A very pleasing win.
To be 100% in this comp is a good sign of how our improvement is continuing.

Hope we are awarded with a home draw (finishing top should give you this IMO).

Enjoying the ride thus far

Nah guaranteed an away draw for our efforts.

My view on todays game is now live on our website for anyones who's interested
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so is mine (well the cameras anyway) if you know where to lookicon_wink.gif

We can but dream

Can't believe comments of Gary Charlton on Radio Cumbria after the game, complaining about referee!! Listening to him you would have thought every Leigh pass was forward, the disallowed try was good, I can't comment as too far away but ref and TJ were in perfect position. No comment about the fact that penalty count was 9-0 to them at one point. Both he and the commentator kept saying we are full-time.

Even the report ion one of the rugby papers says we are a full time team. It seems the laughably amusing Radio Cumbrian bias has spread to the coach too, although he does have a point on some of our passes from dummy half which were just the wrong side of being a flat pass. But to have a penalty count so much in your favour and only score 2 tries to 8 should tell him he has a few problems.

I think it is a huge compliment to our lads saying they look full time. Just goes to show it is not only us Leythers who know we have a great' well coached and superbly fit side.

I'm sure i read that the club finishing top gets home advantage

millwards seemedto think that too see the jOURNAL

You'd like to think so, as it might convince some teams to be more competitive. However, the 'rules' clearly state an open draw. Mind you, when have the RFL ever let set rules get in the way?

Ah ,so finishing top possibly means diddly squat ! ok thats figures

Im sure I read somewhere that the top two teams in Sec1 play the 3rd and 4th in sec2 and sec2 1st n 2nd play sec1 3 n 4

It was an open draw last year and the year before I think

Is that predictive text, on your P/C Fred?

The top four teams in each pool go into an open draw for the Quarter Finals. This will be broadcast live by Sky Sports during half time at the Leigh v Featherstone game on Thursday 10 March.


Sky Sports will televise one Northern Rail Cup quarter-final tie live on Thursday 7 April and one of the semi-finals on Thursday 16 June as well as providing full coverage of the Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, on Sunday 17 July. On the Saturday the Northern Rail 9s adds to what promises to be an exciting Rugby League weekend at Britain's most popular seaside resort.
This is taken off the NRC sight

Fev or Halifax away it is then

I know they haven't qualified as they would have liked but that will mean nothing in the quarters ,lets hope they get each other and we get a home draw .

I want the TV tie (as I'm on holiday that weekend and it would save me a load of hassle

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Well if that is right provided Fax beat Haven on Wednesday it would be

Leigh v Toulouse' Fax v Dews Widnes v Hunslet and Fev v Batley.

Have to say I think it is a straight draw but whatever' to win it' have to say I am more confident than last season whatever the draw. And I did not think we played to our potential yesterday.

Home tie on TV suits me fine.

IF its Tolouse then it wont be on TV

Shift the Super League game to the Thursday and let us have the Super League slot?

Don't be silly , all hell would break out asking SDL fans to travel mid week

For the sake of the Forecast Comp we need as few Thursdays as possible. Still it would mean we get a weeks break, just like next week. Heres hoping it doesn't take me 6 hours to get back from Maidenhead next Thursday.