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Let's collectively crack open a beer, sit back and enjoy it all over again

Thought your no.13 and Full back were excellent. Thought the early kicks were a good tactic to gain field position but weren't quite executed quite right. A very decent showing though and hope you give Keighley as good a game next week.

There's been loads of stuff already, here and on social media, but I think this deserves a separate header. I think it would be nice/interesting to know people's individual experiences /memories/feelings from the night. Sometimes, things are just so big that the only way to deal with them is to keep talking about them. Friday was one such time. Watching on TV from afar, I cried at the start and at the finish (that "My Way" bit at the end - wow!) and can't stop going back and watching again. There's special and there's beyond-words-special. Congratulations to five groups: 1. The RL "family" rises to these moments like no other. Unbelievable. RL gets some things wrong, but when it's like this, there's no other sport like it. 2. Leeds. Club, players/staff, fans, the singing, the crying, the songs, the banners, the grass paint 7, the special shirts, too much to name, etc. At every moment from big to small, it was sublime. Everything seemed to just be right. (I normally get angry about spelling mistakes, but tonight it seemed right to not worry about that one mishap.) 3. Sky. Credit where due, they did this proud. 4. And then there's Leigh. Full disclosure, I support Leigh. However, they were just the right team for the night (not least given RB's first game story). In a funny way, it was probably right that they lost - and in a "good" way with a rally at the end. But the club (DB, etc) deserve huge credit for the way they embraced the occasion - the statement beforehand, the banners, the fans' respect, Lindsey and kids with the ball at the end, the guard of honour, Lammy's perfectly judged post-match comments, etc, etc. (Without saying other clubs might not have done as well) Leigh were a truly class act tonight and I suspect that they will have become a "second favourite team" for some people watching. 5. And the Burrow family, of course, but words can't really express what needs to be expressed about their grace and bravery. Those images of Lindsey on the field at the end..... At times like these, we should be thankful that we are part of the RL tribe and especially thankful that we saw something like that that has just happened. Dare to dream.

It certainly looked that way. After that superb third try of ours we should have kicked on from there. Instead of throwing the ball like you did after that we reverted to one man in while the other twelve sat back and watched. Any way well done. Well coached team.

Outstanding comeback from the Knights at Fev 24-34 from 18-6 at HT

Thought our new prop had a really good game, well done him we are clueless in attack, it's a real shame because I thought we did very well today. Looks like we've picked more injuries up sadly. Thankfully their kicker was pants.....

Have anyone got a road map to Cornwall please (Fev fan )

He’s got to go and not replaced by Hardman.

You could see he never lined it up. From the rules: It shall be misconduct for a player to pretend to kick at goal at goal from a penalty kick and then deliberately kick it elsewhere. Such misconduct shall incur a penalty. Once having informed the Referee of their intention to kick at goal from a penalty award the kicker shall not do otherwise.

As already posted the current (Post Bosman) system is killing lower league rugby. There is literally no advantage to developing players or finding the odd nugget in the one year contract era. The bigger spending clubs just come and take them, nearly always without a fee, and then frequently don't even play them. We have suffered from this for years, right back to when Ned took half the team with him to Widnes. Thats bad enough, but the fact that the RL allow teams to do it half way through the season is nothing short of laughable....(if only it was funny!!!) Add this to IMG and I can't think that there is any future for clubs like ours and if we go that will be it for me and RL ...

Tri-Nations England v Wales at LSV on a Tue Night Wales V France at Whitehaven as won't be able to find a venue in wales France v England as a warm up game to a Elite 1 match (maybe at Avigon before a Avigon v's Pia match)

Pryce was "rested" this week from NSW Cup - all but insinuating that he will make his NRL debut in Round 17. Has really struggled for consistency in NSW Cup but his last three are as close as he has gone to stringing 3 decent games together. Jack Cogger had an irredeemably bad game last week to the extent that we're in the situation of 'how much worse could Pryce really be?'. Really struggles defending in the front line at NSW Cup level so the step up to NRL will be tough but hopefully he'll be protected by stronger defenders either side of him. Offensively he's very much brought the rocks and diamonds that we routinely saw in England, sometimes he can have sublime touches all day, other times he just overplays his hand way too much and ends up in the way - often you get both versions in the same game. Suspect O'Brien is at the end of his tether with Cogger so we might see Pryce in the 6 jersey until Tyson Gamble returns from injury sometime around round 22-23, good opportunity for him and I suspect he's the type of person that will really give his all once at the top level as opposed to bringing week-to-week consistency as reserve-grade level.

Just need a host now..

Hey Been a few years off this forum. A Fev fan from Christchurch, New Zealand. I thought all the Brendon Tuuta fans would like to watch this. This game was in 1993. Provincial final, Canterbury v Auckland. A full 2 years before the Auckland Warriors entered the NRL/ARL. Context: for the final, Auckland brought in all their British stars for this game. Canterbury just had Tuuta as our British star. So...Tuuta opposing Tawera Nikau! Awesome! Tuuta has an absolute storming game. Canterbury thrashes Auckland. This game was thought long lost, so its a real amazing thing to have been found and archived. Also the "Point of Difference" subscription above is a treasure trove of history & interviews with former players. Anyway, enjoy the mighty Tuuta performance. Cheers! Daryn Ps - hope oldrover still around to see this!

Remarkable even beat Salford/Saints attendance in SL today (5,700). I remember the days in the Championship 1996/97 when we were averaging about 1,500 how times have changed. Some positivity at least!!

Ignore any social media accounts claiming they know until we actually get an official statement.

Fancied Salford as soon as I saw it was a hot day. Hurrell and Bennison are the Chuckle Brothers and Salford's ability to move the ball laterally with purpose is exactly what you need to hurt Saints.

Dewsbury

He can't get less popular. Well done. You got the tactics right plenty of line speed.

100% last tackle options are atrocious, no direction from either half, on positive note, defence much improved until last 20 when we tired a bit. thought Galea at Fullback was mom by a mile, his best game for Town for mine

Good effort but the biggest thing for me is now attack, kicking game poor also, town don't no how to build pressure then execute,but the lads did the best they could.

Bloody hell. When do we ever win at Fev?

Not bad for a team that brings nothing to Super League, apparently and doesn’t have ‘minerals’. Where is Wilkin, by the way?

Speaking of impressive stats in the second tier, Riley Dean has 12 linebeak assists (joint best in league) and 15 try assists (3rd in league) for the Cutters in Queensland Cup this year.

Pretty obvious that one as he missed by a mile while 2 players ran into the corner as he set his run off.

You literally posted about the meeting 2 weeks ago on that thread. As you did on the NZ expansion thread that you started which covers much the same. It's silly just everyone repeating themselves over 3 threads:

There is an 8 page NRL expansion thread... usefully titled NRL expansion.

I don't think it is shameful, I just think it's a unique position native English speakers are in. Let's be real here to speak any language other than English, for most native English speakers, means you have to speak a foreign language better than the person you are communicating with can speak English. Nearly the whole world now learns English as a second language (even Russia who tried to implement Russian as the lingua franca across the USSR and Eastern Bloc). As English speakers what do we learn as a second language? French - most common but frankly rarely used as even anecdotal evidence will demonstrate how in France they'll speak English back to you with a rather tired expression. Unless you're planning on going to Haiti or West Africa it's not very helpful either and even then unless you have an ear for a creole you'll struggle. Spanish - possibly the most helpful 2nd language, but has a very "American" focus with obviously lots of Latin America. In the hubs of international tourism of Spain and Mexico, English is more widely used. German - Great in Germany and Austria, pretty naff all use anywhere else. Likewise Italian in Italy or Greek in Greece or Polish in Poland. They can help with learning other Germanic, Romance, or Slavic languages but again they are other languages not just different flavours. That's before we get onto Hungarian or Latvian! Arabic, Persian/Farsi, the various Indian subcontinent Languages, even Japanese and most insanely Mandarin - all have lots of potentially enormous uses. A knowledge of many help you not get scammed in some countries for sure! However this brings us back to the original point, English, in all sorts of accents and levels of broken speech, is the lingua franca of the world. Between anyone of different nationalities, save some historically multi linguistic regions, it's almost expected to be the common language of communication. Being a native English speaker just means everyone wants to communicate how you already do. (Outside of France) I've always found people do genuinely appreciate it when you try with their language, so we should never stop trying or use our ability in English as an excuse to not learn anything else.

Neil Fox is a big omission from the statue. He was the record points scorer in a Wembley Final (2 try’s & 7 goals) for many years until a one sided mismatch allowed someone to pip his points tally. He's graced the Wembley field a number of times for both Wakefield Trinity and Great Britain and always scored heavily and played well, winning the Lance Todd Trophy in 62 . Of course he’s the brother of the great Don Fox who arguably has the most iconic Rugby League drama at Wembley if not ever. Then there’s the fact that Neil is the World Record point scorer of all time, a total that will never be surpassed and which was achieved during the 3pt try era.

I looked at it the other night, it's basically a bit of a free for all. All that's guaranteed is that we play Germany if we come second. Other than that it very much depends on which groups teams finish 3rd from. It could be any team from DEF if we finish top. At the moment that's Austria, Slovakia and Czechia. If we come 3rd, Portugal is looking likely, but it could be the top of Belgium's group.

Love Paul Rowley as a coach.When he coached Leigh in the Championship they played the best rugby i have seen in that division.Good fitness levels attacking plays and above all a great team spirit.Players certainly play for him.At Salford hands tied with a small budget his team play attractive attacking rugby and are not too bad on defence.Never rated Mark Sneyd highly at Cas or HullFC but under Rowley he has blossomed and enjoying his rugby.Nice to see the little guys doing well.

Can't believe the position your in this season . After the 2 haven games you where buzzing and take away from Oldham and keighley on paper your by far the best of the rest

I think the criticism of forber is a bit much, attacking we wernt the best but thats has a lot to do with the great defensive display from Oldham. If there wasn't forber helping us out at halfback who would be playing there. We tackled our hearts out and thought both wingers played well for us. Is tongia injured or something? I just don't get the theory of flying him half way round the world to come on second half and not look like that guy who looked a million bucks on you tube.

As a york supporter, I've always enjoyed an away day at Fev, 16 of us booked into the lounge bar, thanks to all the staff who made it an enjoyable experience.

In the second half after Bickerdike went off Stephenson moved to centre and was playing on one leg. Looks like he was struggling with injury, we need some bodies in asap or we will struggle to field a team. Good effort from the lads today, keep improving and the win will come.

I hope he does the right think and resign, rather than wait to be pushed.

Almost a very good away performance but just a few too many errors. Thought we dominated field position and really controlled the game but when it was time to deliver the knock out blow we just didn't execute. Moran was superb again at loose forward. Ted Chapelhow excellent off the bench again as he has been all season. Think the spine of the team is correct with Logan at 7 but just seemed a bit off at times . Goal kicking is going to be a huge issue for us going forward as both Astley and Tyrer seem very uncomfortable and Craven seems very reluctant to be the main kicker. Can't wait for next weeks game as it seems an age since we've been at BP

Rams 2 converted tries came from close range after they had been awarded penalties & 6 again repeat sets. They played basic rugby with 5 drives and a kick bur rarely backed up the man with the ball & never really looked like breaking the Haven line. Once Haven cut out the stupid penalties it was one way traffic in the second half.

Licking himself in front of the mirror saying I love myself so much.

Not necessarily BSJ. Case in point. I run small independent online retail shop we pride ourselves on both quality of the products and customer service. Our USP is you might find cheaper but we're confident you won't find better service or quality. Over the years our detail to customer service has been proven, we now have meny repeat customers, some of them which I know have been helped with our efforts in service and have seen their own business grow and as a result now hold trade accounts. We're not a faceless outfit like Amazon etc. We are open and honest and certainly do our best for our customers. It seems our beloved Dewsbury Rams aren't, at moment

Well does it get any better than that ? first win in the league at Post Office Road since 1957 where does that leave Fordy, he wasn’t the most popular guy at Fev before this, but now…… In Mash we trust!

They will need to find other clubs who wish to sign them, though.

Cannot fault this effort by the boys after 37 minutes. Good defensive effort and biggest teller is we have given no stupid penalties away.

My little one is only one so if I watched it 2 years ago I think I'd have ended up on a register.

Keep up, mate. That came out nearly 2 years ago. You've still got the emotional rollercoaster of "The Sign" to come!

I thought Brian McLennan was coming back to Leeds for a second there.

I think there’s a very fair suggestion that HKR were putting in the hard yards long before anyone knew IMG existed. Largely sparked by their relegation, ironically enough, in much the same way as Wakefield are currently being revitalised. However, my main point was that Hull KR have spent a good number of years in the Super League era outside of the top flight, and for a lot of those years it would be unimaginable to consider they’d be anything close to their current state. But if IMG criteria was a thing 20 years ago, the chances are they’d have gone out of existence rather than grow in to the club they’ve become. I’ve been reading Hope and Glory this week and it just shows that the relative positions of so many of the clubs in our game are pure accidents of timing and nobody should be written off forever. Again, apologies for dragging off topic and I reiterate a big well done to HKR (now start announcing the gates after each match, please )

17,535 at Headingley

Correct Bus has been cancelled And the 7 seater taxi booked Still has 5 seats available