Match Reports

Read how the Eagles Senior Academy Are Progressing In 2007

Castleford (H) Wednesday 15th August

Eagles: Crouch, Davis, Farrow, Barrett, Brannan, Presley, Cook, Hepworth, Kesik, Buckenham, Morrow, Turnbull, Edwards. Eagle, Holt, Phelps, Rogerson.

Scorers: Tries: Presley (3), Hepworth (1), Kesik (2), Booth (1). Goals: Cook (3), Kesik (3).
 

Swinton (A) Saturday 11th August

Eagles:

Scorers: Tries: Kesik, Turnbull, Presley (3), Phelps, Farrow, Eagle, Rogerson. Goals: Kesik (7)

Castleford:
 

Castleford (A) Sunday 5th August

Castleford: Turner, Shipley, Griffiths, Annekin, Corby, Croft, Schofield, Saunders, Turner, Watts, Clarke, Thorpe, Graham. Subs: Lunch, Tosh, Talbot, Lupton

Scorers:

Eagles: Crouch, Davies, Roby, Farrow, Barrett, Malin, Allen, Buckenham, Cook, Hepworth, Morrow, Turnbull, Phelps. Subs: Kesik, Jones, Bowker, Reed.

Scorers: Tries::Grant Farrow 2; James Morrow 2; Ricky Crouch; Craig Cook ; David Reed; Craig JonesGoals: Jack Malin 4/6; James Allen 1/3

Penalties Castleford (4) 8 Sheffield (4) 9

Sin bin : Ollie Graham (Castleford) - running in and striking (75min)
 

Batley (H) Saturday 28th July

Eagles: Crouch; Davies; Farrow; Roby; Wall; Malins; Presley; Hepworth; Kesik; Holt; Morrow; Bowker; Turnbull; Allen; Rogerson; Phelps; Jones

Scorers : Roby 11 min; Presley 65 minutes: Goals Malin 1 / 2

Batley: Marns; Kerr; Laurie; Brown; Giles; Paterson l; Colley; Thewliss; Hadfield; Lambert; Richardson; Hill; Rourke; Lilley; Sanderson (only had 2 subs)

Batley Scorers: Laurie; Brown; Giles; Patterson 6g; Rourke 2t

Leigh (H) Thursday 19th July

With Leigh's late arrival and the score 8-0 after 6 minutes, things looked positive for the fledgling Eagles. However on 21 Minutes, the tide turned, when Leigh took the lead after tries from Pyke and Mort. Caldon Bravo collected an interception try for The Eagles on 6 minutes, but things went downhill from there on for the home side.

Nick Turnbull put in an incredible amount of work, demonstrated by his tackle count, and James Morrow also worked hard. Wingers Grant Farrow and Greg Hurst both made excellent metres and in the forwards Tom Buckenham lead the way with Kyle Kesik being the usual usual thorn in the opposition's side.

The major factor of the Eagles demise was in the fact that they only had 10 sets
with the ball in the second half, and only managed a 50% completion rate.

Ryan Powell was the playmaker for Leigh and with his linking up with Tony Woodcock they kept the Eagles under the cosh. 2 tries in 3 minutes of the third quarter, by Gittins and the 2nd for Woodcock, realistically took the game out of the Eagles control and the Leigh machine piled on the pressure with 3 further converted tries and a cheeky drop goal ( his second) by Powell to bring up the 50 points.

Eagles: Richard Crouch; Greg Hurst; Grant Farrow; Caldon Bravo; Neil Wall; Jason Eagle; James Allen; Tom Buckenham; Kyle Kesik; Luke Holt; James Morrow; Nick Turnbull; Tom Gray; Gareth Davies; Michael Rogerson; Daniel Bowker; Ryan James.

Eagles Scorers: Bravo (6); Farrow (46). Goals: Gray 2/2; Wall 1/1

Leigh: Ian Mort (t, 6g from 9); Wayne Benjamin (t); Tom Woodcock (3t); Lee Gittins(t); Craig Johnson; Chad Isles; Ryan Powell (2dg); Mathew Astley; Liam Grundy; John Boland (t); Darryl Kay; Dan MacDonald; Danny Pyke (t); Dean Hatton; Ian Roberts; Liam Coleman; Danny Meakin (t)

Penalty Count : Sheffield (6) 7 Leigh (2) 9

Referee: Mr P Wroe

Red Card : Wall - 71 mins - use of elbow; Yellow: Buckenham - 75 mins -facial

Barrow (A) Saturday 14th July

Match Report To Follow

Crouch, Davies, Herbert, Barrett, Wall (1T), Hill (2G), Eagle, Holt (1T), Kesik, James, Craven, Brown C, Brannan (T), Swires, Rogerson, Lloyd, Allen.

Whitehaven (A) Sunday 8th July

Hill, Hurst, Farrow, Brannan, Wall, Eagle, Allen, Jones, Kesik, Holt, Bravo, Phelps, Gray, Swires, Barnes, James, Rogerson

York City Knights (H) Saturday 30th June

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Hunslet Hawks (A) Wednesday 27th June

Hill, Davies, Brannan, Farrow, Wall, Crawford, Presley, Buckenham, Kesik, Jones, Morrow, Bowker, Edwards, Phelps, Crouch, James, Craven

Rochdale Hornets (H) Saturday 9th June

The Eagles Academy made it two out of two after the club did "the double" over Rochdale at the weekend. Zac Hill was the star of the show, scoring 8 goals, 1 drop goal and a 74th Minute Try to make a personal haul of 21 points and moving the club up to 10th in the standings.

Caldon Bravo also put in a sterling performance bagging himself a hat-trick and Grant Farrow remained the solid player he has been all season scoring a hat trick, with Grand Edwards also adding his name to the scorers.

Hill, Davies, Brannan, Farrow, Crouch, Eagle, Presley, Buckenham, Kesik, Jones, Trayler, Bravo, Edwards, Gray, Phelps, Holt, Bowker

Featherstone (A) Thurs 31st May

The Eagles Academy picked their first away win in the 2007 season in a close encounter with Featherstone Rovers. At times the game was heated, with Ryan Hepworth seeing Red after a brawl and Kyle Kesik being sin binned for his part in the melee.

Martin Brannan opened the Eagles account on 8 minutes, followed by Farrow in the 14th and Herbert in the 18th. Phelps crossed on 30, with Farrow baggin his second in the 34th minute to close the Eagles Try scoring account. Neil Wall did not bring his kicking boots, landing only 1 from 5, but Zac Hill added a second half penalty to bring the Eagles up to 24 points.

Barrett, Davies, Farrow, Herbert, Wall, Hill, Eagle, Hepworth, Kesik, Jones, Bowker, Brannan, Phelps, Crouch, Holt, Carter, Rogerson.

Dewsbury (H) Sat 19th May

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Keighley (H) Sat 12th May

The young Eagles earned a draw in heavy conditions against Keighley, with both tries coming from centre Mike Roby.

Barrett, Farrow, Roby, Brannan, Davies, Malin, Allen, Jones, Kesik, Hepworth, Phelps, Morrow, Gray, Holt, James, Eagle, Worsley.

Halifax (A) Wed 2nd May

The Eagles Academy were outclassed and outgunned by a far superior Halifax side. James Morrow was sent off for use of the knee. Crawford, Edwards and James all crossed the whitewash for well crafted Tries, with Malin's boot accurate by 100% but it was not enough to get them into the game.

Hill, Wall, Brannan, Barrett, Davis, Crawford, Malin, Hepworth, Allen, James, Phelps, Morrow, Edwards, Squires, Jones, Worsley, Barnes.

Leigh Centurions (A) Sat 29th April

The Eagles Senior Academy only managed a consolation Try through centre Caldon Bravo, converted by James Allen as they crashed to a heavy 44-6 defeat away to Leigh Centurions.

Leigh : Rob Smyth, Ian Roberts, Tom Woodcock, Danny Speakman, Linford Benjamin, Dean Hatton, Ryan Powell; Matt Astley, John Clough, John Boland, Darryl Kay, Tim Jonkers, Gareth Pemberton. Subs. Liam Grundy, Adam Thomas, Stuart Goulding, John Cookson. Scorers: Tries: Powell 2, Goulding 2, Benjamin, Hatton, Jonkers, Thomas. Goals: Goulding 6


Sheffield : Joel Barrett, Neil Wall, Caldon Bravo, Mike Roby, Zac Hill; Jack Mailin, James Allen; Craig Jones, Karl Keskie, Tom Buckenham, James Worsley, James Morrow, Tom Gray. Subs. Ryan Swires, Aaron Phelps, Martin Brannan, Ryan James.
Scorers: Tries: Bravo Goals: Allen
 

Workington Town (H) Sat 21st April

EAGLES fans were treated to a try avalanche as the Senior Academy destroyed Workington. The young Eagles were 38 points ahead after only 16 minutes and went on to score 17 tries for a 96-18 win in only their second game in the competition.

Academy coach Chris Robinson said: "I'm very happy it was probably a little bit too easy but you can only play what's in front of you. We took our foot off the gas a bit in the second half but overall it was a quality performance. The start took me by surprise but we completed our first 11 sets (of six tackles) which in this game if you complete you have a chance of scoring. We took our chances really well and those early sets set the tone for the game. John Crawford played really well and Ryan Hepworth again was immense and even scored from 70 metres out. Grant Edwards had a great game and young Kyle Kesik is getting better and as we play games he will improve. As a group they will all improve."

Grant Farrow started the rush with a try after only one minute. The centre one of six first team squad players in the side - used his blistering pace to complete a hat-trick of tries in the 13 minutes. The Eagles blasted Workington with prop Ryan Hepworth, hooker Kyle Keski and loose-forward Grant Edwards outstanding in the pack with John Crawford controlling the plays from stand-off. Tries came almost non-stop in the first half from scrum-half James Malin, centre Zac Hill with a 60-metre break, prop Steve Craven, Edwards, Crawford, Hepworth and Kesik.

Workington scored a try late in the half for a 56-6 scoreline at the break in the game played at Hillsborough Arena. The visitors doubled their points with a try early in the second half then the Eagles resumed their onslaught with a try from winger Gareth Davies.

Hepworth set up the try of the game with a 50-metre break before passing to hooker Kesik who finished the job. The prop got his second try with a 70-metre break and Farrow took his tally to four. Substitute Chris Storey and fullback Joel Barrett scored tries before Workington claimed their third try.

Michael Roby's try on 75 minutes edged the points total close to 100 but Workington battled in the final minutes to prevent a three-figure defeat. Crawford kicked eight goals, Malin five and Hill one for the Eagles.

The Academy travel to Leigh next Sunday with the game played before the Co-operative National League one clash.

Robinson knows that wont be as easy a run out. He said: "It will be tougher next week you dont get games like this every week and weve enjoyed scoring a fair few points but now we need to knuckle down and work hard in training and make sure that we are ready for a tough game at Leigh. The attitude in training is good the people want to learn which is a massive thing for me. If they come along switched on to what we are trying to do it helps me and ultimately the goal is to help them as well and Sheffield Eagles become competitive in the Senior Academy and in the first team as well."

One of the outstanding players in the Workington game Grant Edwards is hoping he will make the first team for the game at Leigh.

He said; "It was good to get 80 minutes (in the Academy side) obviously Im looking to establish myself in the first team. I thought the boys did as well as they could in an easy win. We stayed professional throughout with a few silly mistakes. At this level we just need to be progressing people up into the first team. We need to get local kids through and this is a good stepping to get up into the first team."

He added: "Tubbs (Mark Aston) doesn't give a lot away. I put in a decent performance against Widnes and I need to take my chance every time I play and show that I can play well.


Eagles Academy: Joel Barrett; Gareth Davies; Grant Farrow; Zac Hill; Daniel Williamson; John Crawford; Jack Malin; Steve Craven; Kyle Kesik; Ryan Hepworth; James Worsley; James Morrow; Grant Edwards; Michael Roby; Ryan James; Chris Storey; Luke Holt.

Scorers: Tries - Joel Barrett(64); Gareth Davies(50); Grant Farrow(1,11,13,57); Zac Hill(5);John Crawford(18); Jack Malin(3); Steve Craven(8); Kyle Kesik(26,53); Ryan Hepworth(21,55);Grant Edwards(16); Michael Robyy(75);Chris Storey(60). Goals: Crawford 8/9 ; Malin 5/7 ; Hill 1/1

Widnes Vikings (H) Sat 14th April

SHEFFIELD Eagles Senior Academy side put in a strong performance before going down 42-22 Widnes Vikings in their first game in the competition. The Eagles have re-established an academy side this season. It's a mix of young players who come through trials and members of the first team squad with only eight of the side allowed to be over 21.

"It was a fantastic effort," said coach Mark Aston. "There were a lot of  kids - some only 17 - in the team who had never played at this sort of level. The attitude against a strong Widnes team speaks volumes. Coupled with that the boys who came out of the first team squad were fantastic. Ryan Hepworth had a great game, John Crawford showed what he is capable of when he in the right mood and they are going to be challenging for the first team. James Morrow showed a lot of promise and Zac Hill did well. We had a good crowd here supporting and it was a nice start."

The team opening game - played at Hillsbough Arena - included Hillsborough Hawks' players Steve Craven, Luke Holt and Craig Jones. After going down to two Widnes tries after 14 minutes the Eagles battled back well with a weaving run by Hill setting up the their first try from loose-forward Tom Gray with Jack Malin adding the goal. Fullback Crawford scored the first of his two tries before half-time and the Eagles went in 24-10 down. The Eagles came back well in the second have with first team prop Ryan Hepworth showing his strength and stamina as he played a full 80 minutes on  a hot sunny day.

James Worsley scored the third try from Malin's pass and Crawford produced a 50-metre break to claim the Eagles final try eight minutes from time. Crawford converted both tries.

Eagles Academy: Crawford; Reid, Barnes, Barrett, Hill; Allen, Malin; Craven,
Keswick, Hepworth, Morrow, Phelps, Gray. Subs: Barber, Holt, Worsley, Jones