Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:14 pm  

What about the 2nd and 3rd teams if these clubs, will they stick with the Penine League in the winter? We could see players playing all year round.

Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:49 pm  

We already do.

Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:15 pm  

Get with the 21st century. Summer rugby is the way forward, I'm convinced of it. From what I'm hearing coming from the Siddal club, your not bound to play your fixtures on a saturday afternoon, so there are options available. I'm more than interested to see how it works out, and Leon, fat props are so not the 21st century mate !

Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:00 pm  

Agreed Col. Yesterday was warmish but certainly not that Hot and I bet most Summer days would see a similar temperature. And I have played in 37 C with the pitch Freshly watered when playing in Bad Reichenhall once!! The players just need to drink plenty before, during and after the game. And in North Queensland the weather is slightly hotter than Costa del Calderdale!! Summer is the way forward-sure you may lose some to Cricket etc but the benefits for the team/club outweigh that in my opinion

Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:23 pm  

Posted on wrong thread.

Re: siddal, elland and ovenden to play summer rugby. : Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:25 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

It was indeed a superb evening and it was nice to chat and meet up with people we hadn`t seen for 40yrs or so. Pete was at his best my favourite had to be when he said to one of the hecklers " you must be the only chinese playing rugby league player in these parts " for another voice to pipe up well your wrong `cos I played as well" both Boemont brothers were there.
Maurice Bamford gave it a miss but there was a Robert Redford look a like turned up.

Robert Redford, ha ha. We took about 10mins to think who it was in that film, must be our age !!!!
The funeral story was very very funny too.