Anyone planning to go? No matter what happens with Quins, 4 of us already booked to stay a few days in Maryport.

Seems like a good opportunity to support a good cause and take in a bit of the great scenery in the Lakes.

Yes, the wife and I are planning to go

Yes a trip to Whitehaven will make Quins look really stable.

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www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/ Who knew Sharpy had Cumbrian links. Good to see him getting involved for the Purdham family.

www.hullfc.com/hullfc/contents/ Who knew Sharpy had Cumbrian links. Good to see him getting involved for the Purdham family.

does anyone have an idea what the lineups are going to be like for both teams

Can you pick up some players for next season while you are up there!

Yep

Quote ="arliebird"does anyone have an idea what the lineups are going to be like for both teams'" Matchday programme (admission is by programme, £15 in advance from www.garrypurdham.co.uk ) lists squads as follows: Cumbria: Rob Purdham, Gary Broadbent, Rhys Davies, Craig Calvert, Neil Frazer, Ade Gardner, Jason Mossop, Aaron Low, Liam Harrison, Scott McAvoy, Liam Campbell, John Paul Brocklebank, Gregg McNally, Kris Coward, Oliver Wilkes, Ewan Dowes, Marc Jackson, Kyle Amor, Howard Hill, Spencer Miller, Brett McDermott, Jack Pedley, Graeme Mattinson, Carl Sice, Jon Clarke, Matt Gardner. England: Chris Bridge, Tom Briscoe, Kyle Eastmond, James Graham, Ryan Hall, Shaun O'Loughlin, Danny McGuire, Adrian Morley, Jamie Peacock, James Roby, Nick Scruton, Michael Shenton, Kevin Sinfield, Sam Tomkins, Ben Westwood, Shaun Lunt, Kevin Brown, Richie Myler, Ryan Atkins, Jodie Broughton, Leroy Cudjoe, Peter Fox, Lee Smith, Gareth Carvell, Ben Harrison, Jamie Langley, Tony Clubb, Ben Jones-Bishop, Andy Lynch, Joe Westerman, Kirk Yeaman, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Eorl Crabtree, Scott Moore, Paul Sykes, John Wilkin, Willie Manu.

Quote ="arliebird"does anyone have an idea what the lineups are going to be like for both teams'" Matchday programme (admission is by programme, £15 in advance from www.garrypurdham.co.uk ) lists squads as follows: Cumbria: Rob Purdham, Gary Broadbent, Rhys Davies, Craig Calvert, Neil Frazer, Ade Gardner, Jason Mossop, Aaron Low, Liam Harrison, Scott McAvoy, Liam Campbell, John Paul Brocklebank, Gregg McNally, Kris Coward, Oliver Wilkes, Ewan Dowes, Marc Jackson, Kyle Amor, Howard Hill, Spencer Miller, Brett McDermott, Jack Pedley, Graeme Mattinson, Carl Sice, Jon Clarke, Matt Gardner. England: Chris Bridge, Tom Briscoe, Kyle Eastmond, James Graham, Ryan Hall, Shaun O'Loughlin, Danny McGuire, Adrian Morley, Jamie Peacock, James Roby, Nick Scruton, Michael Shenton, Kevin Sinfield, Sam Tomkins, Ben Westwood, Shaun Lunt, Kevin Brown, Richie Myler, Ryan Atkins, Jodie Broughton, Leroy Cudjoe, Peter Fox, Lee Smith, Gareth Carvell, Ben Harrison, Jamie Langley, Tony Clubb, Ben Jones-Bishop, Andy Lynch, Joe Westerman, Kirk Yeaman, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Eorl Crabtree, Scott Moore, Paul Sykes, John Wilkin, Willie Manu.

cumbria side will probably be

1 Gary Broadbent (barrow)
2 Craig Calvert (whitehaven)
3 Scott McAvoy (Whitehaven)
4 Liam Harrison (barrow)
5 Will Sharp (hull fc)
6 Liam Campbell (barrow)
7 Gregg McNally (huddersfild)
8 Ewan Dowes (hull fc)
9 Shaun Lunt (huddersfield)
10 Oliver Wilkes (quins)
11 Spencer Miller (whitehaven)
12 Ben Harrison (warrington)
13 Rob Purdham (quins)

14 Greame Mattinson (whitehaven)
15 Jon Clarke (warrington)
16 Marc Jackson (whitehaven)
17 Kyle Amor (leeds)

thats just my guess but probably the strongest side, purdo has got permission off mcnamara to use lunt and ben harrison for cumbria.

BJP injured as well

marc jackson and craig calvert ruled out through injury, carl sice unavailable due to prior commitments for cumbria

ben harrison and shaun lunt both now playing for england

Tony Clubb opens the scoring for England!!!!
6 - 0 after 15 mins

Thank you so much for the update - been trying to find somethng for the past hour - are you at game - if not do you know any radio station which may have it on - tried everywhere

thanks

12-12 at the mo.

18-18 Ft....

Finished 18 - 18
Cumbria scored a late try to level it!!!

Well done Clubby, did he play at centre? does this make him World class!!!

Clubby was always World Class!

This was a far, far better contest that I'd expected, and a great tribute to Garry Purdham that will long be remembered by all present. Obviously England were missing the bulk of their first choice XVII, but even so Cumbria's performance was amazing considering there were only five SL players in their squad, plus one from Egremont Rangers who played most of the second half and scored the second try. England's only real concession to the occasion was to not kick a penalty from right in front of the sticks four minutes from time and not attempt a drop goal, but they were certainly pushing for a winning try right to the end.

Rob Purdham was predictably named man of the match, although my own choice would have been Will Sharp, who I thought was absolutely outstanding; he defended superbly and made good yards going forward. I’ve been fairly ambivalent about him leaving until now, but on this performance our loss will be very much Hull’s gain. He seemed to play pretty much entirely out wide on the left, which really makes me wonder whether McDermott misused him by presumably directing him work inside, and failed to get the best out of him as a result. Ade Gardner also put in a solid defensive display on the other wing, which I’ve never really seen him have to do before against opponents who were having more of the ball than his own team. The first Cumbria try came after Paul Sykes kicked out on the full - some things don't change!

SOunds like London was well represented by players old and current.

And a good turn out of fans to. A very good summary by PoD.

Just for the record teams were as follows. It looks like Will Sharp was the only guest (i.e. non-Cumbrian) in the home team, the rest of whom all played amateur/junior rugby in the county before becoming RL professionals, although I read on another forum that Will's father originates from the Kells area of Whitehaven. There were actually six SL players in the Cumbria squad - I'd overlooked Gregg McNally, who was on loan at Oldham at the end of the season:

Cumbria

Gary Broadbent (Walney/Barrow)
Ade Gardner (Walney/St.Helens)
Jason Mossop (Hensingham/Workington)
Scott McAvoy (Hensingham/Whitehaven)
Will Sharp (South London/Harlequins)
Rob Purdham (Egremont/Harlequins)
Liam Campbell (Roose/Barrow)
Ewan Dowes (Sedburgh RU/Hull)
Jack Pedley (Walney/Workington)
Kyle Amor (Hensingham/Leeds)
Brett McDermott (Roose/Barrow)
Spencer Miller (Kells/Whitehaven)
Oliver Wilkes (Ulverston/Harlequins)

Subs:
Howard Hill (Hensingham/Whitehaven)
Kris Coward (Hensingham/Workington)
Gregg McNally (Kells/Huddersfield)
Jamie Butler (Askam/Barrow)
John Paul Brocklebank (Egremont)
Aaron Low (Barrow Island/Workington)
Neil Frazer (Seaton/Workington)

England

Chris Riley
Peter Fox
Michael Shenton
Tony Clubb
Tom Briscoe
Paul Sykes
Richie Myler
Andy Lynch
Micky Higham
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Joe Westerman
Ben Westwood
Jamie Langley

Subs:
Ryan Atkins
Gareth Carvell
Nick Scruton
Ben Harrison
Scott Murrell
Jodie Broughton

Apparently Wills dad was Cumbrian born