Very impressed.

Solid pack, halves went well and some genuine pace in the back line. Durbin will prove to be a great acquisition at NL level. Granted, the opposition wasn't the best, however Leigh scored some excellent tries today and a promising start to the season.

Skolars 5 Aggrey was a real handful, strong, pretty quick and took his try well.

Durbin was good today. Very lively around the play the ball and never stopped trying to play a part in the game.

What happened to Donlan?

We applied ourselves for 80 minutes today. We showed enthusiasm, application and some talent.

Some of the tries today were gifted, but a lot weren't. We showed spirit and understanding, and there were a lot of positive signs.

Bring on the sterner tests!

aye, and the second row thomas looked very impressive too


i suppose fev will be the real test on wednesday

Who scored for Leigh?

Leigh 74 - London Skolars 6
(38 - 6)

Leigh
Tries:
Ridyard, Durbin 3, Mort, Smith 2, Donlan, Reay, Maden 2, Watson, Stanton, Stewart
Goals:
Mort 9

Skolars
Tries:
Aggrey
Goals:
Thorman

All in all a good performance, but the passing was a little lax at times. Well get a better idea as to how good we are when we play Fev. I thought that the Skolars no 5 was the pick for them, quite impressed with him.

Very good performance today.....thought Durbin was the pick of the bunch. Well done Mr Kelly - think you`ve pulled off a great signing in Durbin.

and even more of a masterstroke moving him to hooker

sam reay looked very powerful in the centres when he came on at half time

Enjoyed todays game, some excellent tries and Durbin had a blinder. It was good to see us score tries from all over the park too.

As expected, theres a few early season rusty bits to iron out; for every touchline conversion Morty made he fluffed a much easier one, our handling at times wasnt sharp enough, and London opened us a few too many times in the first half.

Any news on Morrison? Looked like an achilles to me.

Young stanton looked pretty hot on his heals today.I think we will see this lad improve over time.

Hilly still needs to keep hold of the ball instead of risking the offload sometimes.

All in all it was a good runout for us.

Come on the leythers!!!

The lads played well no doubt but I have a criticism of our right wing. When defending both Smith and Maden seemed to drift infield and this could prove costly.

Don,t like to be picky but the refs shirt was too similar to the Skolars shirts and I shouted he was offside a couple of times before someone politely told me.

Not sure if thats deliberate Frank.

I noticed it clearly after about 5 mins when they first had the ball in their 20. They both drifted in so we had 12 man in a much tigher line with Mort at FB.

They in theory had a 3 man overlap for the first 3 tackles. On the 4th, they moved back out again and the wingers dropped back.

agree with everything already posted but i cannot remember a poorer side to play at leigh in a long time.

lets judge after weds because fev have had a good win today.

still worry about smiths defence.

but plenty of positives to hook onto

espically meekins ability to run in strong

Sorry FrankB but the ref had purple on and the skolars wore green/black, so if oyu had a problem distinguishing between the two you need to go to an optician

It was certainly a dark purple though, can see why a man of Frank's years would struggle to tell the difference

Mind you, watched the Rangers-Celtic game and both the referee and the Celtic goalkeeper were wearing all-black kits



Get Durbin on a contract now, he's got a fantastic step and the idea of moving to hooker just adds summat else to his locker. Would be a great bench option with such quick feet and versatility. Guessing Jock was injured today?

Some great finishes from our lads today and the defence was excellent - I know the opposition weren't the greatest, but you can only beat what's in front of you. Nice to see the Skolars blooding a few local youngsters as well.

Very impressed with Durbin, also thought Watson went well.
All in all a good team performance, this team imo will do a lot better than most predict.....Bring on Fev i say.

Yeah I thought Durbin was very good today, he looks very handy and it'll be interesting to see him play against better opposition.

Very good all round performance, Durbin deserved MOM not only did he do well at PTB area but his support play was great.

Might I add, mighty fine kicking game at times...even Jimmy Taylor popping up with a lovely little grubber for Stanton!

Only gripe would be that Watson still hasn't learned how to pass to his right hand side.

We have to be happy with 74-6. What pleases me is that the team seemed to have kept its focus for the whole of the match, effectively matching the first half score in the second half (and nilling the opposition to boot). It must be hard to concentrate when it is so easy so I have to say well done on that point.

It will be a good confidence booster for people to get some tries and the opposition will see our scoreline, and even though its against Skolars, it does set something of a benchmark.

Frankly I was beginning to wonder if we were able to unlock anybodys defence, be it Skolars, or Leigh Miners U-8's! So its a relief to see some tries on the board. I am sure playing against Wigan really toughened us up a bit.

I have to say I feel sorry for the Skolars - not pleasant to travel all that way, get tonked and have to go back home again (to about 50 fans) - it cannot do their future any good. I hope they improve over the season.

Another thing about this result is that, if points difference ever comes into it, we have done ourselves a favour today.

mapleyther

Exactly the point I made on the terraces to a mate when discovering that Fev might have 'eased up' a little at Donny, having gone a while without scoring a try at the time.

Some nob behind us kept shouting for this, I think most defences condense for the first 3 or 4 tackles and slide when necessary. Skolars hardly skinned us on attack did they!