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!

I wasn't there today *had to make the call, flowers & mothers day or the match* + as Ginger Minger Mick Hucknall sang .... money's too tight to mention.

Anyway, I listened in on MixLR & during the Eagles comeback I did have flashbacks of Odsal last week, thankfully the boys dug deep & from reports showed great team spirit & togetherness which can only be good for when we get near to a fully fit squad & summer pitches.

Roll on the Shay away day ..... I WILL be there.

#BeLeighve

Brilliant display with all our well documented problems at the minute.

As if the backs were not disjointed enough already we find out 5 mins before kick off that Lee Smith has pulled up in the warm up so JP had to move to Fullback and Harper got about 5 minutes warning that he was actually going to be making his Leyth debut!

We had 3 of the backs all making their debut in Harper, Owen and Charnock plus Ridyard playing with broken ribs so we did very well to cope with the Sheffield attack as much as we did. Yere had a blinder and caused us real problems but he will do that to anyone when he is in that sort of form, top player.

Ridyard did superbly well. Our attack is so much better when we have one main man who is calling most of the shots and running most of the plays. Showed some silky skills and some moments of pure class too. His effort leading up to Maitua's try was fantastic. Showed the true heart of a Leyther to stick his hand up and play through the pain barrier when we needed him most. I was worried about risking him but he was amazing today and I am not at all sure we would have won that game without him. Man of the Match for me



Forwards were great, kept winning great field position.... and then letting them off EVERY time with a penalty which was very frustrating. The run of penalties against us in the 2nd half was incredible and we defended set after set successfully for so long. Was really impressed with that and then they finally broke through and ended up scoring 2 in 2 minutes to level



The 2nd half though we must have defended 12 sets on our line and conceded 2. Then when they levelled up we finally got some ball and field position, got down their end twice, 1st won and kicked a penalty then next set scored. Discipline was poor but when we FINALLY got a chance we scored straight away.

Fui Fui was a worthy winner of MoM. Don't know what has happened to him in the off season. He is a different beast to the player we saw last year. He showed glimpses last season but this season he is terrifying the opposition. Absolutely beasted the Sheff forwards when he was on in attack and defence.

Great win in the midst of a lot of adversity. Tough match, very exciting but we definitely deserved the win and were the better team.

Beltin post that Noz.

To amuse ourselves we had a wager going on, which tackle he would penalise us when we had Sheffield in their 20m area?
He has always been shocking and it makes you wonder how they get recruited, is it simply because we have nobody else?

Agreed with one caveat. Yes Fui had a great game, possibly the best I've seen him for Leigh but MOM surely had to be Micky Higham. Clearly not 100% fit but 80 mins of absolute quality in both attack and defence. Hansen too was superb for the whole game. There's no problem with the spirit of this team.

He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron

He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron

Nothing surprises me with Aston

Quote ="Nozzy"He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron '" Can't stand the man.

Quote ="Nozzy"He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron '" Can't stand the man.

Well bug ger me wi t'curly end of a Raja's slipper..........
We agree cokey

Will Aston ever stop being a moron before & after Sheffield play us ?

Edited for accuracy

Thought Sheffield looked good going forward but highly suspect defending and that is probably what frustrated Aston as despite the numerous chances to win the game on the back of a very generous consistent penalty count and playing against a side with a huge injury crisis his side failed to break Leigh down to win the game.
Very much a deserved win by Leigh.

Quote ="Nozzy"He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. =#FF0000So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron '" With stats like that, Mr Aston may like to reflect on how Sheffield got back into the game! The flow of a game is heavily influenced by possession - i.e. it's very hard to score, when you can't lay your hands on the ball! I believe that theory was amply demonstrated in our game against London when, in the first half the ref penalised us off the pitch (hence a big London lead) then turned in the second half (when we caught up and just managed to overtake them) However, my theory didn't hold water at Bradford, when they retrieved that 26 point deficit!

Quote ="Nozzy"He's got some bloody cheek on him Mark Aston www.loverugbyleague.com/news_211 ... nalty.html After around 50 minutes the penalty count was 7 - 7. At the end of the game it was 8 - 16 in Sheffields favour. =#FF0000So for the last 30 minutes it was 9 penalties to one in favour of Sheffield... and Aston is genuinely moaning about the 1 penalty we were awarded?! Was a blatant pen anyway. Was all over Paterson for ages and then left his foot in as he was getting up to try and play the ball. It was the 1st time we had touched the ball in ages due to a massive string of penalties in the other direction. Try again next time Aston you moron '" With stats like that, Mr Aston may like to reflect on how Sheffield got back into the game! The flow of a game is heavily influenced by possession - i.e. it's very hard to score, when you can't lay your hands on the ball! I believe that theory was amply demonstrated in our game against London when, in the first half the ref penalised us off the pitch (hence a big London lead) then turned in the second half (when we caught up and just managed to overtake them) However, my theory didn't hold water at Bradford, when they retrieved that 26 point deficit!

Agreed Alan,that last 15 minutes at Bradford was nobody's fault other than our own. After saying that,We can work on that and try to put that right. What you can't do,Is legislate for a barrage of penalties of (which i might had), Is ruining the game at the moment, with the constant whistle blowing. No wonder Bachelors are sponsoring rugby league this year, the refs are blowing the peas out of their whistles.

Notice that the refs are still sponsored by Specsavers, too!

I never saw that coming.

Are you sponsored by Specsavers too then?

(I assume 'reffy' is!)

My last eye test I had ,I was asked if i could read the bottom line? I said read It!! I used to work with him.

Looking forward to the rotund one's diatribe in the press this week after last night's result.....

Absolutely.

only just noticed it....blimey ! Well done 'Haven