1 Leyther sent off and one of the more brutal punch ups I've seen in many a year on the pitch.

Noticed it was put on report, what are the chances of other players taking a ban?? noticed Salford copped a few the other week

Could have been prevented if the ref had dealt with the first incident on Higson a few minutes earlier
Anything could happen when viewed because as brawls go it was a good un

The incident on Higson should have been dealt with ,you just knew something was going to happen it was like a bubbling cauldron .

2 brawls in 3 games makes me think Bate will get longer than the 2 match Maden got by the RFL but I hope I'm wrong.

I reckon Bate will get a grade lower. Will only get a one game ban if he takes an early guilty plea.

Its a shame too as it was retaliation again .

It was a brilliant old fashioned game the brawl was always coming after Heaton spat the dummy out the left side of Halifax were a bit of a liability ,however our Mester Bate sorted the men out from the boys I bet Heatons chops are a bit sore this morning awesome from the lads

I think Gareth Hewer should be on report - not the players

Brawling seems to be happening a lot at the moment in all the leagues so don't be supprised if one game is made an example of in an attempt to curb it. Young Anthony doesn't half remind me of Dave Bradbury. Hard no nonsense player. He is allowed an early plea so should get 1 game or maybe sending off sufficient.

That was my thoughts too hopefully the RFL don't make a example of Bate

This one in all in mentality while commendable could prove extremely costly to us in the run in especially if more are cited from the brawl. In Timmys last couple of years he just laughed at them when they tried to wind him up.

Wouldn't say any of the recent incidents were due to winding up.

Maddo was defending the least aggressive player in our team while being beaten on by a big prop known for bully boy tactics.

Heaton had two of three pops at our players before young Bate took matters into his own hands and he didn't come off second best either.

While nobody is condoning violence least of all the BOM and our Coaching staff speaking as fan I am glad that we are sending out the message to everyone in this league that Leigh Centurions wont be bullied and will fight fire with fire as and when we need to.

Bet Heaton won't be pleased with his team mates as there weren't exactly many jumping in to help him during the initial scuffle!

You are right Andy, the fight was retaliation for previous events plus the use of the elbow on that last tackle, our only problem will be that whilst we all commend our team spirit and the fact the lads stick up for each other, retaliation punching will carry a similar offence to the one that started it.
Hopefully there wont be any further sanctions for either side but it will be scrutinised thoroughly.

However I certainly wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of Bate, what a scrapper he is !!