A few of the Fev faithful went to watch this 1, was good to catch up with a few of the Leythers seeing as we missed the chance last week.

Leigh's was a patchy display and it was obvious there were a few missing and Batley took full advantage of the situation. That being said, Batley played some nice rugby at times and Mr Black ran the show.

best team won who was the Leigh 14 ,someone from Leigh east I think, but with Duffs, Taylor,Goulden, Maden and Johnny Pownall missing ,I thought they were going to come back in the second half, Gardners try was never a forward pass and that given we could have gone on to win.also some very debatable decisions from the red haired waste of space .

He didn't give all of them for nothing. Worst display of the season imo. Stinkers for too many of the team along with woeful tackling. Inside ball put the player into 3 waiting defenders every time.

It's amazing when we're watching as a neutral how we uncover the other eye and see both teams performances as well as the ref.

From a neutrals perspective he didn't appear to get too many wrong calls though I was at the other end when the touchie (who was bang in line) called the forrad pass.

The Batley outside four made it difficult for Leigh even coming up the hill and Ben Black was a bloody nuisance for Leigh all afternoon. Conversely, the Leigh forrads were never on top, oft got "out muscled" leading to a lethargic performance from the half backs.

I thought when you pulled it back to 26-20 you had Batley rocking. But again, poor ball retention near the Batley line cost you and the frustrations showed. Ill disciplined at times Leigh contributed to their own downfall today.

Play like that Thursday I will be happy.
Play rugby like I know Leigh can and it could be difficult.

Poor show today. Too many wrong calls at key times and a few players had one of those days although Beswick going off early put too much pressure on Ridy .

With Duffs, Mado, Goulden, Spencer and Nash hopefully back for Thursday I think we will be a stronger unit.

One bright spot was Thornley's performance - really strong.

All in all a bad day at the office but not the end of the world.

Well don Batley!

Well done Leigh , a good game , as all our games this season , it shows how this seasons game are all about the team that wants it most on the day , weve played you 3 times now this year and either team can beat each other , as with all teams in our division , good luck in the rail cup semi

Cheers Bob, we'll need it !!!
Who was Batley's m.o.m. or the one's that did the main damage ?

Its not the end of the world , i praised Mr Stokes in another post , but today i thought he gave the bullfrogs everything , plenty high tackles from them , Matt Gardner had a nightmare game , both in defence and attack , he dropped a decent ball which was a certain try , but our forwards were well beaten , their number 10 was a monster .

Still roll on Thursday i think it will be a different team them and PR will have them fired up ready for the game of their lives .

Best side won, no grumbles from me. We've got a pretty horrendous injury situation at the minute, not helped by Beswick going off early doors, but that's the risk we take when trying to run with a smaller squad. Game might have been a little different had Gardner not spilled the ball with the line begging at 26-20 but even then I think a bonus point would have been pretty unjust. We just weren't at the races, and credit to Batley for taking advantage of it.