I think before we condemn leigh people should get the facts . I thought , perhaps wrong , that the four clubs and barrow who voiced dissent at the dr system laid down certain criteria ie picking only under 23 year olds , not in super league"s teams top twenty earners etc . If Leigh are following those views then you can't really attack them As I've said on previous threads I dontt like the dr system , it distorts the the whole comp , makes a mockery of team selection etc etc .interesting to hear fax"s views if they have broken ranks so let's see what develops and then you can knock em !!!!

For your information Rickster, Leigh currently have a very good crop of U20's, good enough to put 50 points on Fev last week or the week before.

Answer me this:

How do they promote their own kids if they take on Wigan's U23 year olds ? Do you realise how many of Wigan's senior squad actually fall into that age bracket BTW ?

The stupidity of the Leigh administration shows no boundarys

Nevermind Starbug, when the Wigan lads turn up to play for Leigh, at least their Wigan leisurewear matches your Leigh colours.....

Just playing devils advocate Marilion man . As. I've said before the whole thing is wrong . I agree with the loan signing of a player for a minimum period of time ie one or three months etc but to parachute a player in for perhaps one game to get him match fit is morally wrong

If I was a Leigh fan I would feel betrayed as the Leigh CLub said they would not enter into a Partnership with Wigan. OK loan a player or two but to go down the route that you said you wouldnt just a couple of months ago is poor. The statement is more the Leigh board trying to justify things rather than anything else. It starts off as just a Dual Reg and now its turned into a partnership off the field. Who do you think will be calling the shots with this? I doubt it will be Leigh! If this had been Fax I would stop sponsoring players and putting money in. If the club is struggling then least have the balls to say this and why you go in to partnership to help keep the club afloat

Obviously struggling - feel for the die hard leigh supporters who have supported the club through thick and thin

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From the Leigh forum, to name but a few.


=#FF0000Josh Charnley. 71 app
Jack Hughes. 29 app
Liam Farrell. 86 app
Logan Tomkins. 10 app
Dom Crosby. 11app

Don't know if it's right or not, but if it is Colin this proves your point.

As I have posted earlier, check out their forum, not much happiness there.

I have deleted the game now but I thought Paul Rowley said whatever they did with Wigan would still be inline with the agreement that Leigh had with Fax, Fev and Eagles but I could have easily got it wrong.

The game will probably be shown again and I will record it have a listen to what he said.

I must admit I wasn't paying too much attention, just remember something about it would have no effects straight away and there were a number if things to consider.

thats what he did say. they have used the rules they signed up to and are agreeing to only use young players.

Sadly that decision has cost you any chance you had of playing in S.L. Down to Fax and Featherstone only for any S.L. Franchise,

You seriously believed we had a chance of SL? , or that Leigh as a club are capable of operating in SL?

Essentially W1g4n have a 1 st team squad of 35 players, 19 of who would be available under the u 23 age rule, so 5 from 19 , not forgetting their under 19 squad who I have not included in the list

So SL is the least of the issues here, just having a fan base left that can support a club will be the problem

I really hope 'for the fax fans, that your BOD can get you out of this A league at the next round of licences, because if your still in it i fear your hard working BOD will become tired of the struggle and will just call it a day.

I'm still in shock at this decision by the current leigh BOD.

In october 2011 and thru the 2012 season they begged and scrounged 10s of thousands of pounds of us to keep the club alive and then this is how they repay us.
To say i feel betrayed would be an understatement.
Welcome to the junior warriors.

19 under 23's available under the current rule.

www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=10878

www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=10878

[uDO NOT[/u rule out Sheffield Eagles or Toulouse either.

If that happens then it only leaves us and Fev.
O'h no, Featherfax, now where's my flat cap.

If Halifax joined up with Huddesfield, Bradford or any other Super League club to that matter my 22 years as a supporter of the club would come to a end. I feeel sorry for the Leigh fans and I am really sad that a great club like that can sell its soul to its maine rivals Disgusting.

Part Quote "I really hope 'for the fax fans, that your BOD can get you out of this A league at the next round of licences, because if your still in it i fear your hard working BOD will become tired of the struggle and will just call it a day."
End of Quote.

That was one of my main worries that if it ended up where Fax in our case could not progress then the BOD's would not have any incentives for their hard work and may throw the towel in.

I have had a re think and something John Kear said on Boots the other night I thought was interesting.

He said that some supporters only follow Championship rugby league and have no interest in Super League.

I suppose applying it to Fax if that was the case and the door was shut for SL as long as we were keeping our own identity and playing some good competative RL I think most could go with that and be there each week watching them play.
Providing the support did not drop off too drastically I think the club could still be run well and break even or make a small profit to avoid going into the red and the BOD would still do their best for the club.

at the moment the wigan under 23 thing is for our under 20's, apart from john o'donnell no other wigan player has played for the first team

Besides the problems that people see within the clubs, this issue is now tearing supporters apart.

Look at that rather unprofessional statement put out by Swinton last week, an angry reaction to some comments made by a section of their support, voicing their concerns that Warrington may well have pressured the Lions into appointing their man.

Comments made on the Leigh forum, a lot of people unhappy with the decision.

If we were to go down this route (and I hold a very string view that i'm against it) I'd be even more upset if we were to get into bed with the Bulls or a club we see as a rival.

People who choose to support Hunslet generally live within the City of Leeds and probably in the smaller Hunslet area. They make the choice to support their team as oppose to supporting the Rhinos, same goes with Leigh fans choosing to suuport Leigh as opposed to going up the road to watch Wigan, who have had plenty of glory in the past couple of decades.

People choose to support a club, sometimes because they're taken along by a family member, but sometimes because they have an interest in the sport and they can identify with a club. If you take that identity away, then why should they keep going?

Sheffield unlikely to succeed this time around - at least.

They won't have a ground and probably not the fans either.

Swap sugar daddy for fans and Bob's your uncle Grif.

Happen - but Sky don't want to be televising games with low crowds.

Also - there's no sugar daddy either.