This thing about Anthony England...Im a Fev fan & obviously didn't see the game so can't comment on that but there is definitely some history with Leigh and the clown who describes him as a playground bully is presumably a Leigh fan with his own prejudices, as anyone who has followed England's career knows he's nothing like that.

In two seasons with Fev I can only recall England being involved in about four incidents where he was potentially in trouble, but at least two and perhaps three of them involved Leigh. In particular, there was one incident in the play-off semi between Fev & Leigh of 2012 when shortly before the ened of the game and with Fev in control, Leigh's Kevin Henderson stiff-armed Fev's Kyle Briggs. It was an appalling tackle (to the extent that Henderson's brother Andrew, who was the analyst on Premier Sports, admitted he couldn't defend it, saying, "I know he's my brother, but..."icon_wink.gif. England came charging in and appeared to throw a punch at Henderson - although he was not charged after the incident, he was out of order charging in as he did and probably got lucky with the video evidence being inconclusive. Henderson was red carded for the tackle.

There have been two other incidents v Leigh where England was put on report but he was cleared on both occasions. However, one of the Leigh players (I think it was Ridyard, though might have been Brierley) made it clear he didn't like England whilst commentating on the Leigh/Fev game next year. The only other incident I can recall England being involved in was when he was sent off in the last minute at Hunslet in 2012 after being involved in a very brief exchange of punches.

I am sure the coaching staff will be working on him in terms of not allowing himself to be wound up -was Jamie Acton packing down against him in the scrums by any chance? - but he certainly wasn't anything like a "penalty machine" at Fev and anyone will tell you he's a gentleman off the field. He's an aggressive player but the playground bully nonsense is just ignorant.

No, I just scanned down the team sheets. Call it a lucky guess.
Like I say, I wasn't there. All I'm saying is if England was instigating the niggling it was out of character.

Yes I am a Leigh fan. Not a clown thats another Leyther. England was at it with two players that he has never played against in a Leigh shirt so who has the problem. He was very lucky with the results of the diciplinary board in my opinion but hey ho we will see how he gets on.

Hmm, just looked at the game thread on the Leigh board. "England is a first class tool and the sooner he runs onto an elbow the better.". I think "clown" was understating it, frankly.

Phantom he was out of order that day but what ever. Say what you are saying to my face and not on here. I didn't make any nasty comments about you. Being an ex player he is the type of player that I would love to wreck their ribs. Legally like. The game doesn't need rubbish like that. I put it close to footballers diving in the penalty box.