Sainthamish

If my memory serves me correct, I think Wigan were 1/200 to beat Sheffield Eagles in the 1998 challenge cup final.

I thought Keighley actually started okay but, the first three tries were soft tries to concede. The first was a poor read by Whitford who was playing out of position (full back playing wing), the second a miss tackle by Sammut and the third was gifted via that cross field kick. Not taking anything away from the way Rochdale played but, certain players should have done better there. Keighley dropped off though when Parker and Hatton went off and Andrade came on. It became a mess then with errors galore.

Bizarre decision by the ref. Lewis shouted to Dan Parker to go short on the kick off. Then Cameron Worsley sin binned him. That's why everyone looked so puzzled. Lewis' head went then. To be fair with 7 minutes left I don't think Keighley would have scored 3 tries with their full 13 on the field anyway. They lost the game in the first half going down 0-12 at half time even though they had the bulk of the possession.

The toughness of rugby league players is on another level. Keighley’s Lewis Hatton injured his ankle at Cornwall back in June and the hospital failed to spot a fracture in his tibia on the X-ray. He went on to play two games against Newcastle and North Wales with a broken leg thinking he had a sprain. The fracture was spotted in a scan he had because the ‘sprain’ was slow to heal. https://keighleycougars.uk/injury-update-lewis-hatton?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0g9Ms-Mw7lMi70OsYyu6KiJ_jmw3obdt7mrUN5IVnVxp1MrvxT_xhvhCo_aem_1oKJHQELP4Ma8wrRhXkVcA

He's a good player is Jack. Played his junior rugby at Clock Face Miners in the same team as Lewis Hatton. He then signed up for Widnes academy before signing for Cru.

After yesterdays result it looks like my conflict of interest suggestion could well be correct. With Oldham failing to get promotion then Widnes could end up as the only club in the region in the championship if Swinton go down therefore, reducing the cost of players for Coleman and Widnes.

Heard that Rhodri, Butty, Gregson and Badrock are following Coleman to Widnes. I’ve also heard that Bennion isn’t going.

I'm surprised that Swinton are keeping Coleman on until the end of the season. Surely there's a conflict of interest there. If Swinton get relegated then player availability for Widnes increases and player contract costs decrease due to the smaller number of clubs in the area (possibly just Widnes if Oldham don't get promoted). So it's in Coleman's interest for Swinton to go down. I'm guessing that the club just can't afford to pay him off so would rather shoot themselves in the foot.

Also heard that Ant Walker was going to Widnes. Heard that a Swinton player has signed for Widnes too.