Was it the year before East ran Bradford close at HP and gave them a real scare?

Tommy Hayes featured in that Sheffield clip didn't he come from East with Gunning and Dainty?? What's great team East had then.

Was at both the Bradford and Chorley games Timmy Fletcher on the wing was cousin of my best mate didn't he also have a spell at Leigh?

I can`t remember those games being shown LIVE on terrestial TV but seeing as Satellite was in its infancy, it could`ve been screensport or BSB.

British aerospace satellite broadcast which I think they sold to pubs and clubs

Some team you had back then keith.

Sent you a PM mate.

I heard Adawande had signed for Warrington but I do not know how true. He is certainly an exciting player with bags of pace.

Nicky Ratcliffe I rate highly.

I have not ventured down to East of late though. It's a different atmosphere these days and the actions from some on the clubs commitee well, actually I better leave it there.

Young Nicky Ratcliffe is my nephew and he was on Leigh books (schoolship) but when they did any with us having an 18s team he was released, shame no ones scouted him from Leigh since though, hes a hooker and very good.

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).