A solid performance led the way by commited defence. Still not in top gear going forward but hopefully we can use this game as something to really build on now.

Really impressed by the pack yesterday. Steve Crossley must have doubled in size since he last played with us and looked a real handful at times and showed some neat offloads.

Purcell as commited as ever and nice to see him get over for a brace.

I haven't been that impressed with Adam Henry showed some really good skill yesterday, and if Purtell and Henry carry on then Medieka is going to have to really impress to gain a regular spot in the centres.

Really need a scrum half don't we? Awry is ok his running is wasted there. I liked the loom of that tong lad Craven from Fax.

Credit to Halifax, they played really well too.

A Fax win?

You're joking right? Odsal is a dump, as is Bradford. Bloomfield Road is a much better stadium. Surely the whole idea of summer bash is a neutral venue that can attract a large number of fans from all clubs. Where do you get less run down from? Bloomfield Road is a re-built stadium, all seater, all under cover with better facilities. e.g. toilets, bars and food outlets. I know this because I actually went yesterday. It was a great day out, sun shining, lots of beer etc. I'd like to add, a great afternoon in Blackpool Walkabout with the Bulls fans and the drummer. good deals on booze for Bulls fans aswell.

Great all round effort but b4c is right. We're desperate for a scrum half and/or hooker off the bench. It's pretty predictable at present. I also thought Clough and Sidlow didn't make a great impact whereas Crossley looked good and Lauaki looked much better.

The singing/dancing plague which gripped the Bradford end was brilliant fun. Met some kids on the prom who were heading for a 17 hour hard house 'bounce til I die' Wigan Pier madness. Wonder how they're feeling now. A great weekend.

Didn't you hear? They're all dead. That's what happens when you go to a "Bounce til I die" where the roof in a room that's only 6ft high

Terrific game and a credit to both clubs, imo.

The defence was superb from both sides the quality of the tries that were scored is testament to that. I have to say that some of our 'off the cuff stuff', particularly the interplay leading up to both of Purt's tries, was just sensational. From our pov it was just the sort of high intensity game we need and if I were a Fax fan I'd be thinking that if we played like that every week [iwe'd[/i be nearer the top two as well.

we have played like that most weeks but unfortunately haven't had that extra bit to get over the line in each game

I agree that Halifax deserve plenty of credit for the way they've played against us on both occasions this season

Genuine question for Fax fans: How close are you to being able to go full-time? I could see Halifax becoming a genuine contender with full-time training and a few key additions to their squad. But how realistic is that?

Good question is that.

Their coach says, in one breath, their defeat wasn't due to us being full time, but then goes on to say the Bulls extra skills are due to being able to practice for more time. If being full time isn't an issue, then I'm not sure what he means by that, to be honest.

at a fans forum earlier in the year, we were told the aim is to go full time for the 2017 season onwards

According to our Chairman at a recent fans forum, all being well the plan is to get a second team going next season and go full-time the season after. The key to this is to steadily increase attendances and that requires a consistently winning team. I believe under Richard Marshall we are heading in the right direction but it will take time. He has had to run with the team built by Karl Harrison and the signings he had already made for 2015. Next year he should have his own team in place. We'll go full-time when we can afford to and not before. We've had too many "boom and bust" near misses to have not learnt some hard lessons!

All sounds very promising and sensible

Having more Championship clubs attempting to grow towards being full-time is surely the whole point of bringing back promotion and relegation. Hope Halifax can take steps in that direction and arrive as a full-time outfit in 2017.

Would like to see Sheffield moving in that direction too, and perhaps a few others. Sadly I don't think some of the current Championship clubs would ever really have the fanbase (if what we saw this past weekend, and on our travels this season is anything to go by)

Yes Odsal is a dump, Bradford is a dump too - but Blackpool is is far worse and much more of a dump. We stayed over for day two and gingerly walked round the place, vast areas boarded up and bugger all visitors apart from the usual stuff you see on "Street Photography" web sites..... Cellulite capital of the UK I think.

That said, if its repeated next year, Bloomfield Rd is a nice stadium and next time I will stay in St Annes and drive in

(if we are involved)

Anyway, I thought our support was phenominal and exemplary in behaviour.. What an absolute last 20/30 minutes that was - and despite the Leigh "fans" who tried to goad them they never faltered and never reacted - just ace!

It gave me goose bumps did that - and not had those since Saints at home in '96

Strange isn't it. Morleyexile got it spot on in the very first sentence - but still couldn't resist and got owned by Maccbull!

tell that to the bull who grabbed me by the throat in the car park after the game

Would you like to attach a story to that ?

I had another Fax fan complaining that he had been punched by a Bulls fan after the game too.

Not sure what to make of it though as I didn't see a whisper of trouble all weekend, and really enjoyed the crack with the many Fax fans I saw in various pubs (and in various states of inebriation) throughout the night.

I may have seen the remnants of this as I nearly ran over a group of fans arguing in the middle of a car park. Were there just you and another Fax fan and a group of about 5 Bulls fans of which the 'lady' who was with them was mouthing off something rotten?

Yeah that's right. They were complaining about the referee and I said you should be happy, you've won! he then said i better walk away quickly before something bad happens. He squared up to my dad at which point the woman ran in and started screaming in my face every obscenity under the sun and the guy grabbed me by the throat.

Thankfully I managed to shove them off and walk away cause if the other bulls fans in the local area had got involved the outcome could've been a lot worse.

Only bit of trouble I had with anybody all weekend so won't let one incident ruin my opinion of bulls fans of which I have many friends

Sound like a right set of scroats, probably from Illingworth!

I would have stopped but I didnt see the earlier bit and just thought it was fans arguing. Theres some tools about.

Always have been sadly to say.

Spending all day in the pub and a late kick off is obviously no excuse, though I guess it played its part.

We probably have more brainless scroats than anyone else in the Championship if it's down to demographics and we have the most fans. Unfortunately that suggests you have more chance of meeting a Bulls scroat than any other. I'd like to think most decent Bulls fans would have sided with the Fax fan and intervened.

I can immediately think of a couple of dozen from Leigh.

What their fans are like, I'm not so sure.