i dont know who langworthy think they are, they won a couple of games at the begining of the season and they've started to get ahead of them selves abit. like i said before they should just be happy that they have the privilige to be playin in division 3, and as for the the this mon blaming the 'ref' he doesnt put the ball over the line for them and if you was as good as you said u are your defence would stop them scoreing.

was a good game to watch on saturday ( SV vs Irlam ) shame about some ref decisions but was a good game... how irlam lost i do not know but all credit to SV who held on . . . very phsyical side are irlam and you could tell at the end SV looked out of steam

great game

I think you must have been watching a different game to everyone else mate . . .
good game to watch - Agreed,
ref decisions - (if you think high tackles shouldn't be penalised) Agreed,
SV hanging on - SV were in full control throughout the game and never looked like losing
Irlam very physical side - Agreed,
SV looking ut of steam - The only side I saw looking out of steam were the ones giving penalty after penalty after penalty
I think you'll find that to be a more accurate account if you take your blinkers off . . !

Irlam didn't do themselves any favours with the referee on Saturday in fairness....and your right, Irlam are a big set....But D was a massive part of that victory and has built a platform for us in most of our games. We were the first to admit in the changing room after the game we weren't at our best, but if teams can't score against us....teams can't beat us

. That philosophy has just won Wigan the Super League. I think if we had been a bit smarter near the Irlam line we could have notched a few more scores up, but hey ho, I'd have took 18-8 before the game.

We had a few missing on Saturday and once again....lads who last season were playing under 18 footy stepped up to the plate, 3 in total in the starting 13.



Looking forward to the return fixture, but up until then we will have to be at our best every week, because I cannot see Irlam dropping many points between now and then. Langworthy V Irlam on Saturday should be tasty!

think you must of been one of them with a pint in your hand on the side line?? ed?

SV was stuck in there own half and irlam didnt take chances .... should be a good game (the return one) good luck to both teams all season

To be fair irlam played the worse i have seen them play for a long time .
Spring views tatics of getting players to lie on the floor to stop play on every set stopped the flow of the game imho.
But there is no bitterness because at the end of the day we seem to get better as we go along, just ask your new springs players you have from last season .
Also with no regular half backs for irlam the organisation was pretty clueless.
The Return fixture will show a proper account of irlams team .
By the way it was 18-10 The loose forward kicked a goal from the touchline if you dont remember.
Well don Spring View cant wait to watch the return fixture lets see whos best then

To be fair irlam played the worse i have seen them play for a long time .
Spring views tatics of getting players to lie on the floor to stop play on every set stopped the flow of the game imho.
But there is no bitterness because at the end of the day we seem to get better as we go along, just ask your new springs players you have from last season .
Also with no regular half backs for irlam the organisation was pretty clueless.
The Return fixture will show a proper account of irlams team .
By the way it was 18-10 The loose forward kicked a goal from the touchline if you dont remember.
Well don Spring View cant wait to watch the return fixture lets see whos best then

i have seen springview a few times over the lat 6 months or so and let me tell you i haven't seen many amateur teams with a defence likes theres. Very difficult to penetrate down the middle with a pack that domiante teams both goin forward and in defence. if saturday was anything to go by I honestly cant see many teams getting anything out of springview, i cant see them coming up against many bigger sides, having said that irlams attacking creativity was nothin special in my opinion. Springs were totally dominant in defence and a credit to them.

from a neutral perprective...most of irlams tackling was inept with no technique which may explain the high shots, following in with the knees, flopping, 3rd man in, etc etc, which caused the stoppages in play with Springs players getting knocks.....if you want a free flowing game. CLEAN UP YOUR DEFENCE IRLAM.

No mate, I was the one marking the stats sheet every time your guys gave a penalty away.But hey, if you fancy bringing me a pint over when we come to your place I wouldn't say no . . . I might even return the gesture



Look forward to another good game sometime soon, may the best team win !

The jammydodger i have to say i agree with you totally about the spring view defence,
However if irlam didnt give as many silly penaltys away, which gave spring view a hell of a lot of yards it would of been a total different game.
6 points for an interception try and 2 points on a penalty goal that you missed at first but the ref gave you another chance, irlam had a try disallowed for offside, which i thought was a fine try but never mind its done now .

And lastly just to add i thought spring view were the better team on the day and deserved the win.
I thought both teams werent at their best either so the return fixture will be a better game, when you get your players back that didnt play and we get ours as well.
all the best for the season apart from when you play at ours, spring view are a very well disciplined good team and play the game very well .

A fair summary mr red. Now for Ulverston on Saturday....couldn't play at there place last year coz of an injury so I'm looking forward to this one....hope the pitch is in better nick this year! Ended up full of s@!t and I was water boy!!

guess what Bobby Bouche

wudda-cudda-shudda
think ill discipline was 1 of your biggest worries,as for the re-taken penalty give your lad a pat on the back for his gobbing off and trying disrupt the kick(dont think thats in the rule book) but like you said thought it was a close contest and no doubt we will have to improve on our performance aswell

Abit quiet on here today! I am new to this so not sure if all this banter is good natured! Having been around this great game for many years I would expect it is.

A few interesting fixtures in terms of the top of the table with spingview takin the long trip to ulverston...not seen ulverston so can't comment on them...I think if the same springview team go there as I've seen of late especially there pack....then only one result for me, a springs win.

Langworthy and irlam should be interesting....the team who can keep there heads and 13 on the field should win that local derby.

Leyland are looking strong and consider them the dark horses in this division!

Strange u would ask mr dodger....neil cowie...prop, much like myself, that bit derives from my rather average attempts at emulating the man himself, hope that clears that one up for you!

played both spring veiw and irlam in the last two season there defo the front runners for the league both play great rugby in both defence and attack.

just one thing about both teams that we at are club noticed they seamed very very arrogant attitudes and dont show so called lesser teams any respect!!!!! they seamed to think they were gonna turn and we would give them the game. we got stuck in to them and that attitude soon change they beat us at rugby with some good stuff once there bully boy stuff went away.

maybe they have change from when i last played them hope so as there both class sides just hope they have found that bit of extra class.

to win gracefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chenko. who do u play for? we at irlam dont think we r just gonna turn up u win, we know we ave to play rugby

Chenko....that is the biggest load of sh!! I have ever heard, I don't know who you played for but you couldn't be further from the truth...I have played the best part of 40 games for SV and I have never ever turned up to a game expecting to win...and that attitude has never come from any of our lads of coaches....we had langworthy at our place 2 weeks ago, a side we put over 100 points on last year....we went into that game expecting a battle. We went to Ulverston last year and got beat....they turned up at our place a week later and we showed them respect and turned them over. Be curious to hear the thoughts of any west bank, woolston or mossbank players, even Irlam with regards to us being arrogant. As a club an excellent spread is put on after the game for EVERY club and everyone gets involved for a good drink. I think the fact that we have 30 lads every tuesday and thursday night which include most of the under 18s from the last 2 years doesn't allow anyone to be arrogant.

THERES A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARROGANCE AND CONFIDENCE!

I can assure you of one thing my friend....every lad at SV minute is battling for a shirt and nobody turns up expecting sides to roll over....if we had done that this year we'd have been sat bottom of the league instead of top!

So wind your neck in!

wind it in get screwed !!!!!!!!!!!!

you beat us higginshaw at your place 40-0 in season 08/09 and give us a harsh lesson in rugby fair play but what got our back up was on the return fixture one of your players walking up to the pitch said to us and i quote

' dont be embarresed when we put 70 on you after last time '

that has not sat well with us even till now. we showed the up most respect to you fellas even after a smashing like we got.
again you say teams like moss bank woolston got tyour respsct was that because they were up there with you by any chance on down at the bottom were we were.

so wind your own neck in as this a forum and opinions can be expressed .

i play for Higginshaw

it just seemed after are wooping at your place last year 40-0 if i remember when you came to our place it felt like you thought you had already won before we got on the pitch i stand corrected if am wrong and am looking forward to our matches this year just hope we dont get a savaging at yours again.

FFS....please tell me that that is not the only team that has walked on a field and either said they are gonna beat you...or that your sh!!, its called banter my friend, mind games intimidation...call it what you want, good old gamesmanship...what's up with u at all.

Not a play ground pal, surprised you didn't run off and tell your daddy on him!
All in good spirits brother!
Flippin eck!

You will be treated the same any other side this year...a must win for us and us and you expecting a tough fair game of footy!

no need to swear pal and i like a bit of banter fav part of the game for me and i can take it just as much as i give it on the pitch but there is a fine line pal on the pitch fair do's but walking up and saying it before the whistle has gone is disrespect in my book ....

have you seen were we live if i told my dad the hole campsite would have been down for it





any way enough bitching about this and that lets get back to good old banter eh????

my predictions for this weekend any other thought

Higginshaw v st judes higgy 2 Lancs cup
Irlam Hornets Langworthy Reds hornets 10
Leyland Warriors Heysham warriors 8
Pilkington Recs A Hindpool hindool by 12
Ulverston Spring View veiw by 18