West Bank it is my understanding this game is getting re arranged for 2 weeks time although I could well be wrong

West Bank - we have NOT conceeded to Widnes, it has been re-arranged for 16th April, as Serginho said.

Bury 50 - 16 Crosfields

Scoreline probably says it all - I'm pleased with that win, we only had one half-back available and lost him injured in first half, with several other first stringers missing...then lost a couple more to injuries but the boys did well and for the most played a good, controlled game with some nice attacking play - if we'd had a decent kicker could have been 60. Big wraps and credit to Crosfields, who came with loads of kids but never stopped running.

A few of their older lads need to address their cheap shots though. It was the same at their gaff a few weeks ago and yet again there were knees and elbows flying in all over, often very late. You don't need to do it boys, it lets you down badly.

Any news from Chorley vs Eccleston? Has Westhoughton vs Widnes been rearranged?

Eccleston beat Chorley 24-14 i think.

How did this get rearranged? I thought the concrete, inflexible, non-negotiable rule was NO free weekends, NO rearranged games, etc...not a dig at Westhoughton or Widnes, just wondering how this was achieved?

i dont know to be honest pal maybe some one will come on and clarify, but in my years of playing under northwest counties they seem to not be as fixed in with their original mindset once the league has been won / or the majority of the league games have been said, this being said maybe it was an issue with the teams facilities and good to see bothe teams reached an agreement early on in the week so i dont see the issue. Nothing pi55es me off more than seeing 18-0 nils and yesterday i think approx 35% of games were not fulfilled across all nwc divisions and cups, total shambles if you ask me and a tougher punishment should be brought in for next year.

On your hand mate good to see you have fielded a team and got a good result, you never know what crossfields team are gonna turn up especially when their first aint got a game like what always seems to happen to us at boars, i would just concentrate on keeping your number high hopefully on the back of that result you will start to see some off them knocks healing quicker than when your on the back of a drumming.

Wild Boars vs Chester 32-18
Not the best performance from the wild boars but lets say the result was never in doubt, with 6,7 and 9 all missing and other key men out we knew it would be a back to basics game, we got an early try and kept the pressure on to dominate the arm wrestle. We must have bombed about 6 or 7 tries and i put this down to the new blood in key positions. However credit to chester kept plodding along big side and got round the pitch very well and 2 consilation tries in the last couple of minutes made the game look closer than it was, with out being disrespectful on another day we would have put 50+ passed them but we came to get a win and left with a win and based on the circumstances we was happy with the day. I think we need friendlys now to stop the rust setting in before the semi's no game for 2 weeks was bad enough but 4 weeks will be awful so if any teams aint got a game maybe calling wildboars would be an option

Good results for our division with Wigan bulldogs and rylands making it through to the semi's to join us and hindley, shame hindley got given the game but this may work against them as rust may set in for them too

Totally agree,

Again Crosfields with the cheap shots. Without sounding like an old moaning get, it could result in a bad injury. Its well out of order, a few digs here and there is part of the game, but they take it to the extreme. Punches in back play when a lads back is turned, trying to gouge eyes etc. Not good

Crosfields number 6 must have been about 18-19 got a sly punch in when Burys number 10 scored a try

wasnt very sly! just punched him from the side in full view of everyone there straight after a try was scored!!!... and off he went for 10 minutes.

Everyone else may have saw it dont think number 10 saw it coming

On to this weeks fixtures

Bury vs Eccleston - After last weeks game would think Bury would be on a high
Chorley vs Crosfields - Depends on which Crosfields turn up but with Chorleys form recently can see a
good win
Newton vs Wigan St Cuths

Bury vs Eccleston - Ecclestion all day for me just cant see Bury winning this one.
Chorley vs Crosfields - Chorley to win, think they will be to fast for Crosfields.
Newton vs Wigan St Cuthberts - Close game but Cuthberts to sneak a win.

On another note we have got Rylands in the semi final of the bowl and Wigan Bulldogs have got Hindley.

Chorley 26 - 14 Crosfields.

Good finish to the seasons end.Crosfields came to out bully a young Panthers side but we were having none of it (neither was the ref). Never heard a side or sideline moan and whinge as much in 20 odd years of playing, it was laughable.
This season as been a big step forward for a lot of our younger players and with even more 18s coming through its looking very good for the future.

Well done everyone on whats been a cracking season.

On a final note , today was my last game. Twenty odd years of open age, its time for a rest.

Bury 16ish - Eccleston considerably more, about 42

Well, we saved our worst performance of the year for the last game...never got going, slow in defence and awful in attack. We had no half-backs today and it showed, no direction from the ptb and unforced errors, stupid handling, knock-ons...complete rubbish. Game plan?? What game plan. As for defence...don't get me going...didn't move in and marker/ABC defence was shocking. Worst performance by a mile!

On top of that, Eccleston played very well, ran hard and hit their lines very well, didn't leave many gaps and played a simple but effective game. Though to be fair, we made it very easy for them!! A good fair game, tough but in good spirit as they always are against Eccleston...on a positive note we destroyed them in the boat race afterwards!

So that's it for the season then - our best season to date believe it or not! Having formed in 2008 we won only 2 games in 2008/9 and 2009/10, and we've won 7 this year, some by good margins, and several we could have won with a little more composure. The ongoing frustration for us (and our opponents) has been lack of squad numbers meaning we've fielded weak sides or simply not had enough and had to concede. Hopefully a move to summer will see numbers increase (we've picked up half a dozen lads already) and we can do ourselves justice more often.

Thanks to everyone in Div 5, been a good season and enjoyed every minute. All the best for the future!! Now for some food, get changed & out on the beers with the lads...that's what it's all about!!