This is our greatest era in our history Mo, Wembley beckons in the next 3 years!!

Charlie dont get sucked in to thinking the Wigan lads were poor; instead they just wont face many equivalent talents in SL next year. George Willams will be one of the best stand offs in SL next season, a hugely talented lad. However what he wont have is Slammin Sam Barlow charging at him 3 in from the toucline and knocking him into next week.

Our edge defence was as good as it gets yesterday, absolutely emmense.

This is going to be one hell of a season and i have my pray mat out that we get a Super Dooper league team at home in the Challenge Cup, nobody will want to draw us away. I pray that the team is the current holders, now revenge would be sweet....

Enjoy the time, Leythers this is our time !!

Exactly what myself and my owd pal Arthur were discussing as we left the ground.

A performance from a half back that looks like he has the ability to move us round the park. Something I have to say has worried me in the past whenever young Ridders is not in the team. Boy do we rely heavilly on Ridyard so it is reassuring to have a player who can now help to share the burden.

Ste believe me I'm not getting sacked into thinking anything , Wigan had a great amount of possession in the 2nd half and scored a good try when they ran at our line , we looked comfy defending one on one which is good , our attack didn't have many chances in the 2nd half, I know for a fact Shawn Wane was a very unhappy man after the game, I spoke to Lee Moss op this morning at the gym , he said Waney ordered the Team to get straight on the bus home

Hi Charlie,

Thats because Wane is an arrogant pr1ck, whos bully boy tactics have delivered Wigan 2 trophies in his 3 year reign, mainly due to having the best player in the league by a mile in Sam Tomkins. His tactics cost Wigan everything last year and i look forward to him winning nothing in 2015.

They ran at our line all day though mate and scored 3 tries, one a middle break from half way, a kick to the corner and a slick passing move to the right in the first half.

Not that it will ever happen but if our coach was their head coach theyd win the league

I took Dylan to the game and he was so chuffed because he got a wave and smile from Fui and saw JP , even from the disabled gantry, i found myself sitting next to Ben's sister and i can tell you he is a well supported lad


I thought Wigans handling was awful at times and that cost them the game, now that could be a result of pressure from us or natural risk when playing "friendlies" (trying people in unfamiliar positions, not quite gelling or up to speed or using fringe players alongside regular 1st teamers). Some people have said Fui didn't break a tackle

, but did you see how many bodies he attracted when he received the ball, so when he gets the ball out in a tackle you can imagine the gaps in opposition defense

all in all i thought it was a terrific performance against high quality opposition that 3/4 through the 2nd half was still to close to call but we played the full 80 mins and got our rewards. I thought Kay was deffo the MOM and closely followed by ben who had an outstanding debut, boy did our team look well drilled

Thought we played really well in the first 40mins, strong , confident and self assured and you'd have struggled to tell it was pre season.
Moimoi was attracting 4 players yesterday and I suspect he's nowhere near as fit as he'd want to be yet.
Thought all our forwards 'looked the part' and I think it will be a good team that bosses them this season.
2nd half we threw out some daft passes / poor options and constantly gifted possession, luckily Wigan also showed how rusty they are as well and thus didn't punish our mistakes.
Lots for Rowley and the team to improve on but for large parts of the game we looked a very good team.
A very enjoyable afternoon out.

What a great win, by a team who wanted it more and I liked the way Leigh showed no respect to a classy wigan outfit. My motm was Lee Kay and his battle with Charnley made great viewing, a hat trick is no easy feat against an international winger. My 2nd and 3rd choice go to the two players who got us around the park - Reynolds and Beswick. Reynolds sneaking it with a brilliant display of kicking, how many back to back sets did we have from his skill? Leigh still need to improve on the first 30 mins of 2nd half were the sets were not completed and first tackle mistakes made playing the game in the wrong area when it comes to territory. The other thing that frustrates me is the lack of discipline, I dont like to see a Leigh player patting an oppositions players head when he's made a mistake. Only causes aggro and a potential penalty against Leigh - a need to be more professional.

Really enjoyed the game. Nice to see we are still wanting to and prepared to play attacking rugby irrespective of field position and tackle count. Yes it's frustrating when it doesn't come of, but think how many teams of that standard will we play for the rest of the year. At least 5 times we would have probably have scored against other teams.

What turned out to be 'daft passes and poor options', to me was us trying to play the expansive rugby regardless of field position, something we all want to see, ok they didn't come off but that gives PR and co something to work on and when all's said and done it was a friendly where else should we try things? It also shows how confident the lads have in their defensive abilities. We did make some breaks which against lesser opposition we'd probably have scored.

One thing that we should do is stop Penky kicking he's missed touch on previous occasions.

Could have saved me posting

The point of the turnover of possession isnt knock ons and similar skill mistakes, its basic decision making, having already having been forced into touch 3 times in the 1 st half ,to be giving the opposition that opportunity again 20 yards from your own line after consequtive turnovers shouldnt happen, let alone missing touch





Lets hope for a 3 week freeze now to bring Bradford underdone to the LSV

That's how we play. We have a tram who play what they see and are encouraged by their coach to play what they see and go for it, not desensitised rugby where you don't pass because it's the first tackle or its not the set play. Point in case, tackle 3 of the game we gave it hands down the line in our own 25 and made a mini break through Worthington. You won't find that in any textbook. We scored twice at least last season doing thaton tackle 1 of the game. It's how we play.

AGREE 100% .Should not happen,we did not learn after the first time.Kay was trying to outpace Charnley,and pace is the only thing he possesses.

That's the whole point of a freindly. The move works as he got on his outside and had the chance. In our division it's most likely a try as who would be as quick as Charney. A friendly is about testing the moves and combinations to see if they work. This time last year we lost to a wigan side not as good as the one we played yesterday and we had an amazing season, already the signs this year are better.

Attacking play especially at home is a must, I've criticised Paul in the past for playing too conservatively, however as I put, once you've turned over possession 2-3 times in a row in your own third of the pitch, logically you need a rest, you get that by completing a set

We nearly lost the game because of it

I get that, but it didn't. At that time, one was a dropped pass from the base of a scrum, that was disappointing, and not finding touch with a penalty kick, that too. On the others, at the time it frustrated, but would rather go for it and not work out, than not try and go for it, but accept there are different ways of doing it.

Again not criticising knock ons, especially in the 1 st match of the year, just that good habits and reading a game are needed if SL is to be gained, RL is an unforgiving sport and momentum is critical, breaking up opposition momentum is important, as I said, it nearly cost us the game , albeit a friendly, but it felt much better to win than a honorable defeat

The way we play asks plenty questions of the opposition, pushing the ball wide in our own 20m is one of the reasons we have been so successful, and a pleasure to watch. When you have the outside backs we now have it would be silly to stop doing it, we just need refs to make a decent 10m

Thought they said it was an RFL rule that because he's from their academy they've got to have 1st refusal on him. Hope they do show the lack of foresight they showed with Brierly though & let us keep him, or he decides he's better off with us.




I noticed that, every time he got the ball w!g@n had at least 3 men on him straight away. He's going to attract some attention from opposition players & if he can get some offloads away or a quick pass just before they get to him we'll really be able to make some good breaks.




It was slightly annoying to end up in touch so much but it happened to both sides. No one was going to get anywhere down the middle so both teams had to throw it out wide, being so slippy lots of players ended up being shoved into touch, doubt it'll be a problem when the weather dries up.

He scored a hat trick against Charnley, hardly a surprise he fancied his chances of getting past him again in the game. If you want 5 drives and a kick you will see that when the Bulls come to town.

any freeze will only hinder our schedule, couldnt give a monkeys what the Bulls are doing. If they arent ready by the start of Feb we will put 40 on them.

It wasn't the million pound game, would that really have mattered?











Err...............Well yeah course it would