Leigh Centurions Named As Superleagues Twelfth Side for 2021 It has been confirmed that the Leigh Centurions will replace the Toronto Wolfpack for the Superleague 2021 season after they were determined to have entered the most complete and appealing bid of the six sides who were hoping to play in the topflight next season. Without playing a ball, or making a tackle, Leigh were chosen ahead of Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, London Broncos, Toulouse Olympique and York City Knights, much to the delight of their fans, players and administrators. Coach John Duffy now has a small window during which to strengthen his side ahead of the start of the competition on the 11th March 2021, a time when hopefully there will be some spectators allowed inside stadia. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Leigh Centurions Named As Superleagues Twelfth Side for 2021 It has been confirmed that the Leigh Centurions will replace the Toronto Wolfpack for the Superleague 2021 season after they were determined to have entered the most complete and appealing bid of the six sides who were hoping to play in the topflight next season. Without playing a ball, or making a tackle, Leigh were chosen ahead of Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, London Broncos, Toulouse Olympique and York City Knights, much to the delight of their fans, players and administrators. Coach John Duffy now has a small window during which to strengthen his side ahead of the start of the competition on the 11th March 2021, a time when hopefully there will be some spectators allowed inside stadia. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

"the Bulls were chosen ahead of Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers, Leigh Centurions, London Broncos, Toulouse Olympique and York City Knights."

Was somebody expecting a different result?

Well done to Deggsy, Frodo and everybody involved at Leigh Centurions. Do the town proud next season.

Congratulations on winning the bid, best of luck to you all next season.

always been a massive Leigh fan, but this doesn't seem the good way to get promoted , should have been left to the league table.

But someone had to fill that 12th spot,and without being biased,Leigh's were the best application after a unanimous decision by the panel.

Agreed Cokey, unfortunately after the initial euphoria, I feel a little deflated that other clubs feel we have been gifted a season in the SL. When the same thing happened to Widnes many thought it was unwarranted due to the fact that they were a mid table team, presented with a golden ticket.

Leigh must now perform on the field, and whilst I was delighted with the team as a Championship side, we need to add some real quality to be competitive in the SL. Need Monty to give some pointers as to the last 3 players, if that is the correct squad size as mentioned in the bid.

3?

It’s a very difficult situation. Leigh built to challenge for SL, not actually be in it. Lot of work to be done now.

It is going to be difficult but hopefully with a few more additions doable, the play off system has proved championship teams can beat SL teams in one offs, and last time we proved we can raise our game and beat the top teams, what we didn’t manage is to beat those teams around us, which will be key to us having any chance of staying up. #beleighve

Atomic - Yes 3 places. Stated as Winger, Utility Back and 2nd Rower

https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/v2/blog/2020/1 ... art-eight/ Sorry my bad - Winger, Outside Back, and Back Row Forward. Any chance it is Krisnan Inu, Bryson Goodwin and AN Other?

https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/v2/blog/2020/1 ... art-eight/ Sorry my bad - Winger, Outside Back, and Back Row Forward. Any chance it is Krisnan Inu, Bryson Goodwin and AN Other?

Isn’t AN Other a bit owd now? I remember him playing for us in the 70’s

That’s up to Duffs and Derek! Now obviously the goal has changed.

Not sure what a outside back nor back row forward is in RL.?

This is League not Yawnion.

That was only when we had N.O.Else.

Lets hope we dont get down to that when our bandages bill exceeds our wages bill with our experienced squad

I know someone had to fill the 12th spot, but gifting us a place in SL just destroys the competition , we have a good application yes I agree, probably the best , but this freezes out the other clubs and destroys incentive . We have all bitched and moaned about this kind of cronyism in the past so I am just being consistent. It's like we have been allowed into the old boys club to keep them happy for a while . We are slowly destroying the sport and the fan bases are contracting . IMO they should have done an on field play off between the applicants just to give it some credibility seeing as the season is b0llocked anyway . take this sort of stuff to its extremes with all this BS talk of equality and maybe they should just award of the SL title because we haven't won it before .

A little bit flawed as an idea to have an on field play off. There has been no training, no games, no Covid testing protocols a la Super League & nobody to pay for it's implementation !

He has two posts in two years. Don’t bother amusing him.

You got there first, Ste. Will just point out in addition that Toronto's expulsion was announced on November 2nd, ie the day after an awful lot of contracts expired. The proposed play-offs might have seen a good few clubs unable to muster a matchday seventeen - of whatever fitness. Also, by the time all the preparations were made and all the C-19 boxes ticked, the 2021 might have been almost upon us with all the teams involved having been unable to plan or budget for the actual flight in which they would find themselves after said process.

Sorry, Doc, whilst your desire to shy away from inconsistency that you fear would be interpreted as hypocrisy is laudable, the fact is that a Super League team folded at a time when the whole sport (not to mention the rest of society) was facing the most exceptional set of circumstances since WW2. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

Why TWP were not kicked out following the previous meeting a month prior to November 2nd, at which point some (but just SOME) of the issues above could have been avoided, is now moot. Prevarication on the part of TWP's owner or of the eleven other SL chairmen, or was it the bl00dy lawyers as usual?

A premeditated and altogether more sinister plot should be left to the conspiracy theorists.

I see that we have just signed the lad, Keanan Brand from Warrington (on loan). Must confess that i had never heard of him. Not exactly the type of earth shattering announcement i was hoping for.
In contrast, I see that Geronimo has this week signed for Swinton, Now that's what i call a big name signing.

Excellent Jack. Summed up my thoughts exactly.

Seen Keanan Brand play a few times for Warrington and looks to have a lot of potential but would have been more suited to a year in the championship. Think it is a numbers game as well as quality squad needs to be that bit bigger for SL as tougher comp with more injuries. Sure Derek and John will be doing all they can to bring the best players in we can but usual scenario have only a couple of months to make it happen when other teams have been planning and negotiating.

W/ow you and Jack join within a day of each other.Must be due to our elevated SL status, that draws fans from other clubs!!!

So you would rather knock a player who you admit to knowing nothing about, and question our coach who rates him and had wanted him even prior to the SL announcement, and still did after.
Each to their own.
For me, welcome Keanan, I look forward to seeing you in a Leigh shirt.

Hi Vancouver. I fear that something has been lost in transatlantic translation. You have clearly misunderstood what was, i thought, a quite clearly lighthearted comment to enable me to include what must be the greatest name currently doing the rounds in rugby league namely, Geronimo Doyle, who has this week signed for Swinton.
Let me clarify, that I too wish our new signing Keanan Brand all the very best success. After all, whilst he is with us he is our player and i am certainly not going to knock him.
However, I really shouldn't have to justify my comments on this forum to you or anyone else here but, for what it is worth, i stand by them.
Brand was very much a fringe player at Warrington. He was signed by them very much on the strength of his potential which our coach has clearly, by his own comments upon the signing, also appreciates. What is clear is that he has yet to really establish himself as a first team regular. His outings at Warrington have been limited which is why they were happy to see him go out on loan for the season.
In reality he is unlikely to be a starter for us. I am assuming that Thornley and Sa'u will be the first choice centres.
There is no criticism at all in my comments either written or implied of our beloved coach and chief Hobbit in whose judgment i am happy to trust.
The second thrust of my very short original comments go to the heart of the club's ambition. Once we got our place in Super league i was hoping that we had a few big name signings to announce - indeed they may still be coming - but this is not one of them. Brand appears to be a squad filler signing only.
I really hope that our current squad is good enough to survive next season and it might just be but, it is likely to be a struggle and I think i am being realistic in saying this. The chances of our survival next season will certainly be helped if the signings still to be announced are players better than those that we already have. Brand does not fall in to that category and that is all i was saying.
Having read with interest your comments over the years i am somewhat surprised by just how quick you have been to be critical of a new contributor to this forum and to be a bit prickly about what were clearly intended to be humorous comments. I hope that this helps to clarify things.
I look forward to our future exchanges but please do not think that just because i am new to this forum that i am any less a diehard Leigh supporter than your goodself.
All the best.

WHOOAPHH! That's tha teauwd, Vanners!



Welcome to Keanan, Jack & Septimius, everyone has to make a debut sometime. The more the merrier. If only more of the old crowd would check back in. Tinsel not tumbleweed!

Ladies & Gents, please also give a great big, Leyth shout out for a keh's-yedder who joined in April 2017 and has just made his/her first post - typing with a dentally held straw? Only joshing, hare and the tortoise and all that, welcome to you too, sirrah/Sarah.

Jack, yup Geronimo is a notable signing for Swinton but you may have missed that they've also made Tommy Hawke a blood-brother



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