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Quote: peawapp "No doubt at all about it Halifax are the scum of Rugby League , season over for Fax ,good luck Donny I genuinly spat my coffee out when I read that. Please, allow me to help you with your departure viewforum.php?f=42&tsmp=1402572060

Paul Rowley words in the after match presentations ask Rhino he was there

To be honest Paul was very complimentary on Fax and so were our directors.
They all showed respect to the proformance by Fax and clearly if they had cut out the roughing up they would have won.
We looked really jaded but the tactics made us want it even more and had us more fired up to win.
You have some good players and Im sure the tactics were coached into the game plan
Get rid of your coach and you may win something

Everyone can see it apart from the people who can do something about it.

To be quite frank I`m astonished at some of the remarks on here especially from some normally fairly sensible people who I have in the past had a good deal of respect for . I too have not seen the video so cannot comment on it and if our player has done something wrong he will quite rightly be punished for it . These things happen in games , I am not suggesting it`s right but they do happen . These people that are calling us the scum of the earth and goading us about not wining things etc must think that in all the years they have supported Leigh none of their players have ever committed foul play on another player (if this is what happened) or they have always been high flyers .It seems to me inflammatory remarks straight after the game suggesting there was fractured skull and bleeding would have been better left till the tests were finished . As for Sam well , glad to hear things were clear at the hospital ,never had a problem with him when at Fax neither did most of the Fax fans . Hence why I cannot understand why he`s always on social media sites slagging them off , he reminds me a bit of Paul Davidson , now he was a right" Pantomime Villain" but kept it only on the field , off it completely differant .

Is that still the case?

I wasn't there but from what I can gather when Leigh played at the Shay (which I was at) bothe Fax fans and coach were upset at Leigh's tactics but seem to have gone to the LSV last night and used those same tactics. From what sounded to be a great game seems to have been marred by the Manning/Barlow incident and if Manning's challenge was as bad as it sounds then I hope he receives the correct punishment, but let's not resort to calling each clubs and respective fans Scumbags and the like. Both teams have got into each other over the two games and are both as bad as each other with the niggly stuff but I've always known Leigh and Fax fans be friendly with each other and don't want to see it go down the old Fev Fax route when those fans used to be at each others neck. I'm glad Sam Barlow is okay and whatever happens with manning happens, let's move on and accept Leigh are the better team ( ) and Fax need to improve.

As a side note, I believe Leigh would be in the challenge cup semis if they had played Bradford at the weekend.

Alifax , you don't me , as I ALWAYS say what I think ,and don't pussyfoot around anyone ,I have said I disagree with Peawaaps opinion on Fax fans ,in no way to avoid upsetting anyone ,I met BOTH Halifaxjohn and Bentleyman last night before the game and we discussed the game , what I don't do is name calling or insults , its not me , but I always call a spade a spade .

As for where you will finish , im a realist again 3rd spot if you change those tactics is now best you can hope for , as for Leigh the League Leaders Shield is OURS Charlie knows . .

It's on you tube - make your own minds up

Thanks for that.

Here's my take on it. Barlow passes the ball and carries on running, Manning stands his ground and hits out. Late? Yes. High? Probably, premeditated attack on a player in order to do him damage (as suggested by Dorris Stokes) never.

Leigh players run in and obviously something is said for him to react like that. Oh by the way. Only the thugs from Halifax were punching..... Yeh right.

Ok, I haven't seen the rest of the game, but someone from Leigh suggested that the beating up of Barlow was what caused the whole melee, I would suggest that if Leigh players hadn't run in , it would have ended with being put on report.

I don't condone anything and the disciplinary committee will deal with it, but after reading some of the tripe spouted on here , by some Leigh fans, I did expect to see something worse.

At least it was part of the tackle, unlike Barlow headbutting Potts?

Oh and you've just got to love the commentary