After far too long without games...

Bolton Mets V Hindley
Chorley Panthers V Waterhead
Westhoughton Lions V Bury Broncos
St Helens Wild Boars V Eccleston Lions
Wigan Bulldogs V Newton Storm
Rochdale were at Blackburn who've folded.

Think Hindley, Waterhead and Wild Boars should win fairly comfortably, Wigan v Newton is a close one but reckon Newton will just edge it. Bury for the win of course!

Westhoughton Lions 6 - 11 Bury Broncos

Thought we dominated physically and should have won by a couple more tries - we were held up twice over the line (one of which DID touch down!). Fair play to Westhoughton, they kept coming back for more while we put quite a few huge hits in, and they weren't afraid to throw it about. Unfortunately our own errors: dropped ball, penalties, forward passes, etc, kept us pinned back for long periods but defence saw us through. Very close till the last few minutes when we dropped a goal and pinched a try with 5 to go. Good enjoyable game and a good bunch at Westhoughton who never stopped even with a few missing.

Wild Boars 24 - 25 Eccleston Lions

Bolton Mets 0 - 68 Hindley
Chorley Panthers 12 - 44 Waterhead
St Helens Wild Boar 24 - 25 Eccleston Lions
Westhoughton Lions 6 - 15 Bury Broncos
Wigan Bulldogs 46 - 6 Newton Storm

Definately 11 - 6 to Bury although there was some confusion (our coach though it was 9 - 6 until i reminded him of our penalty). Ref left with the form so i'm assuming it was phoned in wrong...

sequence was:
0 - 4 Bury try
6 - 4 Converted Lions try
HT
6 - 6 Bury penalty
6 - 7 Bury drop goal
6 - 11 Bury try

some of our players were celebrating far too much when the last try was scored. 5 points was barely better than the 1 point lead we had (though we'd obviously take it!!!)...there was still time for Westhoughton to come back and we needed to defend!