Haha, don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.
This was not that refs 1st game he has been doing it a good few years. He was awful (for both teams) but he is not the reason you got beat. Best team won on the day

bamber bridge 28-10 cultech tough tough game some sore bodies i bet in both camps,a bit scrappy in 1st 10-15 min from both teams dropped balls and pens but settled into a really good game some big shots going in and some nice trys in perfect weather to play rugby,

Hindpool 26-22 Wildboars

Good even game I thought. Boars were better 1st half and Hindpool ha the better of the 2nd.

Anybody got any prediction for this weeks games? The Portico and Wild Boars game should be a belter.

Pilkington Recs vs. Bamber Bridge - Bridge
Hindpool Tigers vs. Wigan St Patricks - Hindpool
Accrington Panthers vs. Cadishead Rhinos - Accy
Culcheth Eagles vs. Eccleston Lions - Culcheth
Portico Vine vs. St Helens Wild Boars - Draw

not far of with them predictions shawy

pilks 14-34 bamber bridge 34 scrappy game at time and ref didnt help either team and never let the game flow,not our best game too many mistakes with ball in hand and spent most of the game defending a good 70% but in the end we got there and scored some good and scrappy trys but 2 points away from home is always good
half way through now and the league is tahing shape now 4 teams at the top battling it out hindpool been on a good run and portico are still there next few weeks with everyone playing each other going good end to the season xxx

What's peoples predictions this week?
Some good games in store. We wont have it easy at Cadishead as we have a few missing due to suspension, holidays, injuries etc.
Portico should win easy probably 40+ and Culcheth shouldn't have too many problems against Woolston but think the other games will be a lot closer


Eccleston Lions vs. Portico Vine - Portico
Cadishead Rhinos vs. Hindpool Tigers - Hindpool
Woolston Rovers A vs. Culcheth Eagles - Culcheth
Wigan St Patricks A vs. Bamber Bridge - Brig
Pilkington Recs A vs. Accrington Panthers - Pilks

Will be a tough one for us at Woolston, 1st team play on Friday so are expecting a 'strengthend' A team who want to make up for the heavy defeat last time we meet, gotta love local derbys!

Another epic battle with the wild boars at the weekend finishing 8-6 to us. Both teams defended like warriors and think we just about deserved the win. Ref had a shocker as well and he agreed he needed help of linesmen in the game like I think a few have in a couple of games this year. Another great crowed well over 400 people

Interesting divison this season and certainly one of the most competitive although I can see some big wins this week.

I'll go with:

Portico by 28
Hindpool by 34
Culcheth by 24
Bamber Bridge by 16
Pilks by 16

Eccleston Vs Portico is showing as off on the website, anyone know why?

I do yes. We (Eccleston Lions) Have withdrawn from the Division for this season. From last season we have lost 15 1st team players and have been playing with a very young side this year and have found it difficult in most games. The Club thinks it best, If we withdraw from the league and re-enter at a Lower Level whilst we are in the re-building phase. Division 2 has some very strong teams and it's not an ideal place to blood Youngsters.

Good luck in the future pal, hope it all comes good for you.

wigan st pats 26 -30 bamber bridge what a really good game thought the worse when we went 16 nil down after 8min but then we found our feet was camped in there half most of the 1st half held up over the line 3 times but managed to score before ht/16-6 2nd half we played excellent scored some great trys and scored with the last kick of the ball, pats where tough and had dropped a few 1st teamers in ,but these are the games you need to win, result was more pleasing as we had 3 lads cry of ill in the morning, this week we have woolston where there 1st team has no game so who knows, the league is tight now teams all battling its a good league,sorry to hear about eccleston wish them all the best

Woolston determined to seek revenge, at their own admission played 7 1st teamers, we had a mare of a game nearly as bad as the refs, scrappy stop start game frustrated players, Woolston rose to the challenge

Cadishead have withdrawn from the league and will now play in the merit league for the rest of this year

Good luck to both teams espically Eccleston who we have had some great games with over the past few years.

As for the Boars we have hit some rough form and lost a few close games, firstly up at a Hindpool which is always difficult place to visit, thought we might have had the game in the bag not long after half time but fair play to Hindpool they found another gear with around 30 mins to go and played some great rugby, always enjoy the trip at their place, credit to them.

Then we had our derby with Portico, even though we lost both games they have both been a pleasure to be part of, massive crowds, tough rugby and both have been great games. would of thought they would of sent a stronger ref for the game, he was bad, really bad (for both sides) and couldnt really get a grip of the game. I think the ref thought the crowd was there to see him at one point.

The main downside to teams dropping out for is is that now our next game is now the 27th July, will any teams be joining the league to replace these teams, or is it to late for that??

Hindpool Vs Pilks is off. They told us Tuesday they were struggling and unfortunately we couldn't rearrange as all the spare weeks we have our lads have stag dos, a wedding, holidays etc.
Not the way we want to get 2 points but we did think at the start of the season that it could be the case that the 2 A teams might struggle to travel here. Still got Woolston to play at home but I would be surprised if they come. Unless their 1st team aren't playing of course.

Cheers fellas, hopefully all will come good for us and this will prove to have been a good move. Good luck to you all for the rest of the season, hopefully it will see one of you come away with the title.

bamber bridge 42 -woolston 16 probably the worse 1st half we played looked tired lazy and not interested went in10-10 at half time 2nd half for 1st 15 or so min was average and then we just came into life and just blew them away scored some great trys,no idea if any of there 1st team was in our not few different faces but we got the points,wish them all the best for rest of season good bunch of lads and had a laugh back at the pub

That should be some game next week between you and Portico. I reckon you will beat them at home though.
Anyone know anything about Accrington? Never player them before.

Accrington dnt know much about them got a good prop and like to move the ball well from what I rem very mobile side and from what I heard there pitch is small shawy

The prop used to play for us until he moved to Burnley. Played on the wing for GB u18s while at Hindpool then when he moved away a few years ago he put some size on but can still shift apparently. According to his dad he can only manage about 15 meters these days which is a relief as he used to score full lengthers for fun

Accrington 16-19 Hindpool

Good win for us with the numbers we had. 7 players missing meant we only had 2 on the bench which in the heat was tough but we should have won by more. Credit to Accy as they really got at us in the 2nd half and will no doubt be disappointed to have come away with nothing.
We started like a house on fire and were 12-0 up after 20 mins although this should have been double but we fluffed two 2 on 1s.
Lost our skipper just before half time and with him went all rational thinking. After half time Accrington got a lets say dubious try and really got their tails up.
Real decent set of lads, hope they get a few more wins before the season finishes

bamber bridge 30 -portico vine 12 1 st half was a really dog fight and we played into there hands and went into a forward battle we went in 8-6 down at half time , portico went down to 12 men in the 20 min after what I can say was 1 of the worse high tackles iv seen at any level, 2nd half and went tore them to bits we played rugby and they had no answer to us ,they kept coming all day but we stood upto everything the threw at us, but iv have heard teams moan before but nothing like yesterday thank god we had a good ref who also binned a couple of our lads ,getting very tight at the top now , massive crowd watching yesterday you cnt beat summer rugby

And I thought it was just us they that brought out their moaning side...... not good for Portico two losses on the bounce, big game at Shaw St next weekend, then another big week after that for Eagles away at Hindpool