I think some of your bigger lads definitely struggled in the heat a bit - our 2 biggest lads (6'9" and 6'7") didn't play this week, and our other big boy at 20 stone only did about 10 mins, I think it was this mobility that gave us that extra go-forward later in the game.

Some of the crowd and subs were a little enthusiastic, to say the least - it's something we've discussed and will be addressing. Only really noticed 1 late hit? Our loose forward flattening someone just after he released? Pretty sure he got pulled for it...




Thanks on the posts!!

Hate to say it but you did get pulled on one 'trip' on our number 8; he put on a good step out wide on your right (our left) in the 2nd half - the touch judge definitely flagged it and the ref gave us a penalty.

The way I saw it you were putting the leg out and then grabbing for the shirt? I know the old 'Alfie Langer' style tackle is legal, but didn't think your technique was? I stand to be corrected...

A tackler must not make use of any special “holds” or
“throws” which are likely to cause injury or use his knees
in the tackle. It is permissible for a tackler to bring a
player in possession of the ball to the ground by pulling
him over the outstretched leg provided he is holding the
player with both arms before there is any contact with
the leg.

whats your predictions for this week??? got them all right last week



bolton to beat bulldogs
cuthberts to beat chorley
eccleston to beat bury sorry cronus hope u win tho


newton to beat west houghton should be a close 1 i think
wild boars to beat rylands should be tasty
crossfields to beat widnes

Thanks, looking forward to seeing you boys on Saturday.

had a sneakly look at the team you put out compared to that that came to Bury last year....you've a few new players?

Maybe a few players didn't play in that game?

It's clear that Div 5 will once again be a very competitive place to play this season.

Some big changes will happen at Newton in the next week or so...watch this space!!

That was for a high tackle mate by another member of the team, i did my Paul Scholes effort but another lad went too high too.

Good luck for rest of season

Some very close ones again - reckon Bolton will be too strong for Wigan, St Cuthbert's over Chorley, gotta go with Bury over Eccleston, Newton-Westhoughton will be very tight, having played and beaten them both in the last month it's hard to call but just gonna give it to Newton, Wild Boars should just pip Rylands in another close one, and Crosfields over Widnes.

Bolton Mets vs Wigan Bulldogs
Chorley Panthers vs Wigan St Cuthbert's A
Eccleston Lions vs Bury Broncos
Newton Storm vs Westhoughton Lions
St Helens Wild Boars vs Rylands Sharks A
Widnes Tigers vs Crosfields

Come on, we're all waiting!!

St.Helens Wild Boars 24-10 Rylands

lots off mistakes from both sides today but our defence was awsome!! we was down to 9 men at 1 point through sin bins but we held them out.. we switched off last 15 mins and let them score twice. good team effort from our boys

Eccleston Lions 30 - 18 Bury Broncos



We just didn't switch on. Eccleston started strong but couldn't break us down and Bury scored first, then it was tit-for-tat with Bury deservedly leading 10-12 at half time. First 15 mins of the second half we were awful, couldn't tackle, kept dropping the ball in our 20, giving penalties away, etc. A team as strong as Eccleston will always punish that and ran in 3 tries. Thought Eccleston were good, seemed to read our game and controlled the ruck area very well, ran hard and their defence was tight (though we didn't help by sending our forwards in one at a time!!). And they seem to be getting bigger!!!

Other results:
Bolton Mets 16 - 34 Wigan Bulldogs
Chorley Panthers 22 - 26 Wigan St Cuthbert's A
Newton Storm 6 - 24 Westhoughton Lions
St Helens Wild Boar 24 - 10 Rylands Sharks A
Widnes Tigers 14 - 12 Crosfields