The channel was a new satellite service for pubs & clubs only called Sportcast that you needed a huge dish for but showed Div 2 rugby , but the channel was a bit naff really and only lasted about 6 months .

Well any road , As I remember Leigh v Rochdale was the 1st match on , it was a down Monday night and the nearest place that had it on was a grubby little hole called Sacred Heart Caths Club on Swan Lane up an alley behind the church , but they'd put a pon of lobby on for us , We won the game but Cully broke his leg and I keep thinking was it that game that Tommy Hayes scored a drop goal from near the half way line ? .

The Mick Martyn bar used to also carry the broadcasts and opened up whenever we had an away game shown live.

I played in that east v chorley game keith and scored,
along with David kays 2 tries....remember my name???

It was derek pike and bri burns who were coaches keith

came to east from daisy hill with Ian 'baby' Carroll and Phil molyneux.....still not jogged your memory...played when U and grimmy coached

Ye and for that bradford got pay back from when we ran um close the season before and battered us ha ha but we did have a good p**s up afterwards

they only beat us 76-0 ha ha...that was only because Darren kholase got sent off for flattening Paul medley

nope......played in forwards...also played hooker

I remember going to that game and was one of the young ruffians that got the interview stopped after the match. It's always been remembered in our house as the Whitelam Robbery. Great to see it again (and Hayes's mill where I worked for several years).