He might be with ball in hand but his flimsy defence cost Leigh many times tonight.

Another top performance by the Rovers. Leigh had a good opening 10 min and never through the towel in but were never in with a real shout.

Just one highlight to some up the attitude of the Fev players, around the 46 / 47 minute mark Rovers were attacking the Leigh line and on the last tackle put a kick in to the right hand corner.

Sam Smeaton competed for the ball but could't just quite haul it in and knocked it dead in goal.
He immediately put the breaks on and instead of ambling back he sprinted like hell to get back into the defensive line.
Leigh did a 20 meter restart as quick as they could and moved to ball the there left and guess who was involved in the next tackle, Sam Smeaton.
This was a seaming insignifcant play in and amongst many others but it sums up the team spirit of this side.

Dom Maloney who looked fairly average (by his previous standards) in his first few games is starting to get his game back and will get better as the season goes on just to add to our woes if we meet againicon_lol.gif

GFB - Penky has brain farts but is still our best player, Ridyard might miss a few tackles but the positive things he does far out weigh the negatives.

Dare- Not jumping to conclusions just stating fact, fev have just ripped leigh apart but yet all we talk about is forward passes and niggling at the play the ball. They beat us fair and square last week so in the last 7 days they have swept aside two of their biggest challengers, they have such a fast defensive line it makes them so hard to break down, im not saying they will win everything just that they are running hot at the mo and setting a standard that we need to be aiming for.

I think we all want you in the final, for a few reasons:

1. You'll fill the place much better than the DeeDars will and the atmosphere will be awesome

2. We want to beat the best

3. We owe you one from 2010



Good luck tomorrow

We want Fax because your fans make for a better atmosphere; And its now time to put our squabbles behind us and make for a great final; The majority of your posts are very much appreciated;

I'm up for a few beers and a laugh with any fax fans who want to get a round in (that is providing you get there of course

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He was 5 yards offside though when they tapped the ball.

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The icing on this cake would be if plod could arrest the piece SHXT that did so much harm to another human being ...

nah looked dead level from my seat,

Bring it on then sunshine get a coach that isnt stuck in the 70s and try it

Powell has merely copied that Aussie bloke Nathan Brown and brought an unpleasant feature of the game down here to our hallowed competition.

The only way to play against this type of niggly cheating is to either cheat back (which we at Fax would NEVER do because of our high moral principles) OR nobble the referee before the match. I'd go with the second option.

At the mo it looks pleasant enough from where I sit Richie!!

If Fax played that style of rugby i would stop watching im affraid, Each to their own but i find it slow and boring watching laying on tactics, Dont get me wrong as a fev fan you are winning so thats all that matters but as a neutral i find it boring, I much prefer the faster game which was supposed to be the way the game was headed and at the begining of the season the RFL brought something in for the refs that was supposed to speed up play of the balls, Look at the NRL, Fast flowing big hitting Rugby league.

Must say though your line speed is awesome at the moment and you dont need to slow it down so much.

Having said all that tonights game will be one man mud rugby if it goes ahead and will be poor viewing, I hope Karl has come up with something new this week. We will wait and see.

well it's been howling it down for most of the morning here in Rovrum tho this last ten mins it's slowed to a drizzle. The DVS drains well so unless the Riven Don has risen 30 feet I'm not expecting the game to be postponed.
I'm making one in for t'laugh! Summer rugby my fat ginger botty!

I was in Rovrum in your neck of the woods Robin in Rawmarsh doing some work for 2010 when the last deluge happened and boy did it come down, lets hope it doesn't get as bad this time round irrespective of tonights game it's hard to descibe the mess it left in many areas if you didn't see it first hand.

The tactics Fev employ are the type tha will turn people off if they want to watch he game for its entertainment factor, die hards of any team will probably love it if their team employ them and win.
Personally the open rugby we played at Fax over the last few years was so exciting to watch it (occasionally) make up for the odd loss, though it was still frustrating but 'd have any of our 6's back at the moment.

Rawmarsh eh??? That's where I live - straight across from the big park on the hill!!! It's like Helman province in some areas - and it's very pleasant in others - but when the rains came t'other year boy did it come down! The don and dearne both burst their banks leaving a lot of folk still counting the cost.

It's still grim here and I dread to think what the outcomne would be if there is another day like this. No matter how the pitch drains, it's been fairly torrential al day. I'd keep checking with your club before setting off.

Yup, I'm quite happy with how my team are performing. Our crowds are going up nicely as are our opponents crowds when Fev are in town - not just from the away support either!

Yes mate I was there on and off over a 3 to 4 year period when 2010 were doing a lot of the refurbs on the former council properties.

Bramalls were the main contractors and they had their compound behind a big pub near one of the main rounabouts but I can't remember the pubs name.
As you turned down the side of the pub on the left was some kind of huge processing plant and on the right a football pitch.

We did hundreds of houses and never had any trouble whatsoever.

As you say many copped for it and the worst of it starts once the water has gone, very very

Well thats the point we all like something different, i have watched the game twice since last night and every tackle there are loads of stuff going off that fascinate me i love that type of rugby, maybe im stuck in the 70s but i dont really care for me its very entertaining and the fact were winning makes it even more enjoyable.
I have watched Fax a few times this year and your not this exciting athletic team your coach seems to think, i would say Rovers backs and certainly half backs are much more athletic

I must be watching a different game to some of you lot, when we scored 42 points in the 1st 40 mins against Keighley a few weeks ago it was one of the most entertaining halves iv ever seen, sparkling rugby, same when we beat Pia. I have seen Fax several times this year and if you want to think your playing much more exciting rugby than us then fair play, but i certainly dont think you are. Lets see how open and exciting you are tonight

Robin you looked like a dog wi a bone in the Fev Arms last night , eating your tea





wouldnt like to try to tek it off yer .

try the salads .

Agree with you that we aren't as exciting as we have been in the past but what a thick thing to of course tonight is gonna be a dour battle

Sure a team containing supreme athletes like Robinson, Hesketh, Azui etc will be able to play exciting rugby in any conditions

I agree, we are n't as entertaining as we were, in fact down right poor at times with little idea, which is frustrating as got most people's Messiah in to coach the team.

Last week when we moved the ball we looked dangerous, and with a little luck and poorer Fev tackling, we may have got the VR decisions, but we didn't. rest of the time we were awful and didn't really test your guys out.