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Rovers Beat The Centurions To Go Fourth
Few would argue that the performance of the weekend in the Betfred Championship was the Bradford Bulls sensational away win at second place Toulouse Olympique XIII on Saturday evening. That said, the game of the round, on paper at least, was Featherstone Rovers game against the Leigh Centurions.
The sides came into the game in fourth and fifth places on the league ladder and Leigh knew coming into the game that a win would lift them into second spot in the league, level on points with third placed York City Knights. Featherstone also had everything to play for as a win would see them go above Leigh into fourth spot on points difference.
Everything suggested a full blooded classic encounter.
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Rovers Beat The Centurions To Go Fourth
Few would argue that the performance of the weekend in the Betfred Championship was the Bradford Bulls sensational away win at second place Toulouse Olympique XIII on Saturday evening. That said, the game of the round, on paper at least, was Featherstone Rovers game against the Leigh Centurions.
The sides came into the game in fourth and fifth places on the league ladder and Leigh knew coming into the game that a win would lift them into second spot in the league, level on points with third placed York City Knights. Featherstone also had everything to play for as a win would see them go above Leigh into fourth spot on points difference.
Everything suggested a full blooded classic encounter.
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Thank heavens that Featherstone defeated Leigh. The last thing that northern hemisphere rugby league needs is to have Leigh seriously challenging for a spot in Super League. Not that I think that Leigh would have a great chance to displace Toronto as the team to be promoted to Super League for 2020. But anything is possible, especially with on field referees adjudicating without the support of a video referee. So the further away from the top of the Championship Leigh is, the better.
The ideal challenge to Toronto would come from Toulouse, because the promotion of either Toronto or Toulouse would bring much needed geographical expansion to Super League. Hopefully Toronto will get promoted at the end of this season, and Toulouse will get promoted at the end of next season. Either Ottawa or New York would make an ideal third expansion team the year after Toulouse goes up.
Thank you Featherstone Rovers for helping to keep Leigh Centurions in check.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Thank heavens that Featherstone defeated Leigh. The last thing that northern hemisphere rugby league needs is to have Leigh seriously challenging for a spot in Super League. Not that I think that Leigh would have a great chance to displace Toronto as the team to be promoted to Super League for 2020. But anything is possible, especially with on field referees adjudicating without the support of a video referee. So the further away from the top of the Championship Leigh is, the better.
The ideal challenge to Toronto would come from Toulouse, because the promotion of either Toronto or Toulouse would bring much needed geographical expansion to Super League. Hopefully Toronto will get promoted at the end of this season, and Toulouse will get promoted at the end of next season. Either Ottawa or New York would make an ideal third expansion team the year after Toulouse goes up.
Thank you Featherstone Rovers for helping to keep Leigh Centurions in check.'"
Oi you! 
I support Leigh and would be the first to admit they aren't anywhere near good enough to get into SL. Toronto should walk into SL this year, unless they 'bottle' the play-offs - again!
However, Toulouse seem about as far from good enough for SL, as Leigh. They are going to have to improve on their recent form, or they could slip to 5th, or even 6th, at this rate.
As for today, congratulations to Featherstone. They were the better team and fully deserved their victory.  |
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Thank heavens that Featherstone defeated Leigh. The last thing that northern hemisphere rugby league needs is to have Leigh seriously challenging for a spot in Super League. Not that I think that Leigh would have a great chance to displace Toronto as the team to be promoted to Super League for 2020. But anything is possible, especially with on field referees adjudicating without the support of a video referee. So the further away from the top of the Championship Leigh is, the better.
The ideal challenge to Toronto would come from Toulouse, because the promotion of either Toronto or Toulouse would bring much needed geographical expansion to Super League. Hopefully Toronto will get promoted at the end of this season, and Toulouse will get promoted at the end of next season. Either Ottawa or New York would make an ideal third expansion team the year after Toulouse goes up.
Thank you Featherstone Rovers for helping to keep Leigh Centurions in check.'"
What have Leigh Centurions ever done to you to cause such an extremely tainted view of them? |
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| Quote: MorePlaymakersNeeded "What have Leigh Centurions ever done to you to cause such an extremely tainted view of them?'"
it's a north/south Wigan rivalry thing, with Jean being from Chorley and all |
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| Quote: Hangerman2 "it's a north/south Wigan rivalry thing, with Jean being from Chorley and all'"
I bet this rivalry goes all the way back to the battle of Bents Garden Centre. |
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Thank heavens that Featherstone defeated Leigh. The last thing that northern hemisphere rugby league needs is to have Leigh seriously challenging for a spot in Super League. Not that I think that Leigh would have a great chance to displace Toronto as the team to be promoted to Super League for 2020. But anything is possible, especially with on field referees adjudicating without the support of a video referee. So the further away from the top of the Championship Leigh is, the better.
The ideal challenge to Toronto would come from Toulouse, because the promotion of either Toronto or Toulouse would bring much needed geographical expansion to Super League. Hopefully Toronto will get promoted at the end of this season, and Toulouse will get promoted at the end of next season. Either Ottawa or New York would make an ideal third expansion team the year after Toulouse goes up.
Thank you Featherstone Rovers for helping to keep Leigh Centurions in check.'"
That i seriously agree with.The rest of your post stinks of vomit. |
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| Quote: Cokey "That i seriously agree with.The rest of your post stinks of vomit.'"
From both ends. |
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A post aimed to bait other posters yet again and he doesn't get pulled for it...what a joke this site is becoming
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I was tempted to type something bitchy...but considering the situations Leigh Centurions were in at the beginning of the year, it's a compliment from the wind up merchant that he's relieved we lost today.
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| Quote: RoyBoy29 "A post aimed to bait other posters yet again and he doesn't get pulled for it...what a joke this site is becoming'"
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Quote: RoyBoy29 "n. Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person'"
Indeed......whether it's Wakefield or Leigh, the poster going by the name Jean seems to start 50% of his posts/threads with the sole intent of winding up fans of either. |
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In my opinion Wakefield, Salford and Leigh do not belong in Super League. That is a legitimate point of view, even if you disagree with that. Obviously the fans of those three clubs will disagree with me and maybe even get angry with me for writing that. But that is their problem. I am not going to hide my expansionist opinions just to make the fans of Wakefield, Salford, and Leigh feel comfortable. What is the point of having a forum if you cannot express an opinion that is unpopular with some other people?
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The Leigh and Wakefield fans mentality......
Say something negative about any other team than theirs - Its an opinion
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "In my opinion Wakefield, Salford and Leigh do not belong in Super League. That is a legitimate point of view, even if you disagree with that. Obviously the fans of those three clubs will disagree with me and maybe even get angry with me for writing that. But that is their problem. I am not going to hide my expansionist opinions just to make the fans of Wakefield, Salford, and Leigh feel comfortable. What is the point of having a forum if you cannot express an opinion that is unpopular with some other people?'"
Well said. |
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Talking to yourself is the first sign of insanity
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HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. 
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