Joe 90

Had a great day at the Hornets yesterday, massive effort from the lads against a tough no nonsense Keighley outfit and in awful conditions. A little wobble just before half time . but team spirit, punishing defence and great skills on show from every player all through the match.

Complete film on Betfred facebook page 2100 hrs tonight

RL management has traditionally been poor. But for me the biggest conundrum at the moment is the timing of the season commencement. In ''The good old days ''' The season started in Autumn when Holidays were out of the way, nights shortening, peoples summer activities / holidays were coming to an end and they were looking for something to pass the long cold winter days / nights, and it was still warm enough to enjoy the season commencement and get into the habit of watching RL and enjoying the Christmas holiday fixtures before the traditional freezing 'postponement ' months of January and February which we suffered before emerging optimistically into Spring with the Easter holiday fixtures, Challenge Cup day out in spring and the conclusion of the League positions to look forward to before booking our holidays, unpacking the golf clubs and cricket gear after the RL season had finished. Summer We also had the Floodlit cup, Lancashire cup, and other competitions with no seeding, which sometimes gave us lower league supporters a chance of a big gate and a top club with all the dreams of an upset on the cards. Yes I am an Old F***t but I think our seasons timings are more than a little detrimental to the games health. Anyway my rose tinted glasses are off and my Horlicks is ready as I wait for Hornet V Keighley hoping the rain stops. Rant over, enjoy the season everyone.

I think until the end of the season but both players can be recalled if Leigh need them. Riddy could become a permanent signing next year but Brad is young and a bit of a special talent , I am sure Leigh will want to hold onto him next year.

RIP Adam .

From the Leythers forum yesterday Riddy will be announced as a Rochdale player tomorrow

I've heard similar in that the clubs are trying to put a loan deal together !

Well done Hornets, they needed another game under the belt On to a tougher test next week. The chairman picked Sam out as a prospect on love RL last week

Dual reg massively influenced the Swinton revival last year. The publicity alone is massive for Hornets ! I'm starting to believe a top four spot now !

Sorry it didn't work out at Worky, but Sam is a good lad, perhaps unsettled and lost a bit of interest after moving from Toronto. He is fixed up with an electrical apprenticeship at club sponsors SR Waite now https://www.srwaite.com/sr-waite-group/ and hopefully will settle better at Hornets. Good Luck this season !

I've added the additional signings from Hornets media announcements to the original list. Not sure if this the definitive list Jordan Syme Luke Fowden Callum Ogden Jimmy Connoughton Lewis Sheridan Declan Sheridan Sean Penkywicz Seta Tala Ben Calland Shaun Ainscough Sam Freeman Dale Bloomfield Adam Carr Andy Lea Calum Marriot Sam Hopkins Matt Whitehead Jack Higginson

Great draw for the town of Rochdale should be a good weekend of rugby.