Discipline at Yorkshire Clubs.

Quote: HXSparky "We still have a number of players, like most teams, who like to play the "hard man", and tbh, every team needs them. Where that boils over into outright confrontation and/or fighting, it's clearly got out of hand.

Leigh do seem to have more than their fair share of these players, and as such it does seem inevitable that the confrontations will be more frequent. Unfortunately, some of these grudges do seem to get carried forward to future encounters.

Paul Rowley was a darn fine player for Fax (and Leigh), but my disappointment is the he does seem to condone this sort of play, and for all the brilliant attacking ability of the team, doesn't want to focus on this and want to cut out the biff.

My opinion, shoot me down in flames, but you have more than enough fire-power to blow away most teams without the strong-arm tactics.

All the very best in sport on Saturday. Do the Championship proud!!'"

I do sort of agree with you. Thing is though if a game starts getting dirty players need protection and if the ref doesn't give it it falls to your hard men, which is why as you say every team needs them. Don't think Rowley condones it as a style of play more excuses it as players looking after each other. True you can focus on the game and get on with it, like we did on Sunday and we did blow Sheffield away, we also had a key player stretchered off the pitch and taken to hospital though. Rowley definitely does want to focus on the attacking ability but when you've got a 5m offside and players slowing the tackle right down it makes it difficult to play like that, can tell it frustrates him from his interviews.

Thanks, glad to see some of that old Championship comradery is still going.