We've just had to call our game at Hindley A. Squad decimated by injuries and a few more out with work and holidays. They are obviously looking for a replacement fixture so get in touch with them if you are after a game.

Culcheth are free - we've also had to call ours. Never known anything like it - of a potential 35 players in the squad we've 25+ missing. Most are due to work (a problem that's grown every year), but also several long-term injuries, a few on holiday and other commitments like kids, weddings, etc.

too many cancelled games. not good all this.

seems that most games are cancelled by the away team, cos lads cant be d travelling for a game that has no meaning.
when at home lads turn up in numbers, when away lads arnt as commited.

this interim league is a bit annoying, doesnt give the team that didnt cancel the game any points , doesnt even have a league table. very unorganised and not impressed with it at all.

Not competetive at all, some lads/clubs just dont seem interested

To be fair the interim league was always going to be a grading season with no tables/points. I guess to some extent that lack of competition impacts on clubs/players desire to play.

It's also thrown up a few too many one sided games (which was always going to happen) and our inexperienced lads definitely found it tough playing Newton and Bamber Bridge consecutively.

Hopefully some of the summer clubs will commit from March to give a bit more of an even playing field.

Folly Lane A 44 - Chester 14

Good performance for our lot against what was a very big Chester team compared to us. Nearly everything we tried seemed to come off and we could of maybe posted a few more points.

Wigan Riversiders 48 - 8 Accrington Panthers

Great performance from all our lads and a good display by Accy in defeat too, still feelin the effects this morning

Hindley A have already given Bank Quay A the game this Saturday so hopefully the RFL can arrange another fixture, frustrating not knowing each weeks if other teams are going to make the effort and play.

Newton storm 28-22 Culcheth eagles

good battle that went down to the wire. poor discipline cost culcheth who blame the ref for some decisions, he sin binned 3 of their players for petty stuff like answering back, so i feel abit of sympathy for them. few lads didnt shake our hands at the end. poor show, werent our fault he disliked them for some reason this is rugby however and whatever happens on the pitch should be forgotten at fulltime. what our sport is famous for

two very evenly matched teams though IMO and was glad to play in it.

good luck to culcheth in their remaining games

RESULTS Round 7 – Saturday 22 October 2011

Thatto Heath 30 v 16 Leigh East
Hindley 64 v 0 Adlington Rangers
Folly Lane 76 v 6 Cadishead Rhinos
Bamber Bridge 0 v 82 Bank Quay Bulls
Latchford Albion 26 v 28 Leyland Warriors
Chester Gladiators 46 v 16 Bolton Mets
Widnes West Bank 18 v 30 Chorley Panthers
Newton Storm 28 v 22 Culcheth Eagles
Wigan Riversiders 34 v 18 Little Hulton Reds
Accrington Panthers 32 v 10 Bury Broncos
Folly Lane A 18 v 52 Burtonwood Bridge
Bank Quay A 12 v 28 Wigan St Patricks (Friendly Fixture)

Worrying some BIG score lines in Division one. Teams are very un-evenly matched in that Division.

We entertained a MUCH improved Little Hulton side from the last time we played them, they have a very solid pack with some excellent runners. We started like a house on fire and found ourselves 12-0 up after only 3 minutes! Full credit to the Reds who dug in and came back into the game, shortly after half time the score was 18-14.

We did enough to take the game comfortably at the end, but great signs of improvement from Little Hulton.

Let me guess, was it there number 6 by chance?

Decent player but has an awful attitude.

I remember him. Must be something about the number 6.

With a few minutes to go at Accrington, one of our props ran the ball in. Their 6 was on the fringe of the tackle and with our prop on the floor he took a look and stamped on his face. Very lucky not to lose an eye, the eyebrow and temple split open, eye closed, the side of his face swollen up. Ref didn't see it.

His attitude had stunk all game. He wasn't man enough to run the ball in once, but man enough to gob off and look for little cheap shots. They took him off after that for his own safety. As dipper says, everything gets left it on the pitch but in this case I hope our lad takes it further, it was the cheapest, most cowardly thing I've ever seen on an RL pitch. I didn't see him at the pub afterwards.

Other than that it was a tough but enjoyable game, the other Accy lads are a good bunch. Our rookies are coming on and but for 2-3 silly errors we'd have been in it.

Hang on, I wore 6 on this weekend!

Have you put a report in, if not you need to!

Bury 18-14 Bolton Mets

Strange game, we stuck to our game plan for the first 20 and last 10 minutes, but drifted into a grinding forward battle inbetween, which was what we wanted to avoid. Lots of mistakes from both sides, and a lot of penalties. Bolton brought a couple of guest stars in for the big local derby but no worries.

Bury took the lead (courtesy of a lovely diving gather & ground from a cross-field kick by yours truly ) but gave away some soft tries to go 8-14 behind. Slowly sorted ourselves out and dragged ourselves back into it to score the winning try with 2 minutes to go with a nice chip & collect.

I felt for Bolton at the whistle, they've had a tough time recently (as have we!) and they gave it their all today. Very enjoyable game.

Newton Storm 24-4 Hindley A

Great game played in great spirits, not one fall out on the park today, just both teams got on with their own game which was a pleasure to be apart of. Hindley A certainly were a much better team than their results show from this year, had a very powerful centre who was a ball ache to stop.
first half both teams were equal, second half i think we managed to pull away as we looked a little fitter, all in all a great game and hope Hindley A continue to get good numbers and run two teams competetivley, good luck

Next up the home of mmp and Cronus, cant wait for this one, my first ever game of rugby was the first game of last season when u beat us, i personally got smashed all over the place and thought about going back to footy, well im still here anyway and looking forwrad to another good game. Cronus is buying the beers in after wimping out last year when coming to our place, excuse......his own stag do or wedding i recall

Quote: dipper "Newton Storm 24-4 Hindley A Great game played in great spirits, not one fall out on the park today, just both teams got on with their own game which was a pleasure to be apart of. Hindley A certainly were a much better team than their results show from this year, had a very powerful centre who was a ball ache to stop. first half both teams were equal, second half i think we managed to pull away as we looked a little fitter, all in all a great game and hope Hindley A continue to get good numbers and run two teams competetivley, good luck Next up the home of mmp and Cronus, cant wait for this one, my first ever game of rugby was the first game of last season when u beat us, i personally got smashed all over the place and thought about going back to footy, well im still here anyway and looking forwrad to another good game. Cronus is buying the beers in after wimping out last year when coming to our place, excuse......his own stag do or wedding i recall Always been good games v Newton. we did the double last year but we were lucky at your place as you were stronger on the day but couldn't quite put us away and we held out. Bury Times report here: www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/rugby/ ... roncos_22/ we havent been that great this winter so far but hopefully our win over Bolton (at the death!) should give us some confidence

Quote: dipper "Newton Storm 24-4 Hindley A Great game played in great spirits, not one fall out on the park today, just both teams got on with their own game which was a pleasure to be apart of. Hindley A certainly were a much better team than their results show from this year, had a very powerful centre who was a ball ache to stop. first half both teams were equal, second half i think we managed to pull away as we looked a little fitter, all in all a great game and hope Hindley A continue to get good numbers and run two teams competetivley, good luck Next up the home of mmp and Cronus, cant wait for this one, my first ever game of rugby was the first game of last season when u beat us, i personally got smashed all over the place and thought about going back to footy, well im still here anyway and looking forwrad to another good game. Cronus is buying the beers in after wimping out last year when coming to our place, excuse......his own stag do or wedding i recall Always been good games v Newton. we did the double last year but we were lucky at your place as you were stronger on the day but couldn't quite put us away and we held out. Bury Times report here: www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/rugby/ ... roncos_22/ we havent been that great this winter so far but hopefully our win over Bolton (at the death!) should give us some confidence