Well they did us over good style today, crap performance by us we never got going at all! 6-4 at half-time then we let in a soft try from dummy half early in the second half. They got a couple of fortunate tries after that but they closed the game out well. We like to throw the ball about but without any regular training it just wasn't sticking, far too many handling errors. 22-4 it finished.

Looks wide open with the way results have gone today, everyone down to Bamber Bridge in the mix at the moment. We've lost 3 out of the last 4 in league and cup, dry weather team We need to improve badly to stay at the top now, massive game next week.

Nice one oggy glad you men are sorted, although kind of wish you had folded we could have done with the free 2 points at the minute

Saturday 23rd January results:

Blackpool Stanley 12 - 40 Pilkington Recs A
Cadishead Rhinos 22 - 4 New Springs Lions
Eccles & Salford 12 - 16 Bamber Bridge
Leyland Warriors 26 - 0 Rochdale Mayfield
Widnes Tigers 0 - 12 Irlam Hornets


Saturday 30th January fixtures:

Bamber Bridge v Cadishead Rhinos
Irlam Hornets v Blackpool Stanley
New Springs v Higginshaw
Pilkington Recs A v Leyland Warriors
Rochdale Mayfield v Eccles & Salford
Widnes Tigers v Leigh Central

we can smell blood and we r goin for it now . we reckon we can win it, gotta beat irlam at ther place tho and that wont be easy.
gonna be interesting. wot a season its turnin out to be. cant say im shocked rhinos beat new springs. however i think new springs wil bounce back.

irlam are a tough lot.they have a really good pack.2 good props who never stop running,the 2 wingers ran like forwards,they got alot of kids though.they could have had alot more but kept dropping ball.our defence was great to.think they could win league.

Im shocked they beat you but can say it came as that much of a suprise there just a hard working tea that you have too ground it out against. We like to throw te ball about but on the tight pitch with there rush defence its hard. Ohhhh Irlam never played them we seem to have got our confidence back at the Lions i think we could make it very close im goin for

1.New Springs
2.Leigh Central
3. Higginshaw
4. Irlam
5. Pilks

sorry ace face just think Higginshaw at home will win all their remaining fixtures. New springs wont falter like that again. Not seen Irlam but think you too wil be battling it out for 4th/5th but i wouldnt put money on it all 5 teams are capable of beating each over made it a very good league too play in this year

Im a Folly lane Player, we played Irlam In the Valentine Cup Final In september they pushed us close 22-20
to be honest they had the result but the ref disallowed their last minute try.
I reckon they will win div 4 this year as they have a pretty experienced young team.
They start slow but then prove to be a strong physical team with a young but very physical pack i agree with the point of there backline running like forwards their defence is also immense as they have 2 or 3 big hitters in the backs and forwards, they like to get penalty points on early in the game to get return possesion and keep the pressure on to you.
They have quite a bit of experience in there with some ex pros but they are the team to beat my moneys on them to go undefeated now till the end of the season
Steve

we played hornets saturday with best team we had out for years,and they battered us,best team we played this year.lets hope central are easier saturday,iwant to be able to walk on mondays not like today .

i can assure you mate it wont be any lesss physical probably more physical quite a lot of players got it built up from nearly 3 months without a game could be a plus or a downfall. Were is your ground dont think i ever been

we are near maries on prescott road playing fields,we have agood little ground decent changing rooms.

Think a got an idea now. Looking forward to a good match. Was nice and physical st match more of the same saturday think we will win with bout 12-16 looking forward to a good game mate

I said earlier in the season that it was still wide open, and I was glad we had the gap at the time because we would get pegged back at some point. We need to turn our form around to stay up there now, a lot of good teams in contention. We've played every team apart from Bamber Bridge now and every game had been tough, and we know Bamber Bridge are a good side too having beaten Irlam this year. We're still confident against anyone in the league though, training hasn't been the greatest over the last month or so and we will improve now we're back into it.

yeah i think you men should win the league me. Out of everyone your the strongest team. Strong alll accross the park. Not a happy buunnyy today might not be playing rugby saturday started new job last night and was in hospital for 4 and half hours last night getting 7 stiches in me hand if i had any luck it would be bloody bad luck lol

Irlam are a very good side aswell oggy, don't think you've played them yet they will be tough, unbeaten since their first two games of the season and they will go joint top with us should they win their games in hand.

Turns out we are not playing at the weekend, as Higginshaw are in the National Cup against Hunslet Juniors.

thats probably abad thing for you men. Keep rusty until we play you again haha looks like im in for waterboy saturday dont know what its going take to get on the bloody pitch lol. And a lot of people saying that about Irlam will be a goodtest against them. We dont underestimate anybody in this league though every team is capable of beating each other and nobody who walks on a pitch is going to be a walkover. Every rugby player has something about them so you have respect that

if irlam finish 4th i will show my on town hall steps