It's not over until the fat lady sings, as they say, and there are many a twist and turn yet.

If we can keep our squad fit and healthy we are in with a shout, but it will be close. I would just hate for it to be decided by someone bringing in four D/R ringers.

I'm smiling but not celebrating ..... yet

Looking forward to preparing my vocal cords accordingly

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If we do it Rach, I will buy suitable alcoholic beverage to lubricate said vocal chords first!!!

Batley are being investigated for playing Fairbank at Sheffield on sunday, he was ineligible to play having not played the minimum 3 games prior to Friday's deadline. If found guilty they will be facing a points deduction, especially as he scored one of their tries in the win.

If they are guilty of this. I wonder how many points would they lose?

I hope that copying the article doesn't contravene any rules but, if it does I apologise. It can be viewed on 'Total RL' website though.

It would appear that Batley aren't the only Club that is being investigated:

I like the sound of this! Points deduction for our rivals, yes please!! serve the bugg&&s right.

A WISE man once said "If it is ready to be given as read then the culprits are as guilty as the accusers no matter what the charge is after the time has lapsed ", this applies to us all at times .Charlie knows .

What are you on about now?

Sorry to disappoint Charlie but there have been no DR players playing for cougars this season

Is that what you mean? Ha Charlie Knows

Charlie love! I wondered where you'd been! Talking bollo&*s I see. What on earth do they put in the pies over there? Cougartime knows.

There you go Charlie ....... Harry Knows.

A wise man once said "When the Cougars do the Cougarcrawl it is a happy time , though it is a rarity of an event these days ",it seems the Sages of Keighley are feeling fine at the moment , hopefully you wont disappear into the Wilderness of Coventry , Oldham , and such and fall on stony ground .Charlie knows .

Charlie speaks lyrical in broken English like Mr Mowagi, everyone knows!

Harry I think that shirt collar is to tight for you





do you mean Mogwai the Gremlin ?

Myself im fluent in many languages , as im a native of Napoli .

My Father in law always said there are two things to remember about Neapolitans:
Half of them are untrustworthy, the other half have "testa di lengno"

So there you go , Dreamers Father in Law knows.
Now scurry along ans troll the Brad***d Dulls supporters.

Maybe , but we do make very good Ice Cream

.Anyway congrats on your win today

looks like Charlie could be wrong

though it wont be the first time .

Whats your problem BurleyCougar ?Wrong time of the Month



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I understand so, but for me it's a plate of antipasto, heavy on the local cheese, warm local bread, a plain pizza fresh out of a wood burning oven and a carafe of local red wine.


Anyhow, enough of this nonsense, Barrow up next and a potential bananna skin, remember what happened up there last year?
We need to be back to our "A" game with Jones back at 6.
We can't count on any favours from anyone, we need switched on, error free rugby.

Another step closer.

I think it would have been better if Batley won convincingly, that would have left us with a win against Wales for pretty much safety based on points difference. Well done Haven though.

It seems momentum is against Batley, everything seems to be going wrong. It would be a shame for the Batley fans if relegation was on the back of a points deduction, but its something im hoping for im afraid. There's a lot of negativity from Batley fans suggesting up to 6 points but i cant see the RFL digging the knife that deep.

I think the RFL will think of a random number and maybe not even any points at all, but i think 2 points. Effectively taking the win away but giving them the bonus point. This gives us five points on batley and sadly for them a loss vs Dewsbury and it could be curtains.

We have to beat wales of course, a point might be enough if other results/points deductions go in our favour. Just goes to show how crucial the Donny game was, are we on a bit of a roll?

Good point , BUT , if the punishment is not deemned severe enough then Sheffield
Are gonna be shouting and bawling , Aston is not the sort of coach to yake it laying down is he ?
Personally think it wll be 3 points minimum possibly 6 forboth teams that are guilty.

I would also hope that it goes some way towards scrapping the whole DR shambles.
I never liked the idea 100 % and would be glad to see the game back on a level plaing field
so to speak.

So what will the illustrious RFL do with Batley?

Who knows?

This comment has been taken from Monday's 'Daily Express' website:



which should give the panel that actually makes the decision some guidance of what other sports deem to be 'fair play'.

Check the full story (if you wish) by clicking on the following link:

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But, as 'Burley Cougar' quite-rightly states, it's about time that the so-called 'Administrators' of OUR game finally put an end to the FARCE that is 'DUAL REGISTRATION'.

The 'RULES OF THE GAME' were designed to provide a [size=150'level playing field' [/sizefor all Clubs. However, as we all know, this is not the case today!

I would like to collate statistics about every Championship Club which has a 'Dual Registration' agreement, during the 2014 Season, with a Super League Club and the effect that Dual Registration players have had on their results, but I don't have the time to do so for every Championship Club by myself.

My correspondence with Blake Solly has simply resulted in a response that can be best described as 'Bull***t baffles brains'!

I have started my investigation with Workington's DR arrangement with Wigan but would appreciate offers from 'fellow Cougars' to assist so that by the end of the season we can have a meaningful and detailed compilation for discussion, despite the fact that the RFL might choose to ignore whatever facts that it might produce.

I must also point out that this is not a vendetta against Workington, or any other Championship Club, but AGAINST the ill-conceived principle that DUAL REGISTRATION does not affect results when every supporter actually knows that IT DOES!

.... well at least for some Championship Clubs.

In the meantime, I hope that my plea for assistance will not fall on 'deaf ears'.

'Yes DR is making the game suffer' all teams that use DR generally go one way 'down the toilet'

Finishing 5th or 6th gets £175'000. After that its £150,000. The League leaders get £500,000 with £450,000 for second. After that 3rd gets £200,000.

A huge difference and Leighs investment is paying dividends. Finishing 6th attracts £25,000 more plus the playoff income generated which would be pretty useful, pays for a decent player really.

Anyway the point being featherstone are no doubt playing us on the last game of the season for a £200,000 bonus! Batleys partial fate is announced tomorrow.