We must have had 6/7 drop outs to us in the first half but didn't manage to capitalise (poor conditions didn't help, btbh I thought we were in total control all the match and the only way they could ever score is if we gave it to them (like Johny P did). Our forwards did more than enough to control the game.
Looks like the other teams will be able to paste and copy some of the fax fans ie ............................"stood up well to their forwards" ......"did well AGAINST A FULL TIME TEAM" etc etc.

Im sure Fax will do well this year and their coach has already done miles better than Harrison did.

A dirge of a game played in horrendous conditions underfoot. The lads did a great job first half, second half we put ourselves under a lot of pressure with handling mistakes and a desire to play rugby that was a little too expansive for the conditions.

A wins a win and I think I've just about managed to avoid full-on hypothermia.

Halifax's line speed was unreal in the second half, we really struggled to make any hard yards and, in contrast to some posts on here, I thought our second half kicking game saw us take the wrong options on a few occasions, going for a shorter range rather than sticking it in the corner. True grit and character to grind out a win like that and I'm sure the lads will learn from it. Fair play to Barlow not reacting (too much) from some serious 'attention' as evidenced by the sin bin in the first half.

Leigh following in the region of 800 I'd say.

They all do seem rather obsessed by Slammin Sam at Halifax do they not?

Thought we did really well today in absolutely awful conditions. To keep Fax out & only concede 1 try (which came from a more than slightly bizarre attempt at an unnecessary pass) was excellent. When we usually play fast paced quick passing rugby to win in a mud bath shows just how good this team is.

I had a bit of a niggle before yesterdays game as we played our hearts out last week and usually a team that's been in such a hard game sometimes isn't at it's best the week after. When I saw the state of the field - can't call that a pitch - I started to worry. All credit to Fax, we were camped in their half in the first 40 and to only concede 12 points was a good show. Our fitness and true grit saw the boys through yesterday because the field and weather were against any classy show. Even though the boys came over to us after the game you could see that they were desperate to get to the hot showers and who can blame them. I wouldn't be too pleased if I had to get into an ice bath after that game. I really thought games played in those conditions were a thing of the past at this level. It's a pity that so much money is being spent on turning The Shay into a very good stadium and not spending it on the playing surface. They have a football game there on Tuesday night. Anyway a wins a win and I'm sure we will see less of those types of games as the weather gets warmer. Jake or Liam for MOM. Take your pick all both were excellent.

Think Jake is a machine and consistently puts in the hard grunt. Mr Dependable and never has an "off day"

A good side finds a way to win, that's what we did. If we where still playing now, our defence would not have let them in. Without the error don't think they would have scored. We let them back in the game and probably gave them the belief to keep coming at us, which they did and credit to them for it. Under different conditions think we could have won by a bigger margin, perhaps the return fixture will show. Nice to see that in the main the silliness on the pitch from previous years fixtures was no longer there. Possibly the change in coaching? Next week should give us a chance to sort out out points difference.

I remember Stuart Donlan once telling me about some of the 'treatment' he received on the streets of Leigh while playing for Fax, I wonder if Sam gets afforded the same attention?

Edit: I was going to say he probably got a lot of stick in the games between the two teams but in them days we were in SL.

We're grateful for Halifax's last season in SL. Makes our season in there seem respectable in comparison

Hard game in terrible conditions, we never looked liked conceding and but for a mistake which in fairness was because we now have it in our DNA to play from anywhere they wouldn’t have scored.

This gave them at muddy foot in the game that they tried hard to build on but even in the crowd you could sense there was only going to be one winner.

Listened to RM on Leeds radio he said they deserved a draw, well I’m sorry Richard but you didn’t as is usual in RL the best team over 80 minutes won.