good grief !!

Leigh East beat St Judes in the Barla Nat Cup last night 50 points to 18.

NORTH LONDON 16 V 52 LEIGH MINERS

GOLBORNE AWAY TOMORROW IN NATIONAL CUP

28 - 0 to the Miners

SADDLEWORTH V LEIGH MINERS 2NITE IS OFF

Elland beat Saddleworth in National Cup 12-6 after being abbandoned 15 mins early for a mass brawl, result stands

THURSDAY 5TH MARCH

LEIGH MINERS V LEIGH EAST

BIG LOCAL DERBY

7-30 KICK OFF AT LEIGH MINERS ON TWIST LANE

LEIGH MINERS 18 V 10 LEIGH EAST

MINERS WON A FIERCE LOCAL DERBY 18-10, THE EARLY EXCHANGES WERE A "SMASHATHON" WITH BOTH TEAMS WANTING TO KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER, MINERS TOOK THE LEAD WITH A GREAT SOLO TRY BY ADAM CLAY, EAST HIT BACK WITH DANNY WEAVING CRASHING OVER, THE GOAL CONVERTED TO GIVE THE SCORE 6-6.CLAY SCORED AGAIN BEFORE ANOTHER GOOD INDIVIDUAL TRY BY FULL BACK JOHNNY POWNALL GIVING THE HALF TIME SCORE 18-6 TO LEIGH MINERS. IN THE 2ND HALF EAST WERE ON TOP WITH ALOT OF FIELD POSITION AND GOT AN EARLY TRY TO GIVE THE SCORE 18-10, MINERS HAD TO DIG DEEP WITH EAST APPLYING ALOT OF PRESSURE ON THE MINERS LINE, MINERS HOLDING OUT FOR A 18-10 VICTORY.

' Smashathon '

, it certainley was

Good game , most enjoyable played ' on the edge '



Celtic have to play the Miners home and away in the next 7 days

East play Cumbria on sunday

North London Stags v West Hull will be at Pennine Way, Hemel . On Sunday ko 1.30pm

East beat Cumbria, yesterday 38 - 18
Miners travelledall the way to South Wales on Sat for Sundays game with Celtic for it to be called off on the morning of the game and apparently CELTIC refused to play at the Miners in the other rearranged game for WED night. Why does this team get perferenual treatment?

hopefully miners will get the points from the games