see you in 19 days

I don't think anyone really knows the strength or weakness of any Championship team when playing v SL's Bottom half teams until we play each other.
Currently we are one of a handful of full time teams playing part time opposition so its hard to judge on a game to game basis.
Equally the standard of SL has been questionable for a very long time with many players and coaches cruising through games without any jeopardy so again its hard to judge on a game to game basis especially when you see some of the lopsided scores and poor defence.
What I would say is I haven't seen many teams in any division play the brand of RL that Leigh have consistently done with a part time and now full time team so its certainly entertaining stuff to watch which will catch the eye of many and it just underpins that now is a very good time to be a Leigh fan.

And that sums up what the closed shop of Sooper Dooper League has been about these past few years. Nobody below that exalted level ever got the chance to play anyone 'of that ilk' and the bottom four or so teams in S/L stagnated because they never had any incentive to improve on their abject situation.

All anyone in the inferior quality Championship ever wanted, was to get the opportunity to have a go in the 'promised land', and even when that opportunity materialised, the 'promoted' team basically bought their way in!

It is going to be interesting to see how we do against Super League opposition, yes we've not played any so you can't really make a direct comparison to say we'll win or loose but neither can the SL teams say they'll beat us or won't. Looking at what we do know Leigh have been playing some absolutely fantastic skilful rugby the last few years, looking of a similar quality to the bottom few Super League teams (who've been stagnating with nothing at all to play for), while many of the bottom SL teams are already really struggling with injuries we've practically got a whole 2nd 13 of very similar quality. We're now a full time team with a very good mix of young quality developing players & experienced old hands with one of the best young British coaches in the game at the helm, who's gotten absolutely everyone fully committed to the club. Off the field we were (& I presume still are) debt free (unlike most clubs) with a wealthy backer more than willing to put his hand in his pocket for big one off expenses but a strict budget covering the day to day costs. Do I think at the moment we'd absolutely wipe the floor with anyone and everyone? No. Do I think it's a fantastic time to be a Leigh fan with an incredibly bright future ahead of us we should all be very excited about? Definitely.

Salford given 2,000 tickets and the whole of the South Stand for the cup game.

Seems a bit excessive for our 30 fans!