Colin, son no. 1 must have quite a few man of the matches this season, well done to him.
I' m glad I'm not feeding him tho'
Son no. 2 didn't play on Wednesday, injured I was told, hope he's ok.
KCP were a good few points up at half time playing up hill, so when they scored themfirst try in the second half playing down hill that seemed to be it. Wrong 5 tries without the ball hardly touching a Park hand and they ended up losing by a few.

You said a few week ago that you were going to a pub in Featherstone tomorrow, and maybe RFF and Fevgrinder might be there. What was the pub called? We are going by charabang so if they will let us out of our compound I will try and meet you there.

Yes mate, Son No.1 is playing extremely well this year. Son No.2 played weds aft in the college game but only until HT. He's struggling at the moment with a niggle of an injury though but i'm sure the soft sod will be OK.
If you need my No. I understand RFF has yours, so just get in touch with him. The pub is called Featherstone hotel, nicknamed Top house. About 6 or 7 mins walk from the stadium, they do decent food & allow kids in if you're taking the tribe.

Well done Irish, today's winners of the Halifax ARL - Joseph Fee Memorial Trophy. Brighouse Rangers 6 up at half time, finally out played and out muscled.
A good crowd at an excellent Old Brods venue. What a shame there is no Rugby League ground to rival a few Union grounds.
Well done "little Dave Smith" a storming display and a superb try, nice to see Richard Mudd flatten someone, again, and a special mention to Arnie, (I questioned his selection early season, KCP sub to Irish first team) but I was wrong. First half took some stick from Rangers Gobsh*te supporters "target No 14 was the cry" second half, should have had a long range try, was he really in touch? and another few good runs.
An ever green performance from Andy Brocklehurst, as a Super League player he was fearsome but his dad frightens me more.
A great game played in a very good spirit, well done to all on both sides.
Great to see Pete Emmetts sponsorship on the Irish trackies

Colin is a handful. Yes was a great day, all credit to Brighouse they stuck at it and should hold their heads up high. Was great to see both teams on the lash together in town last night, there will be some sore heads today, I know mine is

As i'm the dessy-driver for son No.2 & two of the other lads from the Halifax U20's England students squad first training session at Trent Uni in Nottingham tomorrow i'll miss playing in the Greetland All-Rounders U30's vs over 30's invitational game which is a big shame after what i've watched this season, I fancied knocking one or two of them on their a$$es with a bit of the old "drop of the shoulder & slip the ball out of the tackle" which was my stock trade of years gone by, especially gonna miss putting some late footwork & see ya laters to one of our fellow messageboard posters ( Greetland8 all the pies ) after studying his flat footed defence all season, hands-on-hips & blowing out of the ar$e a familiar stance, I sort of had my plan in place for tomorrows big clash. Have a good blow out lads, you'll have to wait another year to see me in the black & whites again


Anyone got any local RL goss ? I hear the Elland v Ovvy derby was a bit spicy last week as expected.

Double header at Greetland today. First up Greetland 2nds v King Cross Park 2nds. An excellent game , KCP mainly fielded a team of 18/19 year olds and equiting themselves very well came out winners.
Next on Greetland v KCP, again a very entertaining encounter, a few biffs here and there and some excellent rugby, Park came out winners and with the talent coming through the ranks the future looks bright.
One thing stood out in both games, good forwards need good halfbacks to feed the centres and wingers, if that plan is in place then Rugby is a very simple game.
A good crowd on a fine afternoon and some nice chat with friends and foe.
Looking very much forward to my winters local rugby.
But until then, come on Fax, all the way to Leigh.
See you all in the Wren.
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park looked a good side. decent game of R.L good to see the young kids coming through at both clubs !

Terrible news about Mark Seal's ( brother of Danny ) injury that he suffered during the game, full & safe recovery are his priorities now & best wishes from me. How the hell he managed to walk off the pitch, get showered, then have a drink in the bar after the 2nds game ( according to his mrs's update on FB ) is a testament to his courage there's no doubt about that !!!!

Good luck Sealy, top man & am absolutely gutted for you mate.

Difficult decision today, both Irish and KCPark at home.
Probably start of with KCP and see how it goes.

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Must have been updated after I looked Colin, got to the moor and no KCP, something to do with the league cocking up the fixtures.
Watched Irish first half at which they were losing then had to go.
It's an age thing.

You didn't miss much John was a poor game we were awful. Only got Sharlston away next week so chance to make amends

Greetland V Littleborough this saturday will be a decent game, both tough games last season, each winning one at home, both teams have started well this season.

UTG!

It's been a little bit quiet on here lately so i thought i'd bump it up.

I'm rather surprised the disgraceful situation that Calderdale's leading amateur club Siddal have found themselves in since last saturday hasn't been highlighted or discussed on this forum.
Good luck to all of the lads & coaching team for sticking together and their club for supporting them fully in this matter. It sounds like bad sour grapes from some of their opponents' officials even though it appears from the statements their players had accepted the rules at the end of 80 mins & shook hands at the end of the added time with the Siddal lads.

I sometimes wonder why we bother with this great game of ours when the governing bodies within the sport quite obviously bend the rules to suit. Bad sportsmanship springs to mind. I don't blame the Siddal lads & their club for withdrawing, in fact i applaud their decision.

Typical of the RFL & their schedule/planning with their simultaneous tv clash with the RU internationals today & for the next few weeks. I reckon our world cup games will get slightly less media coverage somehow.

Totally agree with Siddals decision to withdraw, hope Lock Lane win today for the sake of the sport.

Its a very messy situation which could have some serious implications for the game. Has a precedent been set here to challenge results due to refs errors? How many times have games been decided by crucial questionable decisions. A lot of the issues come back to the sports administrators with their constant tinkering of rules. How many other sports have different rules for different levels of the sport?

Could be some interesting developments over the coming weeks.