I guess that means that if fax get to the final nor will you bother fev either then ?....I recall a few weeks ago batley allowing you to snatch an undeserved victory by letting n two tries in the last 3 minutes ? you talk rubbish.....you got Sheffield when they were busted or you would have been probably out by now too.....

Frustrating, nothing to add really that hasn't been said. But for all the moaning we get on here, what an exciting game we have eh? See you all next year.

Gutted just gutted again

fev have scraped past batley twice this season by a few points, 4 points at mount pleasant and by 6 at PO Road with last minute try....so where do you come up with that expert analysis ?
they beat you 38-6, 8-23 and 40-26

The 2 Batley games were under previous coach, we look more dangerous now, having scored at least 40 points in 6 of last 7 matches, i look forward to visit of Batley though, shame we couldnt have tv game for once in playoffs!

Well it is how I feel it's not cos I don't like Batley but just going off what I saw today.

No doubt you will quote this post this time next week.

Whatever' I am a RL fan and will attend the Final whoever gets there.

I dont think we will bother Fev no. For me Sheffield are the best team in the league and I agree we hit them at the right time but thats how it goes, IMO Leigh wouldnt have won the NRC if Sheffield didnt play London the week before. Its swings and round abouts, we beat Batley when maybe we should have lost but we also drew with them when we should have won. Rough with the smooth and try not to be so bitter I say, that must be hard living in the shadow of their more illustrious neighbours though.





Edit: Its a bit different playing Fev in a neutral venue rather than PO Road, and we dont have a bad record against them in big games.

Pretty evenly matched game today. One of the keys for me was the fitness levels of a couple of the Leigh props. They tired badly towards the end of the game in the heavy conditions and were pretty much passengers for the last 20.

not been bitter just stating that it would point to batley giving them more of a game than fax would as your 16-30 & 40-18 defeats against them probably proves...also looks like Sheffield might be back on the horse so don't be booking your final tickets just yet....

must admit some leigh forwards looked sluggish from the off...it was always going to be an arm wrestle and a forwards battle, and Paul Cooke on TV said it was going to come down to the battle of the kickers, and that would decide the outcome of the game and he was not far off the mark

There were actually 13 mins left on the clock at that stage and I personally thought it was to early to go for the 1 point when 6 points were there for the taking. I also thought we would have another couple of opportunities to take a drop goal.

Hindsight though eh? Because as it transpired a point at that stage there and then would more than likely have seen us through.

Jim that is why props are Rotated several times in a game , but I think most agree about the said Props , though Spenner has been a revelation this season , I hope we have not seen the last of him .

it's not RU mate, 3 tries v 1 try !!!!

Not from me Harold, I was screaming for it at the time, having the opposition ' Chasing the game ' even for just 1 point puts them under extra pressure, it causes mistakes and poor decision making

My personal point of view today is that it wasn't a good game to watch and we were below parr. Not helped by a few stupid decisions and stupid behaviour from a player that should know better now. Someone posted that the only thing that Riddy did today was kick a 40/20. Not far off the mark but a bit harsh. 7 times the ball was slung out wildly when we were in good attacking positions and one where we should have walked in for a match winning try. The ref and his two cronnies weren't much better than us. I had to walk off again today because I couldn't clap those lads off. We are too slow playing the ball and too slow moving up in defence. I am very disillusioned tonight and to be honest was hoping that we could have just raised our game for this one. Don't know where Ryan was but I can't remember him on the field. I wanted to run on the field and pick bloody Martin Aspinwall up to play the bloody ball quicker. We went out with a wimper and I don't think I can travel 60 miles every other weekend to see that crap next season. Sick of it now. Oh and I'm a bit upset.

We've won a trophy, something (one of) Fev, Halifax,Sheffield & Batley might get to do the same. For the last 9 years our season has ended on a $hite note, so what's new. Batley have NO chance of winning the final, we were dire today, Ref was worse, but still outscored them 3 tries to one....nuff said.

Well I stayed to clap the lads off I always do, they tried there hardest and we lost. Gutted for them all.

Some players were playing carrying knocks so don't dish them , they didn't lose on purpose it wasn't our day !

Only one lad can walk with his head held high tonight and thats TG.

Leigh were tactically naive in the closing stages of the game after being clueless for most of it. There was nothing on display today that would encourage lapsed or new fans back into the fold.

14-15 mate - that's the stat that counts

It's over now forget it move on!
If Riddys goal had gone over everyone would have been happy

We don't agree on much Reffy but I have to agree with that comment. Lynda I missed the NRC final and today I feel like I have been robbed of another good day out watching the team I love. I really felt like sheading tears at the end today.

Nothing certain in life and certainly not in rugby.
I. Never thought we would make it though to the end of the season a few months ago so to win a trophy and still be there or there a bouts at the business end is a bonus.

While I agree on the tactical point, this was a play off game played for the most in terrible conditions, it was never going to be a ' classic ' , and not the free flowing type of match to attract the casual fan to attend in the future, the time to entertain is your regular season games

My criticism is do we stick to a gameplan too ridgidly sometimes, when in conditions like today opportunities open up that can and should be exploited?