Do you have the best defence too?

If Leigh had any imagination,they would have trounced you, hence the reason we can't bloody score!

If we stay up, lets see what next years Leigh can do!

Good RL town halifax, lets hope you win the GF this year coz next year will be far tougher!!

That was a proper game of RL today, battles all over the park and effort for all to see, good luck to Leigh.
Crikey those burgers are foul though... im gonna send Ramsey to sort em out, been puking when i got back.

[size=150IF[/size we had a team of Saints players we wouldn't lose a game all season. Luverly word IF innit?

Am not saying we have the best defence, it has what has let us down in the last few weeks. But today was the best part of our game and was the reason why we won the game.
Look forward to returning to the village next season, good luck for next weekend.

I dont think we should read too much in to our defence. Leigh look like they would struggle to break out of a paper bag. Worst attacking team ive seen this season. On the other hand we did show a bit of grit and managed to eek out a win which is great. Wasnt too happy we went for the drop goal at the end with 2 tackles left and a chance to take away the bonus point, thought that was a bit soft. But anyway a win is a win and its being a long time coming.

Remember that the company who do the catering at Leigh are the ones who have been given the contract for the new East Stand!!!!

As for the game, leigh were hard & tried to the end, I personally think that winning a game like this were we must have only completed about 3 sets in the whole of the 1st half,will do the players more good than if we'd have won by 60+ points as that may have made people think that we had improved & nothing else was required.

It was great to see the team spirit back, players going across the pitch to congratulate Rob for great defence etc. Keep it up.

We can do it!!!!!

Don't get me wrong i really like the ground...a really nice sized place to watch rugby....just a bit expensive! and i really don't like the ticketing systems!

It's not doing Saints much good, at the moment though, eh?

My lad and I were stood near the salmon-army and our barmy army. About 5 mins from end things were being thrown at us. We moved away when my son was hit in the neck - it was only a choccie bar but that's not the point.

I nipped for a pee when the announced the start would be delayed & could see the that turnstyles were completely empty apart from the staff. Tghe problem must have been at the ticketing office where they only had 3 windows for probably 1500 fans!

why didn't they open the away end, Fax have a good away following and tension from Leigh fans was expected?

not as if they hadn't enough stewards!

We did today.

Our defence today was much improved, we had countless sets of six on our line and they scored a lot less times than they should have done with the likes of McConnell at dummy half.

A win is what we needed today, any sort of win would have sufficed and it is what we got. Gleeson was absolutely outstanding. Penkywicz had a good game I thought as well, especially when he moved back to his ONLY position of dummy half. I thought Maloney and Bannister had their best games for us as well as Dana Wilson who worked his socks off even though he picked up a knock early on.

Chuffed to bits that we've got back to winning ways. Thought the defence was magnificent today - how many sets did they have in our 20 in that second half? The players showed tremendous grit and determination to keep out a team fighting for their lives. Was pleased that Leigh picked up a bonus point as they didn't deserve to leave empty handed. Nice ground and facilities although thought it lacked a bit of atmosphere in my opinion.

Rob Worrincy did well to get 3 tries and he also pulled off a cracking try saving tackle. I thought Dom Maloney was outstanding and his workrate's awesome - he was taking 2 drives a set at times. I also thought Shad had a great game.

Hopefully this win will turn the season around and give the players some confidence.

Funny, I thought it was one of his poorer games. But he has had a great season once more and I know he'll be back to his usual self on Saturday.
You're right abuot Maloney though, doesn't stop working.

Unfortunately you get that at all grounds .... always have, always will. I've encountered really rough gets at Cas, Warrington, Barrow, Oldham, Hull, Hull KR, Leeds, Bradford, Salford, St Helens, Fev (god they're 'orrible) and probably the worst at Widnes at the Old Naughton Park ground where they used to get chavs sneaking in free and generally being a pain in the ass. Violence seen twice against Hull KR, several times against Hull (must be in the water over there) and Saints. Oh and Cas and Fev of course. I've always wondered why there hasn't been full blown scraps at RL matches sometimes, but I suppose we've had brick throwing at the Hull derby not to mention the post pulling by the Hull fans at Huddersfield, and the pitch scrapping at .... errrrr ... an Hull derby.

The ground itself is excellent but, as said by everyone else, the ticketing was rubbish. The woman at 1 window was selling tickets for the seats to Fax fans and the woman at another window selling tickets for standing, hence we were all split up. I actually liked the drummers though, especially as you could hear them as you approached the stadium.

£1.40 for a [inearly [/ifull half glass of lemonade was a bit pricey as was £2.70 for a pie. Also, I bought a bottled drink and could keep the top on yet the 3 year old with us had to take his bottle top off !

The atmosphere in the North stand was awful, no banter at all. 1 older bloke (yes, you with the old style shirt with #6 on) told one of the lads off for swearing, saying he would get him thrown out, just as about 1,500 Leigh fans were calling the ref a W****R.

Apart from the result I didn't really enjoy today. Hope Leigh go down !

Rant over.

How on earth can you hope Leigh go down? we have our own issues with a hapless stadium manager we can`t blame the club for that.
Leigh has given lots of players to the game of rugby League I would rather lose Gateshead than a heartland club any day.

not an overall enjoyable experience to be honest!

the leigh ground is nice enough, but the ticketing system is ridiculus!!!

almost laughable..3 people selling tickets to 2000plus people in 30minutes doesnt work! hence the delayed ko... god help them if they ever get a big crowd in!

maloney was best on park today in a hard fought game....thought the ref was pretty shocking for both teams......as for deserving the points.....we did

defence was brilliant in the second half...and by the looks we may just be turning a massive corner!

big up rob worrincy! 3trys and some try savers in defence...still need to learn how to protect the ball. but your getting there. well done!


COME ON FAX!!!!!

We've had crowds of over 7,000 and just short of 5,000 without any problem

Switched on my PC to check the score this morning and at first was a little disappointed with the score, expecting a trouncing. Then reality set in.

If we had won at a canter it would probably have been another false dawn as per the Tolouse game. Being made to work for the points can only be good for the team at this stage of the season and hopefully they can build on this next saturday.

Well done to Matt and the team for what sounded like a tough game and lets get some momentum for the remaining games.

Half that crowd had season tickets, or bought them in advance and, as Leyther Matt says, we had almost 7000 against W***n without a queuing problem. That tends to occur when everyone turns up at the last minute.
Nevertheless, most Leigh fans would echo your complaint - I will bring it to the attention of the Club and see if they can exert some influence on the stadium owners. By the way, I think the situation is worse, when it pours down - the tickets should be sold under a stand, like they now are (I believe) at Widnes.

Good luck in the play offs - your lads just have to believe they are the best by a country mile!

Presumably you mean the 'country mile' quote? These things tend to come back and bite you! But, at the time he was right and I honestly think you are the best team in this league - if you can get back the confidence and swagger you had, early in the season. Yesterday may just prove the springboard you need to do that!

I wish we'd beaten you yesterday, but have no problem being beaten by a good footballing team. I really do hope you go on to win the GF. Good luck.

Had a word with Lee last night he was there.