It was a quite surreal experience.

I wonder, given the week the team have had, would it have improved if it hadn't started with the draw at Bradford.

Either way there was a distinct lack of buzz for most of the match.

The 12 Sheffield supporters that turned up definitely got their monies worth.

Can't really fault any of our team's performance either - Fui is having a great season so far. Hansen & Rene playing well. Weston coming into his own and playing long stints.

Higham playing the full 80. Thought all the loanees went well, as did Harper.

Sheffield deserved nothing and got nothing. Their first 2 tries were off forwards passes and baring a few moments they gained their best yards thanks to the ref.

Hmmm, can we make a thread about Kendall that goes on for 4 pages and then he quits too?

To be fair with all the penalties going against us in the 2nd half that did have the effect of bringing the crowd into it and the final try with the offload from Unit to Paterson was lovely.

I'm sure there is much to pick over but the final word has to go to Ridy, full marks for playing today and taking some niggly shots to the ribs too.

Forwards were immense again. Outside backs looked a bit disjointed which is to be expected given the injuries we have. The line that Menzie Yere kept running in the second half ripped us apart on our right hand side, which is something we need to sort out for next week. Having said that Tyrer isn't anything like Yere, but it still needs addressing. I liked the look of Charnock, he adds something different to what we got from Ryan. He is strong in defence and has good hands. He also give us another outlet with his boot which we didn't get with Brierley. The most notable thing from today's game though was the team spirit which really came to the fore with that last try, everyone of them clearly gets on and are a team. Onwards and upwards.

If we hadn't given them (being polite about the Ref) so many penalties, they hardly ever had to make the hard yards into our half. Delighted with the win...

I'm very pleased with that win, would have gladly taken a win by 1 point with the injuries we have. Plus we've been weakest defensively in our outside backs while Sheffield have strong powerful outside backs so are almost perfectly set up to play us. Thought we saw lots of commitment today & a much improved defence which is a big positive with every thing going on off the pitch. Fuifui Moimoi deserved his man of the match, did long minutes for him and stood out both in attack & defence. Have to commend Ridy for putting his hand up to play through injury, that's real commitment to the club. Was pleased before the game to see several players on twitter talking about how they were looking forward to putting on the Leigh shirt & playing again.

Thought the ref was consistently inconsistent, looked very inexperienced. 1st half he got a lot wrong both ways, ignored offside but penalised players who weren't at times, missed a few forward passes but pulled up 50:50s, didn't know what was a ball steal or a knock on. 2nd half Sheffield spotted this & milked him like a dairy cow, fair play to them, we've never been much good at reading the ref. Do think it was only our excellent discipline that stopped it all kicking off though as he had no control & Sheff started pushing it a bit far 2nd half with lost of things going on off the ball the ref constantly missed.

All in all, very pleased with today, a win after a difficult week, with an injury ravaged team, against a team who could very well have beaten us.

Really pleased with the win. The lads showed true grit there to pull that out of the bag. They looked out on their legs when Sheffield pulled it back to 28-28. People saying about defensive work - how many sets did they have near our line and we held out? Yes, there are still weaknesses in the backs, but with Harper, Owen making their first appearances, they did very well. Thought Charnock looked good and would fit in perfectly - any chance of a season loan on that one viewing?

Good to see Bob in the dugout before the game as well - Hingham was immense today! What a player he really is. The forwards, every one of them where unbelievable. They, for me, won that game today. What a pack we have!

Feeling much more positive tonight.

Well after a horrendous week that's restored my faith somewhat.

A good win in adversity over one of our full time rivals.

Wonder if it will keep the trolls quiet for a bit - whaddya reckon?

I have a personal rule to minimise my forum.output when I've had a drink.
Full service will resume tomorrow. Til then, love n peace lolol

We had chris campbell at fev... now he really is tripe

Our pack is outstanding but Sheffield's backs were very good 2day.

I'd pick Maitua in the centre next week and hope Leigh Smith is back next week too.


Mind you with the injuries we have I think we have made an impressive start to the season.

Riddy was very good 2day.

I don't think there is too much wrong on the field of play for Leigh. A few tweaks are needed, of course, but generally the players look more than happy. It won't be long before we're really tight in defence and putting a lot of points on opponents.

Fax next week away will be tough, but it seems like it's a good time to play them.

Full marks to the lads today, for grinding out a result. Having surrendered a 16 point lead (only a 16 point one, this week! ) to be level at 28-28, I thought they showed immense character to come back and win it, in the last five minutes.

Full marks to Martyn Ridyard for holding up his hand to play, and for making a major contribution. When you consider that McNally, Smith, Armstrong, Tonga, Worthington, Kay, Brierley, and Chase were all missing from the backs, plus Beswick and Dixon, in the forwards, that was an immense effort and spoke volumes for the team work of the boys.

Well done to each and every one of them!