super League clubs having voted to scrap the
reserve-grade competition, he is likely to start his career in the 13-man game with either Leigh or the Scorpions, Wigan's two partnership clubs.
He had a terrific first season with Wests Tigers alongside England forward Gareth Ellis but has played largely
reserve-grade football this year.
"On Saturday afternoon our
reserve-grade team are also facing St Helens, and that's a team choc-a-bloc full of young Welshmen.
Chambers, who twice failed to break through into gridiron during his two-year ban for taking a banned designer drug, experienced his first taste of rugby league in a specially-arranged
reserve-grade friendly against York eight days ago.
Chambers, right, who twice failed to break through into gridiron during his two-year ban for taking a banned designer drug, experienced his first taste of rugby league in a specially-arranged
reserve-grade friendly against York eight days ago.
Segeyaro was relegated to
reserve-grade football at Penrith after falling out of favour with coach Anthony Griffin and is confident he can rediscover his form with the reigning Super League champions.
Chambers experienced his first taste of rugby league in a
reserve-grade friendly against York eight days ago but spent just 39 minutes on the field in four spells and clearly struggled to cope with the stamina needed before retiring with a shoulder injury.
The 26-year-old, who has NRL
reserve-grade experience with Penrith Panthers, has been Gateshead's stand-out player in a disappointing start to the season.