Rylands A are a well drilled team I've played against them the last couple of years when they've been in our Division, They're always very strong at home, spanked us twice in the last two years, but we've beat them at our place two years on the bounce. It all depends who turns up and who their first team picks IMO.

Aren't all good scrum halves?

And Martin remind me who assisted your try?

Bumped...

good to see people at these games...

All excited for Saturday now, hopefully we'll have a good session on friday and run a few plays out against the first team then be ready and raring to go

North West Counties Amateur Rugby League Open Age

Saturday 4th September 2010
Little Hulton Vs Ashton Bears
2.30pm KO at Harrop Fold School
Hilton Lane, Worsley,
Manchester,
M28 0SY
Referee: N Burke
First game for a new team.
Come and support the lads.
They are also looking for new players and volunteers.
Ring 07724086746

Saturday 4th Sept

National Conference League
Eccles 16 v 17 Ince Rose Bridge (sounds like a classic!!!)

Kukri Sponsored Northwest Counties League

Division 1
Folly Lane 40 v 22 Oldham St Anne’s (sounds confortable enough for Folly)

Division 3
Heysham Atoms 8 v 40 Irlam Hornets (great start in a new division)
Langworthy Reds 18 v 0 Golborne Parkside A (Golbourne unable to raise a team)

Division 4
Cadishead Rhinos 18 v 0 Waterhead (Waterhead unable to raise a team)
Eccles A - no game this weekend

Division 5
Bury Broncos 38 v 22 Newton Storm (good start for the Broncos)
Rylands Sharks A 32 v 8 Bolton Mets

Division 6
Chester 58 v 0 Irlam Hornets A (???? - did a full side travel?)
Halton Simms Cross A 44 v 34 Folly Lane A (not a bad score at all for Folly A)
Little Hulton 12 v 30 Ashton Bears A (Ashton always have a decent 2nd team)

Next weeks fixtures...subject to the usual NWC chaos and change!

Sept 11th

National Conf. Div. 1
Nomanton Knights v Eccles & Salford Juniors

Kukri North West Counties:
NWC 1 - Haydock v Folly Lane
NWC 3 - Haresfinch v Langworthy Reds
NWC 3 - Irlam Hornets v Hindpool
NWC 4 - Eccles & Salford A v Bamber Bridge
NWC 4 - Hindley v Cadishead Rhinos (good luck Cadishead!)
NWC 5 - Eccleston v Bury Broncos
NWC 5 - Bolton Mets v Wigan Bulldogs
NWC 6 - ***DERBY GAME*** - Folly Lane A v Little Hulton
NWC 6 - Irlam Hornets A v Culcheth

Chester played summer conference and are now playing through the winter season too... they were an 'ok' side but i fear there could of been 100 points against anyone half decent...

first time i had even met at least 10 players of that squad on saturday... a lotof them seldom have played rugby before... its going to be a steep learning curve for the 2nds this year but it can only get better from here

we played Chester when we played summer at Bury. They play in the regional division which is a few down from the summer conference division and they finished 2nd this year to Mancunians. Almost all were Union lads but had played at a high standard. I'd heard that the winter team was to be very different with the Union lads going back.

put my predictions in bold (obviously, i have to pick Bury!!!)

so folly, irlam, bury, bolton, folly lane A all winning, the others, well, coming second...

Cadishead were smashed 50-12 by hindley, hindley are a really good side though should be in the prem really? One of my work mates plays for hindley and apparently there murdering teams week in week out.

Normanton knights 30-12 Eccles&salford
Haydock19-14Folly lane
Irlam 27-6Hindepool
EcclesA0-18Bamber Bridge
Folly A 34-8little Hulton
IrlamA16-16Culcheth

They won a game 2 - 1 last year in what sounded like an absolute classic match against Rochdale Cobras - but they are quality, could easily go up to 1st division maybe the prem. They had a new club house etc. done and i assume they dropped out of the league while that work was being done, then came back in at the very bottom - we've had two years against them and been battered (almost) every time!!! They put 100 past someone last year...that has been the daft thing about the bottom divisions over recent years - Hindley, Rochdale Cobras, Milnrow, and then Waterhead - all very very good sides coming up agaisnt new clubs. Hard to take.

Full local results:
NCDiv1 - Normanton 30 - 12 Eccles
NWC 1 - Haydock 19 v 14 Folly Lane
NWC 3 - Haresfinch 16 v 23 Langworthy Reds
NWC 3 - Irlam Hornets 27 v 6 Hindpool
NWC 4 - Eccles & Salford A 0 v 18 Bamber Bridge
NWC 4 - Hindley 50 v 12 Cadishead Rhinos
NWC 5 - Eccleston 30 v 18 Bury Broncos
NWC 5 - Bolton Mets 16 v 34 Wigan Bulldogs
NWC 6 - ***DERBY GAME*** - Folly Lane A 34 v 8 Little Hulton
NWC 6 - Irlam Hornets A 16 v 16 Culcheth