Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:24 am  

Really enjoyed the game last night and thought the turn out was good for James.

A couple of things - with regards to Blacky I heard that Batley stopped him playing after all it is them that are paying his wages.

Spoke to patto and he says he will be fit for the start of the new season.

Also Frankie went ok and seemed to playing to state a point - I heard a rumor that he may be offered a pay as you play contract so we have cover in the forwards - makes sense really as he will be staying with the club on the community side of things. He showed great hands to set up that second try !!!!

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:48 am  

Jonnie.. wrote:

I for one enjoyed last night, it was good to see some old Halifax faces pulling on the shirt

It was good to see Faz pulling on a jersey, with all the “sack faz” shemozzle it is forgotten that as a player he did an excellent job for the fax, it was good to see MC back at fax along with Dave Larder and Ben Black pulling in the shirt for one last time as well as Wrenchy and Gannon

I also enjoyed Watching Jamie Bloem, he just looked up for it in the main game as did Lee Greenwood, they have defiantly not lost their competitive edge, oli marns still looks like he canshift a bit too
A lot has been said about Ben Black and not playing in the game, however he played in the legends which is fitting and warmed up the select team and was present around the bench, vey much a part of the night, Thanks Ben for your 6 years at fax

I was a little disappointed as some of the missing names, only because they were mentioned in previous communications as playing, those being Gibbo, Paul Davidson and Marty Moana 3 of my favs from the last ten years, however that said there were 27 players in the select team and 22 on the field for the masters (some depiction but not much) put on a good night rugby along with the Bears

A very well done to all concerned in arranging this and a massive thank you to James Haley for a cracking ten years at fax

One happy fan

Jonnie

Won't Moana be playing for Heath RUFC today?

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:54 am  

Gibbo was in camp with Wales, else he'd have been first in the dressing room. Les had indicated he would come and accommodation had been offered, but he didn't arrive. Don't blame Batley. What Ben did was what Ben wanted to do, we respect that.

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:31 am  

I am not blaming Batley - like you say Ben perhaps could have played but if he had picked up an injury it wouldn't have been the best start to his time at Batley - I did however think both himself and Dave Larder spoke well when interviewed.

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:42 pm  

I think the danger in Ben playing in the main game was that it could have turned into a 'Farewell to Ben' do instead of a celebration of James' 10 years at Fax.

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:45 pm  

Thats a fair point that, perhaps if X-Blades want to do an "X-Blades Challenge" match again we could play Batley down at The Shay

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:12 pm  

Thought Goddard was excellent.

[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:48 pm  

Their Fullback was very handy too. Someone to remember if injuries bite!

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:49 pm  

Nat (Rugby_Aholic) wrote:

Their Fullback was very handy too. Someone to remember if injuries bite!

He was useful, but that was his last game. Now retired!

Re: Burleigh Bears : Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:12 pm  

must say I enjoyed watching the smallest ever professional RL player playing on the shay turf.