Is that a joint Skolars-Hemel side?

If so sounds like a good idea that will hopefully lead to both being able to run a side at that level in the future

Waterhead - yes
Saddleworth - presume so as they're not in NWC again this season
Rylands - no, back in NWC

King Cross Park. No. Last years U17 team broken up. What's left will join with last years U16s and play in lower league combined or West Riding league.

Elland. No

Siddal. Applied with last years U16 team. Will be weak if they get in.Folding their team half way through last year should count against them.

Keighley. Not sure but last years U17 fairly weak.

Wibsey. Probably. Pretty good U17 squad to blend into whats left of last years team. Best bet of this lot.

Miners are in NYL got a young side this year shouldnt be too bad tho.

How come Ince Rose Bridge come out with all this rubbish that there guna be up there every year and in reality they do nothing at all?

We'll beat you men first game of the season put it that way. Your prop Chris Bower will take the first shot of the game with you second.

We'll see if you are as good as you think you are when you've not got the likes of tank, lee ed and tom dawson running off you each game.

o righttt i cant wait for you to take the league by storm! oh you've said that past 2 years and got battered both seasons same old story me thinks!
So what about whos left, weve got players from the Under 16's comin up who'll do a gd job so i think we'll be ok lets just see if you match up to what your sayin.

Never said we are gonna take the league by storm, just this year our squad is a lot stronger than last. A lot of lads in their 2nd and 3rd seasons, some good lads moved up from 16s and some new faces. We are a good side and barring any major injuries we will definately make the playoffs. We would have been better last year only our coach was a t*t and we lost lads like Murph and Will Smith. New coaches in also for this season.

I will have to make an effort to see this game.

There's only 14 teams in the fixtures:

Gateshead Thunder
Celtic Crusaders Colts
North London Stags
West Cumbria
Ince Rose Bridge
Leigh Miners Rangers
Leigh East
Saddleworth Rangers
Waterhead
Featherstone Lions
Keighley Cougar Cubs
Siddal
East Leeds
West Hull

Bridge came away with a 14 - 12 win over St Pats last night. We played awful and defended for 80% of the game.

Both of us played awful really, us at pats need some more practice together because its a very new team as it showed, just a gutting way to end it with big mike's injury, shud be replayed really.

How come? we were 14 - 12 up with 3 minutes to go, 2 yards out from your line on the third tackle. You had more than enough chances to put the game to bed but bottled it.

It was our ball though weren't it and there was longer than 3 mins left, anything can happen in that time.

Let's have a tag-team fight with Scholes Nutcase + bro and your mate Mark Bayman + bro for charity, with me as the impartial ref