On official site. www.leighrl.co.uk

On official site. www.leighrl.co.uk

Rowley upto the job?

I'm not so sure.

Will someone explain what is the difference between Head Coach and director of Rugby ?

I am asking a serious question btw.

Interesting development this....it can be read in many ways.
no quote from Allan R, but from At instead. is NK there to ensure the rugby side of things works properly? can PR lead the coaching and move the team forward? does PR have control of the dressing room?

maybe more clearly defined roles between NK and PR means that the coaching and rugby admin are more effective.

Very surprised to say the least.

Not sure whether this is the right decision or not by the club but only time will tell I suppose. I don't want to drag up the 'politics' from the other thread about people not liking Rowley but will this have an effect on the team and players joining us? However, a positive which I think comes from this is when he was coach last year we played some good attractive rugby under him and lets hope he can get them playing this again.

Will Neil still be involved in the coaching?

one has a track suit and a whistle, the other goes to australia and talks to players.

see the comedy duo "McRae and Simms" for reference...

Well this will please some and irk others, thought Paul did a good job while caretaker before so lets see what happens maybe he will pick different players to NK and play them in other position maybe not time will tell.

is this a genuine role, or the clubs way of saving face, without a sacking??

Bad move

Nothing like positivity



Anything that gets us from the one man rugby for now will do and maybe Rowley will be the one who can dot it

Bad move, Rowley has little to no experience of being a first team coach (apart from a brief spell) and Kelly who has always been a coach of some sort and has a wealth of experience gets moved upstairs.


The Rowleys dominate your club and the sooner you part comany with both of them the sooner your club moves forward. Replace Rowley senior with a young energetic bright person with great ideas (me) and get rid of Rowley junior and replace him with someone like Purtill or whatever his name is at Huddersfield.

the only thing wot bothers me is that its been annouced to the media before the players have been told, one thing PR will do is get them fit anything else only time will tell

How do you know that is the case?

Presumably Rowley will now pick the team.

It will be interesting to see what effect it has on the line-up.

Good move in my opinion Kelly can do a job in bringing the right players
in and making sure the ones we have are looked after properly
Paul Rowley will get the team playing a more dynamic style and get them playing with pride and plenty of heart............ Hopefully

Will not work Swinton have had problems with father and son in sole charge looks like you will be in same boat.

I suppose it is obvious that if it doesn't work at Swinton it won't work here!

trust me i kno

Not sure on this?
It will be interesting to see which way this will swing the club.

We cant get much worse than the one man rugby that we are playing at the moment....can we??




who will be the first to post.. in Rowley we trust

I know this goes against the grain at Leigh - but can we not give the guy a chance before we slag him off?

if you was any good wouldnt you have the job at widnes?

Oh well that settles that then

any one who knows who i am on ere will kno its the truth, i kno a player who was told by a fan on facebook and the 1st team and reserves are aving a meeting tonite with the coaches