Great game for me. Best of the season by far and a draw was the only fair result.



From our point of view, the improvement over the last few weeks was unreal in what was a genuine 80 minute performance from both sides. Plenty of errors, of course, as you'll always get when the action is so fast and furious, generally well refereed too, with the best ref we've had all year by far, quick PYBs, wow, who knew the game could be played like that?



Wonder how Jimmy is going to treat the final pre-eights game at the Shay - will we get the halves back [if fit to get some game time or will it be the same again?

I think it's fair that as Lowes has attracted a fair amount of criticism for how things have gone recently he should be fully lauded for his massive influence on the team recently ..... maybe it was a match that mattered more than some others recently, and maybe the middle eights will attract a similar approach. Seems fair he gets the credit.

I do hope Lowes saw how a game can change by bringing on a fresh hooker. Higham was a huge threat.

Please tell me that's a windup

Leigh have certainly had huge column inches in the national media this year, plus the Wire CC game had the highest tv ratings of any game so far this season - I 'friend' within the BBC said it was higher than some RU 6 nations games!! (2 million at points)

The Bulls have been in a few "big" games over the past few years but I'd never say that they were the most talked about RL team in the country and I don't know why I'd ever need to? What is the purpose of making such a statement regardless of how ludicrous it is?

Leigh have had a good couple of years and are going well as a club. All credit to them but I think some of the fans are developing delusions of grandeur.

Well if that is a supporting statement its full of Cognitive bias. Depends what media a person chooses to read. Then again i accept Leigh's world is so much more beautiful and enchanting than the rest of RL

May as well puts Huddersfield in that category too!!

I asked at the forum what Jimmy was going to do to reverse the slump in previous weeks....he told us not to panic......and boy I don't know what he did but more of it for the middle 8s please. Without key positions filled, injury early to Purts etc ...the boys done good. My only quibble still remains is how Lauaki gets a bench spot...12 minutes in the first half and 5 minutes in the second unless he sneaked back on when I was watching the game elsewhere... is that really good use as prop cover....or have we been saving him for the last dozen games or so simply for the 8s???

With regards to Lauaki perhaps Jimmy is going use him like Big Joe was in his pomp, but I think he needs to see the tapes/dvd's of Joe rumbling up the middle to get the idea.

I suspect Jimmy has planned to get Lauaki fit for the 8s which I now think he is.

The bench will be difficult to predict. It looks like Lauaki, Crossley and Fergusson plus a back. I expect the centres to be Purtell and Blythe which leaves a handful of lads vying for the bench. I will go with Mendieka if Shaw is at FB.

If Mullaney and Seijka both play we definitely need a back who can cover at FB.