Right first one of the year ladys and Gentlemen.....

Salford City Reds 36 . 12 Leigh Centurians.

Hopefully if we jel we should get off to a flyer first half, i expect second half Veivers will give
most of the lads a rest and try out some young lads.

We have only got a very experimental side out according to our club site as there are some players still missing but there are two coaches of Leythers aswell as all of us in cars so we will definitely beat you in the noise dept. I think you will get 40 against us today. The surface of your new place looks fantastic, can't wait.

HALF-TIME:


SALFORD CITY REDS 6 - 18 LEIGH CENTURIONS

Spot on with the score there mate!

Close

Could not go today as I had to finish some crocheting.
Spoke to family / friends on the way home who said we were crap.
Not being funny but like the last game at the Willows and the first proper game at the new stadium, if you can’t raise your game for these matches there must be something seriously wrong.

I have to say that you were very poor today. there was no one on you side that remotly looked like taking the game by the sruff of the neck. your performance today was simillar to your last game at the Willows, I was there. You look like you need two props, a hooker, a standoff and a scrum half. You made way to many errors. Having said that it was only a friendly and no one wants get injured so early in the season so I am hoping that all todays performace was down to. You as Salford fans deserve better than what I have witnessed the last to times that I have watched you, but being a Leyther I am over the moon. Chins up Reds.

I know we shouldnt get carried away by friendlies, but I thought Leigh were great today.
There was nothing about Salford to enthuse me for the season ahead apart from the fact that all the players looked trim ( not sure what that counts for but i'm clutching at straws here!)

I actually find some comfort in the comedy moments at Salford, and watching Highton - he had a headset, a walkie talkie, a mobile, and still found it necessary to stand with his back to the game looking up at Vievers shouting up asking for instructions - was truly hilarious.

Also, even if the rugby disappoints, we should have the cleanest stadium in Rugby League. There were so many people being paid to pick up litter it was untrue.

I paid £5.50 to park, and was never asked to produce the ticket as proof.
Still the Hot Chocolate at half time was great, and I almost had my own personal litter picker upper to take the cup from me when I had done.

Maybe if we stopped stealing all their players

You should bet on your predictions - just remember to swap the scores before you do

Proud Leyther

What were the line ups?

Salfords starting 13 were all numbered up to 20 ,they had several kids on the bench but only really used them when the game was going away from them

Leigh had the 17 fit players available to them

And those 17 played with pride and for the shirt they were wearing.

Salford

Luke Patten
Jodie Broughton
Chris Nero
Sean Gleeson
Danny Williams
Daniel Holdsworth
Matty Smith
Lee Jewitt
Wayne Godwin
Ryan Boyle
Matty Ashurst
Shannan McPherson
Vinnie Anderson

Adam Sidlow
Adam Neal
Ben Gledhill
Marc Sneyd
Trialist

Leigh

McNally
McGilveray
Gardner
Maden
Pownall
Ridyard
Duffy
Parker
Beswick
Bibey
Hopkins
Goulden
Briscoe

Gallagher
Nicholson
Brierly
Rowe

So pretty much full strength Salford side against a patched up Leigh side described by the official website as an 'experimental' team. Think it was a fairly successful experiment