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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:26 am  
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It was not deliberate

Give over :lol: he kicked it twice for good measure to stop the Leigh player picking it up after his first kick at it didn't clear the advertising hoardings.

As for the chase prior to it, not enough there for a penalty for me (don't forget, Hughes doesn't have to get out of his way). I assume Farrell didn't realise it would be a professional foul to delay the restart, he knew exactly what he was doing.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:41 am  
There were a couple more occasions where Farrell didn’t seem to know what basic rules were; asking what happens if the VR can’t see the incident in the captains challenge and if extra time is 5 mins each half.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:47 am  
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Thought it was an advert for how short and disjointed an English pre season is compared to the one in Australia. Both sides looked jiggered and a few weeks off being fit and ready for the start of a season. We've got lads who were playing internationals up until November and have been back training for about 4/5 weeks only. You compare that to some lads in Oz who get a couple of months to put their feet up and then about 4 months to work on their fitness.

We'll be better for the slog and certainly don't have anything to panic about. Longer term though, the sport has to find a way to lengthen pre seasons and lessen the amount of games being played because I think we need better than that on a night like this, when eyes are on the sport.


Think this comment sums up the current state of where we are. Too many games resulting in short pre season which will inevitably lead to unnecessary injuries and reduction in quality. That game had everything from an excellent pre match build up to a physical bruising encounter with nothing given or taken. Lam said after the game that was the first of three games against Wigan this season which brings up the absurdity of loop fixtures. When the game is properly staged and presented like last night there is no need for these extra games which effectively extend the season and reduce the time available in pre
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IIRC the loop,games were introduced temporarily to ensure extra revenue for clubs but now need to be stopped. Proper game presentation like yesterday together with a similar type of game will lead to increased gates and make them unnecessary and benefit everyone at the same time.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:51 am  
Thought it was a decent spectacle, great crowd and Wigan really made it an event. 2 great defences but 2 pretty blunt attacks, Wigan had the only real opportunities to score but those were few and far between, it’s the first game of the season so I’m not too concerned our attack didn’t click, if anyone was gonna score a try it was us, just thought we ran out of steam the last 20/30 minutes and the Faz yellow hurt us, from then I thought Leigh looked the stronger and their forwards made more yardage without threatening to ever over run us.
That defensive effort will get us over the line in nearly every game, 5 Superleague games without a try conceded and only 3 points against.
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Most idiotic post ever goes to Grimmy..... The way to restart should be an arm wrestle between a designated player from each side.

Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:54 am  
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There were a couple more occasions where Farrell didn’t seem to know what basic rules were; asking what happens if the VR can’t see the incident in the captains challenge and if extra time is 5 mins each half.

Yeah both captains conned by their own teammates for the challenges. Need a bit of a wink system between them to let each other know "I'm moaning at the ref but he's actually right so don't challenge this" :lol:
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:07 am  
We seemed to be missing that final pass last night to send someone in. Fields especially was a little clunky not releasing the ball for the 3 on 1. Leigh looked decent that number 4 was a handful and was the best player on the pitch. Dust ourselves off and move on to the next all we can do. Good defence from both teams and the bones of an attack missing that final ball at times, I’ll take that.

What was the issue with the delayed golden point?
Why was the fields try not given? Ball steal or did he drop it cold?
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:16 am  
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We seemed to be missing that final pass last night to send someone in. Fields especially was a little clunky not releasing the ball for the 3 on 1. Leigh looked decent that number 4 was a handful and was the best player on the pitch. Dust ourselves off and move on to the next all we can do. Good defence from both teams and the bones of an attack missing that final ball at times, I’ll take that.

What was the issue with the delayed golden point?
Why was the fields try not given? Ball steal or did he drop it cold?


Field had a weird night. Looked our biggest threat but when he got himself in to threatening positions, he pretty much made the wrong decision every time. When he should've passed, he ran the ball and vice versa and then he scores a great try and it gets pulled back. I fancy Field to have a really big season and as poor as some of his decision making was, I can put that down to rustiness and the signs were good overall.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:35 am  
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Enthralling watch. Great defence by both sides and a good pipe opener. Another record set, think the ref got one too for the most obstructions missed in one match. Leigh will go well this season but all the talk about Armstrong beforehand was unjustified. He was a non entity and dealt with very comfortably. Smith had numerous opportunities to win the match but for whatever reason decided to keep playing as if it was the 20th minute. Great watch though and credit to the lobby gobblers on their first and hopefully last win here for over 40 years. Onwards.


I thought the lad Armstrong (he was the new full back wasn’t he?) looked exciting.
Illusive in attack, strong in defence, safe under the high ball and wasn’t it he who effectively set up the drop goal with his half break? His build & illusive running style reminds me of Field.
I think he’ll go on to be a very good SL player from the snippets I saw last night.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:38 am  
Rather than quote different people I'll do a reply in one.

Not sure what game people were watching if they thought Armstrong didn't look good. He didn't put a foot wrong defensively and looked capable carrying the ball back and coming into the line. He will go very well when the pitches dry up.

The delay for GP was that the official clock had malfunctioned so Moore got both captains in to say that they couldn't wait any longer and that the 4th official would manually do the timekeeping. Only in RL!

Very good game for the first of SL with some brutal defence from both sides. Yet again Lam proves he has an eye for NRL talent and all his signings went well.

I'm hoping that Sky have a separate clock next Wigan game to show how long it is until they have conceded a try. It's very impressive but my word did Dave Woods tell us every 5 mins. I see that they neglected to mention though it is now 120 mins since Wigan scored a try :wink:

In all seriousness I don't think Wigan will look as good in attack until the pitches dry up. That pitch looked a bit boggy last night which isn't a surprise due to the Latics playing on it now. I think when the weather improves (if it ever does) and the pitches dry then you will see Wigan's backline hit their straps.
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Re: Leigh (h) : Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:43 am  
The build up in the ground was great, Lathums were good, massive crowd, Buffer was brilliant I thought.

Then as has been said the crowd was dead, even the normally noisy Leigh fans maybe due to the temperature.

Felt we bossed the first 20 but then Leigh grew into the game and we started to fatigue.

I fully back Peets decision to let most of the team only start preseason in January (mental break needed after a gruelling season).

But felt we saw the downside of that last night, Leigh looked the fitter side.

With no WCC Peet knows we don’t need to be at our best early in the year and fitness will improve.

Lack of composure from Field and Smith cost us tries and easy attempts at 1 pointers.

Both sin bins were massive moments but correct calls and ultimately cost us.

During the night I felt gutted for the sport in general, given the big build up the game was quite a boring arm wrestle, not showing RL at its best to new viewers. That 10 minute delay before GP was amateur.

But was glad that most of the neutrals are twitter were talking up the game saying it was a classic which is good to see.

Happy for Leigh and their fans, their new signings looked great and should be in for a good year challenging us all the way.

No overreaction from me in regards Wigan - we will be fine.
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