After seeing us against Swinton last week and watching Dewsbury against Toronto i would have to say The Rams are favourites for this fixture. A massive improvement is needed this weekend, what we have been seeing so far this season is very poor to say the least. Our forwards need to take the lead that Grixy provided and give our half backs time and space to play. Dewsbury were the last team to take a point off us at The Shay, let's hope we can finally hit form, which I think we will and get on a roll before our trip to York. Fax by 14 points. Up The Fax!

Fax are the opposite of Toronto, they are playing all their home games first.

Already had more blips than a sizeometer this season-time to come good against a decent and likely Finn inspired Rams outfit.Fax by 7.

Exactly Hudds, without that big push from Grixy in his second spell we would have had nowt and he's one of the old men of the squad relatively speaking.
We could all see what an effect it had when he drove the ball in with some real intent with first, second and even third effort.
Surely some of the others can follow his lead, getting that punch back and Fax further down the field against a retreating defense and QLT coming into the line will at least give us some more energy / threat with the ball in the right part of the field.

On the player front can't see many changes, RM says Jones is out of consideration for 4 or 5 weeks with a knee injury but Butler could be back.
Can't see him leaving either Tyrer or Salty out so if Chester is fit and in the squad it will be interesting where he plays him.

Reserves are at Fev tonight, see if he has a run out.

I'd be happy to see a few dual reg this weekend

Go watch Featherstone then.

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If only Fax were as quick off the mark.

Pete , I understand your stance on DRs but sometimes it does help, we at Leigh have a very thin squad,and it’s a case of needs must the same applies at Fev, for me once Richardson, Douglas , and Ashworth and Co put Leigh shirts on then they are Leigh players.

I’ve heard the They don’t try, point but for me the Saints lads have done everything they can,if it means getting a chance of a Top 5 spot ,then I’m prepared to DR a couple of Eskimos if it helps.If RM thinks it would benefit Fax , then go with the flow.

Even for Fax fans who could stomach the DR policy begruginly our tie up is a one way useless embarresment.

By contrast, we could have the next six in a row away from home.



Depends on the cup, obviously.

Surely you need a nutritionist.

Not bad humour , but we are short of a couple of big forwards.

I wonder what sort of game our old pal Rob the warrior will have as he's hurt us plenty times in the past.

Common theme.

Get him peppered early on before he's chance to settle into the game.

Squad for Sunday https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1IrtJeWkAACKA1.jpg:large

Squad for Sunday https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1IrtJeWkAACKA1.jpg:large

Doesn't look like any/many changes unless Chapman-Smith gets a proper gig.Bit frustrating Butler still out now pre-season is done...

Butler probably a game too early.
RCS must be close to coming in for QLT to see what he can do.
If that's what he goes for the final 17 would include the options of switching Sharp back to 1, Salty to 2 with Barber coming on to 4 if it's not working out or Barber coming on in the second row if it is.

You would hope RM would know his best set up by now but...pre season and all that!

I was just thinking that with him moving Sharp to 1 and QLT to the wing for part of the second half last week he may go for RCS this week.

Well that was more like it!

A better performance in terrible conditions today with a lot of commitment and effort across the park from 1 to 17.

This is probably the best Dewsbury side since we were relegated. To win and nil them is a great result. Next week is a massive one for us now, win-able, but they wil think the same.

By far our best performance of the season by quite some distance. Hopefully we can kick on from this. To top it off a minority of Town fans are in full blown meltdown because we had the audacity to play a game on a pitch that was playable.