Best atmosphere in a LONG time. Will live long in the memory.

Matt said we were rubbish' course I told him to beLeighve.

Well done to the lads, did it the hard way, very poor for most of the first half but scoring just before half time and then almost immediately after put us on a roll, we then played great both in attack and defence, they just couldn't live with us in the second.

First time I've ever been to a game and someone's been given a Red card and not only me but no one around me knew what it was for?

Just got back to Southampton, going to be knackered tomorrow!




So worth it

You appear as someone in the know and close to the camp. What was Sam actually sent off for? I did not have the foggiest and I am still none the wiser. Initially I thought the red was being shown to Ridyard, then I thought Wilkes. There was some confusion before we all realised it was young Barlow but not one knew for why??

I was sat behind the dug outs in the main stand and Wilkes set to come on for Barlow, as he was coming off Barlow seemed to be having verbals the fax player in question not sure who it was but he appeared to motion towards Sam and Sam seemed to make contact with him and was subsequently sent off. Can't see it being any more than sending off sufficient or one match ban.

Thanks for that. I hope your right about the punishment. He is having a great season is Sam and the great aspect is his best years are still to come. He won't hit his pomp until age 27/28 and that's a full 5 years down the track.

He is the team's enforcer. Every good side posseses one.

He might have had another 5 clubs in that time.



I thought he was poor yesterday and should have walked early on but luckily for the lad he got away with it and his team mates got him out of jail so to speak. It would have been a whole different story if Leigh had of lost the game because of his sending off. I will say though that Sam has never, and never will be a teams enforcer. He has the talent but will always be a house where ever he plays.

Anyway wheres nostradauma`s lad, I need to know who I have to pay my fifty quid to.

Spot on,big sam is headstrong but as PR said we wont take a backward step or be bullied.

The older Fax fans behind us seemed to be enjoying ripping into Sam at every opportunity. "You didn't like that one did you Barlow" etc. Problem is it seemed to be Jamie Acton they were shouting at.

Well as usual Charlie knew

I had faith , also had the company of Andy Gregory for the game , he was very impressed with our performance obviously not the first half though

he said we are the St Helens of the Championship playing like that .I asked what was the turning point of the game ?His reply "You cant score without the ball " and he pointed out our poor defence early on , and the introduction of Bob Beswick .

I spoke to him this morning and he says he is going to attend more Leigh games very soon , and even spoke well of Salfordlad and Roman Officer , said he was looking forward to meeting them again .

it appears that the sending off of Barlow was due to punching the Halifax assistant coach right in front of the RFL match commissioner.....I think they will throw the
book at him for that, and add that to his other 'pending' indiscretion I cant imagine
he will wear a Leigh shirt again for the rest of the season.....

What a day. First away game of the year for me and first ever away game for the mrs, she loved it.
Am I right in saying with Bob Beswick on the pitch we won 36-0 and with him off lost 0-28?
He was immense.

Quinny thats twice you have mentioned a pending indiscretion. Either spit it out or......no I can't say it.....

Quinny can't tell you what the 'pending indiscretion' is. As the indiscretion is pending, it can't have happened yet.

Haha...Ok we will see.......I think in his own eyes his antics of yesterday were really his 2014 season swansong....

Yup, we will see.

Is that what happened? Usually if a punch is thrown there’s a bit of commotion afterwards but no one around us saw anything.

Knowing Sam he probably missed, either that or ran and hid afterwards.

if you watch the game on centurions tv about 59 mins in just as we go in to make it 24 - 16 barlow comes across and takes a swing at fax num 4 (heaton?) kinda misses and then starts on 25 (potts) then ando tries to pull him off the pitch, wilkes had been trying to get on for a bit and barlow wasnt having it. He also looked like he was getting in Kez's way at the ptb but that couldve been a deliberate move.

He then gets dragged off and trudges off to sit in dug out but too late as the official dealing with the substitution saw it and ref drags him back on to field to be sent for an early bath.

i was busy having a right go at him for being a complete tool and getting involved in that crap whilst we were on top as i saw him do it.

at 1 hr 8 mins its confirmed by our awesome commentary team who got info from match commissioner



in conclusion watch the game one centurions tv and all is made clear




We concentrated on the rugby after that and reaped the rewards. Even with 12 men if we don't give away stupid penalties and complete our sets we will be very hard to deal with for most teams.

Thanks, I said to young glow it must have been something after the try was awarded as it would have been wiped off otherwise, but neither of us saw anything.

I haven’t got round to purchasing LCTV yet

...about two month ago I bought the Apple TV especially to watch it on, (as recommended by the local Plumber), but other events have prevented me from having the time to even open the box. Hopefully open it over Easter.

you missed the third swing he took at halifax assistant coach......did he actually connect with any or was it 0 from 3 lol ? Good player when he wants to be....just an absolute tool......I bet fev are hoping he doesn't get banned for the cup game lol

could be right there, there were a few people dragging him off.

I know fax were out to wind him up and when they started it properly screwed up their game plan which was a bonus for us as they forgot to stick to what they were doing.

He needs to learn to draw them in and laugh, same result in they lose their game plan but we keep 13 on the pitch.