I was actually referring to a competition that 'matters' & anyway I think you will find that the 9's is actually in Lytham St. Annes not Blackpool.

But YOU will see that he said the 9's FINAL, which is held at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool as a pre-match game.

BTW the draw for this competition is at 7:30 this Thursday.

Ben Black is a complete star he is just amazing to watch and yesterday he had another blinder it was just so unlucky he lost the ball after making a stuning break, Chin up Ben so happy he as signed for another 2 years. As for losing the match we all need to draw a line under it we are still top of the league and need to get behing the team and push them to Grand final glory.

And cue the annual Halifax end of season collapse................

On what criteria did/does Ben Black qualify for a work permit by the way. Last time i looked Burleigh Bears were a mid table Queensland cup side and he hasnt played internationally or in the NRL has he ?

Go and ask the Border's Agency if your so interested!

They dont comment on individual cases



By the end of Bens current contract he'll have been in the UK 5 years (albeit not consecutively) so he'd be eligible for citizenship wouldnt he if he wanted it

they didn't exactly struggle cutting you up down the middle, that didn't go unnoticed, and you'll have to toughen up defensively or you'll have real problems for the rest of the season, but you should cope with it cos you're the best team in the division by a mile

Excuse me thats a Country mile

Shad was on Radio Leeds this morning and put it down to 'one of those things' which I guess is true. We had a few opportunities to break clear/having an overlap and we either took the wrong option or the ball didn't go to hand. I thought we deserved to win but luck just wasn't with us. I can't wait for the backlash at the GF

care to expand we have got to the play off eliminator twice and lost, and lost in other play off games but,

I hardly call 1 loss a collapse.

Quality post. Looked at the league table lately?