Re: What a Performance : Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:27 pm  

i watched it too, including the last Leigh try, Jones maybe could have held back a little instead of going all out to stop the dropgoal, i dont think Ridyard would have been able to kick the drop goal running away from the sticks with a slippy ball.

all ifs and but's i think Jones struggled towards the end. lack of big match experiance, his decision making dissapeared in the last 10 mins

Re: What a Performance : Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:35 pm  

faxtastic wrote:

all ifs and but's i think Jones struggled towards the end. lack of big match experiance, his decision making dissapeared in the last 10 mins

I wouldn't say Danny Jones lacks big game experience.

He played in the Championship 1 Grand Final for us a couple of years back and won the man of the match award in the Semi-Final and Grand Final. He won the European Nations cup last season with Wales including an away win in France.

Gutted for you guys today, tremendous effort from the fans and players. Cracking advertisement for Semi-Pro Rugby League.

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:53 am  

Thought Worrincy was the best player on the field by a country mile! Surprised he didn't get MOM. Great game, great atmosphere, great way to show how entertaining and competitive the Championship is.

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:26 am  

rlfan_88 wrote:

Thought Worrincy was the best player on the field by a country mile! Surprised he didn't get MOM. Great game, great atmosphere, great way to show how entertaining and competitive the Championship is.

Seconded

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:49 am  

I think both sides suffered from a bit of dodgey reffing. There forward passes and offsides from Fax all the way and some were so blatant it was mind boggling. The tug back I thought was a penalty but I also thought one of your tries was crossing as your man took the ball behind a player in forward motion within 5 mtrs of our defenders. To start to blame the ref is a bit soft. If you are 10mters back at the play the ball and you catch the first reciever from a good quick play the ball you are either offside or an x man. This happened more than once. I think the penalties ballanced themselves out for both sides. If we meet in the grand final I think it will be even better than yesterday and we could get 11 maybve 12 thousand fans on there. 12,000 of the best fans in RL. I knew that we were capable of coming back from that but also knew that you have some excellent players who could turn the screw. RL won the day yesterday and long may it continue whoever wins.

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:52 am  

TV BOY wrote:

I think both sides suffered from a bit of dodgey reffing. There forward passes and offsides from Fax all the way and some were so blatant it was mind boggling. The tug back I thought was a penalty but I also thought one of your tries was crossing as your man took the ball behind a player in forward motion within 5 mtrs of our defenders. To start to blame the ref is a bit soft. If you are 10mters back at the play the ball and you catch the first reciever from a good quick play the ball you are either offside or an x man. This happened more than once. I think the penalties ballanced themselves out for both sides. If we meet in the grand final I think it will be even better than yesterday and we could get 11 maybve 12 thousand fans on there. 12,000 of the best fans in RL. I knew that we were capable of coming back from that but also knew that you have some excellent players who could turn the screw. RL won the day yesterday and long may it continue whoever wins.

Good grief man where were you sat. I, and a few of the Halifax fans around us, got tired of shouting "forward" for the Leigh forward passes......

No ref blaming from me though. Its all about what the scores are and leigh outscored us 20 - 6 in the second half. Congratulations..

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:54 am  

Thought Leigh just about shaded it on the day but what a magnificent effort from both teams, a real credit to the game. Both sets of fans created a brilliant atmosphere.

My only complaint was the Millward tactic of having the trainer on and off the field for the last 20 minutes giving instructions, poor sod must've been knackered. Nothing wrong it getting instructions out to the players in an honest way, but this guy was on the pitch like an extra man. It was like Alex Murphy had come back to haunt the game!

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:09 am  

Dylan Nash head shot with 2 minutes left.

Criminal!

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:22 pm  

I havnt had the chance to watch the video back yet and was a bit tipsy but heres my initial thoughts.

I thought we played almost the perfect first 40 minutes in the first half but did get a tad sloppy in the second but this was probably due to the imense pressure Leigh were putting us under. For Halifax i thought the turning points were, when Leigh scored in the second half to make it 10-4 and we ended up with the ball from the re-start, i think Goddards knock on was crucial as a score then would have re-settled us. I think Beswicks 40/20 attempt was a massive blunder as well, great if it comes off but totally unessacary at that point in the game. The other one was the obstruction as i think 2 points there we probably go on and win the game with an 8 point advantage but the ref did what he thought was right so its a judgement call in the heat of the moment. Really great game though and some real edge of the seat stuff and thought all our players were superb and the try to win the game was a top draw move. I did think a draw was a fair result over the 80 but it wasnt to be but we showed once again we can compete with the best team in the league so more of that and a Grand Final appearence is a real possibility.

Re: What a Performance : Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:37 pm  

Graeme Smith wrote:

Dylan Nash head shot with 2 minutes left.

Criminal!

We can all play that game though with several high shots on Worrincy in the last 10 mins, Penky spear tackled in the 1st half and Beswick being pulled back while worrincy was on a break, Beswick being the closest player to the action as a support runner but yes bad calls by the officials. Nash's tackle was fine and around the shoulder but then the Leigh player fell into the tackle making it look like a high shot.

BUT
Congrats to Leigh was a great game.