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WHO’S WHOAt Leigh CenturionsHon Life President Mr Tommy Sale MBEHon Vice PresidentMr Andy Burnham MPHon Life Members Mr Brian Bowman Mr Tommy Coleman Mr Frank TaylorSupervisory Board Chairman:Mr John RoddyOperations Director: Mr Allan MazeyBoard Of Management Mr Michael Norris Mr Derek Beaumont Mr Andy Mazey Mr Alan Platt Mr Steve Openshaw Mr Neil Wilcock Ms Jackie MottersheadMr Trevor Barton MBECompany Secretary Mr John MasseyFirst Team Coach Mr Paul RowleyAssistant CoachMr Neil JukesUnder 20's Coach Mr Paul AndersonUnder 18's Training SquadCoaches Mr Bob Beswick Mr Stuart LittlerJunior Elite Training SquadCoaches Mr Simon Knox Mr Tim Hartley Mr Martin EllisPhysiotherapists Jo Seddon Steve BlakeleyClub AmbassadorMr Alex Murphy OBEBusiness Manager Rob ParkerLottery ManagerMs Christine BrownLottery Co-ordinator Mr Jonathan SimpkinFinance Manager Ms Jane SmithWebmaster & Ticket SalesMr Andrew ParkinsonClub AccountantsStyles & CoHon Programme EditorMr Alan Edge

HONOURSChampionship Winners: 1905-06Division One Champions: 1981-82Division Two Champions:1977-78, 1985-86, 1988-89Challenge Cup Winners: 1920-21, 1970-71Lancashire Cup Winners:1952-53, 1955-56, 1970-71, 1981-82BBC2 Floodlit Trophy:1969-70, 1972-73Promotion To Top Division achieved(Not as Champions):1963-64, 1975-76, 1991-92Other Promotion season:1997 (Division 3 to Division 2)Northern Ford Minor PremiershipWinners: 2001Trans-Pennine Cup Winners: 2001Arriva Trains Cup Winners: 2004LHF National League 1 Champions: 2004LHF National League 1 Grand FinalWinners: 2004Northern Rail Cup Winners: 2006, 2011, 2013

CLUB RECORDSBiggest Victory:92-2 vs Keighley (1986)Biggest Defeat:4-94 vs Workington Town (1995)Highest Home Attendance:31,326 vs St Helens (1953)Lowest Post War Home Attendance:451 vs Hull (1975)Most Tries in a game:Jack Wood 6 v York (1947),Neil Turley 6 v Workington Town (2001)Most Goals in a game:Mick Stacey 15 vs Doncaster (1976)Most Points in a game:Neil Turley 42 vs Chorley (2004)Most Tries in a season:Neil Turley 55 (2001)Most Goals in a season:Neil Turley 187 (2004)Most Points in a season:Neil Turley 468 (2004)Most Tries in a career:Mick Martyn 189 (1954-67)Most Goals in a career:Jimmy Ledgard 1043 (1948-58)Most Points in a career:John Woods 2492 (1976-85, 1990-92)Most Appearances:Albert Worrall – 503 (1920-38)

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Today’s Visitors

This afternoon webid a warm ‘Leyther’welcome to the players,officials andsupporters of Dewsbury

Rams, for the final Kingstone PressChampionship league fixture of theseason.At the time of writing, Dewsbury occupy seventh place in theChampionship table and should, barring a freak set of results, betaking part in the end of season play-offs. That should be viewedas a major achievement of new coach Glenn Morrison, who hasinvested in a number of youthful signings, to complement a fewexperienced signings. We are delighted to welcome back, formerLeigh forwards, Tommy Gallagher, and Steve Nash, in Dewsburycolours.Whilst Dewsbury’s victories have (so far!) all been against teamsbelow them in the table, it is well worth noting that they havepicked up bonus points against Sheffield, Featherstone and Batley,in addition to dumping Halifax out of the Northern Rail Cup, soPaul and the boys will need to be at their best today, to gain thevictory that would ensure fourth place in the table.In keeping with virtually all our visitors this season, (andourselves) Dewsbury’s home gates have shown a drastic reductionon last season’s. Their average home Championship crowd hasbeen 828, compared with 1,134 in 2012 – a reduction of 27% -despite finishing outside the play-off spots last season.

Jy-Mel ColemanHighly talented Rams’ half-back Jy-Mel Coleman was oneof coach Glenn Morrison’s first signings this season, fromKeighley. The former Leeds Met. Student has, despiteonly being in the professional game for two years, builtup a strong reputation based on his ability to find gaps,and his astute kicking game.Unfortunately, at the end of July, Jy-Mel collapsed at a trainingsession, and spent a week in Dewsbury and District Hospital,undergoing tests to determine the cause of his collapse. He isunder strict instructions not to over exert himself for six months,and is undergoing a strictly monitored recovery process. Everyoneat the Leigh club would like to extend their best wishes to Jy-Melfor a swift and full recovery.

The Play-OffsWe will not know, until after today’s final round ofmatches, who our play-off opponents will be next week.Should we be fortunate enough today, to secure the onepoint necessary to keep Batley in fifth place, we will beaway to either Featherstone or Sheffield in week one.What happens after that is explained in my ‘Flat Cap’feature, on page 12 of this magazine.

Although it is a huge ask of the team, they have already shownthat they are capable of beating the three teams above us in thetable, and wouldn’t it be a great occasion to take part in a GrandFinal, at our own stadium? Of course, there is just the smallmatter of doing something that we haven’t achieved since 2004 –namely, actually winning a play-off game!Prize money is allocated to the participating clubs, as follows: -Championship leaders - £25,000; Grand Final winners - £50,000;Grand Final Runners up - £30,000; 3rd place (after play-offs) -£12,000; 4th place - £10,000; 5th place - £6,000; 6th place -£4,000; 7th place - £2,000; 8th place - £1,000.

The Whitehaven GameIn our previous home fixture, the 44-6 defeat ofWhitehaven, our backs all registered tries. One of thefeatures of this season is how the tries have been sharedout among the team. Nevertheless, it is somewhat unusual to see the backs score alleight tries, and for each one of them to score. Stuart Littler wasthe ‘greedy’ back who scored twice.

The North Leigh Park GroupFor the Swinton and Whitehaven home games, wereceived information from North Leigh Park Group toolate to publish in the programme. Their guests at the Swinton game were the Wigan, Leigh & DistrictSociety for the Blind, who are a small charity working to helpblind and partially sighted people lead full lives in the local area.The charity is looking for help with collections; If you can help,please visit www.wiganleighsocietyfortheblind.btck.co.uk. Guests at the Whitehaven game were Cadence Cafe CIC. CadenceCafe offers an oasis for young people interested in the arts, whocannot usually access them, to nurture young talent across Wiganand Leigh. The cafe are undertaking two six month courses foryoung people to get training in music and film production; to findout more, please visit http://www.cadencecafecic.co.uk

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FROM THEEDITOR By ALAN EDGE

Kingstone Press Championship Play-Offs

If we finish 3rd or 4th, we will play away in Week 1

Should we lose in Week 1, we will be at home in Week 2to be played between Friday 13th and Sunday 15th September

If we win in Week 1, we will be at home in Week 3to be played between Thursday 19th

and Sunday 22nd September

Watch the press and club/fans� websites for details

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FROM THE TOPBy Chairman JOHN RODDY

Icannot believe how fast thisseason has gone; it really doesseem like only a few months since Iwas studying the fixtures for the2013 season and wondering, probablylike yourselves, what the seasonwould hold for us.Here we are end of season, Northern Rail CupChampions, securing a place in the Play Offs, changes inmanagement, a more positive cash flow and a feel ofreal optimism around the club.Things are moving very quickly, particularly on the commercialfront, and during this week the Board of Management have metto finalise our plans to improve our financial performance furtherand to enhance our performance in respect of existing and newrevenue streams. We have taken into consideration our plans for the 2014 seasonand how we progress during 2015 into the new league structure.Our plans will be announced very shortly and I really do believethat all our supporters will recognise from them, both our firmintentions to improve the capabilities of the club and how eachand every one of you, can become involved in our objectives andto be part of the team.

Trevor Barton MBE May I take this opportunity to again welcome Trevor toour Board of Management. We are delighted that Trevor has agreed to join us. Trevor'sappointment is key to our Club for many reasons - firstly for hissterling work with the Leigh Centurions Community Foundation(and I really do recommend that you look into the foundationswork and achievements) and secondly for Trevor's excellent

relationships with so many individuals, groups and associationsconnected with Rugby League and our local community.Our supporters really do need to appreciate that whilst PaulRowley looks to build his very best team to deal with the playingdemands, it’s my job to build the strongest team possible toensure that we can support Paul, and for us to achieve the verybest results at the end of the 2014 season.As part of my review, I have recognised that it is vital that the RFLrecognise Leigh Centurions’ strengths as a club financially, itsresources, and the passion of our supporters. Trevor will work withme to achieve this and I cannot think of a better person to take onthis challenge. We have much to do in this area and our progressduring the following months I am sure will become apparentduring the next few months.

Rob Parker For those who join us after the game in our Banquetingsuite, you will see Rob hosting the event and introducingindividual presentations, including new sponsors, andcoordinating individual presentations.I just wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Rob; I thinkhe has really found his feet in his role of Business Manager and isnow identifying and forging new relationships with sponsors whosee the benefit of partnering Leigh Centurions - Well done Rob,excellent work.Enjoy today’s game everybody, I expect this will be a toughencounter with Dewsbury Rams; we really do need you to be veryloud and supporting the team today!Many thanks,JohnJohn RoddyClub Chairman, Leigh Centurions RLFC

Trevor Barton - welcome to the BOM Rob Parker - an excellent matchday host

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PAUL’S PAGEPAUL ROWLEY TALKS TO DAVE PARKINSONHead coach Paul Rowley chats to DaveParkinson about wins, losses, referees,schedules and Friday nights in his latestpage.It was a return to winning ways againstWhitehaven where it was comprehensivein the end but didn’t look that way at halftime?Games aren’t won at half-time; it’s an eightyminute game. We recognised they were a bitlight on the forwards front and we saw that andwore them down. We had a lot of patience toour game in that second half and some of ourexecution was phenomenal. We were able to fixup what wasn’t quite happening for us at half-time and earned a good victory.Our ruck recognition in the first half was poorand we were eager to please and probably feltthe frustration of the crowd because the ruckwas slow and the game a bit stop-start. We triedto play off those slow rucks and you can’t dothat, but, when we were patient we keptbanging on the door. We knew that quick playwould come and we were smart enough and inshape, ready to play.We are committed and we saw the fruits of ourlabour in the last twenty or thirty minutesPaul the side lost out narrowly last week. Ithought it was a really good game and atop class finish, despite not favouringLeigh.I didn’t enjoy the game at all. Again I thought wetried really hard but we gifted away some reallysilly penalties, some bad errors and executedpretty poorly. There were some bad decisions from us, from thereferee and it all ended up with the result that itdid. Batley were going down and time-wastingwith twenty minutes to go, but that showedwhat it meant to them, with the way theycelebrated at the end of the game. For us it’sabout what comes next. We played tough butthere are certainly lessons to be learned andthere will be some harsh review. It would be easyto blame other things, but at the end of the dayit all comes down to what we do and we hadenough ball and enough territory; we justweren’t as smart as we could have been.As always the players gave 100 per cent in atough game. Batley are a huge side and I’m notmeaning to be disrespectful to them in any way.When you pick the bones out of the game, Idon’t think either side was great. It happenedlast time but we won; we failed to control their

back three, and they were unbelievable,fantastic.What about preparation for Dewsbury?It’s a really, really big week. Dewsbury areanother tough outfit and we need to be hittingform for the play-offs.Dewsbury are still fighting for a home draw andit’s no different for us – business as normal. Weare looking forward to having a vociferous set offans behind us to be honest. I certainly thinkBatley got the rub of the green there and Icertainly think when the crowd is behind us, itcan be influential. We are hoping our fans areright behind us.Talking of preparation and gameschedules, what are your thoughts?Last year if we’d played on a Thursday, weusually brought the lads in on Saturday for someactivity. The schedule has been so intense thisyear that any Thursday games have beenfollowed by days off until the following Tuesday.With the big occasions like Wembley, to then tryand force an extra fixture in there is a bitridiculous. We’ve had a tough schedule butWorkington Town’s schedule of late has beenridiculous. When there is such an emphasis onplayer welfare, it always comes across as prettyshallow, because the actions don’t back up their(the RFL) words.The welfare is heavily weighted on Super Leagueplayers and not Championship, when really itshould be the Championship players under mostconsideration; they balance work, playing andlife as well. They’ve been very neglected I’vethought, especially this year.If you look at Thursdays straight away – it’s a dayor half a day off in going to the game and anextra day after because you are arriving homelate. The referee from Thursday’s game at Batleytold me he’d come off a ten hour shift, so it alsoaffects what referees are doing as well.What I will say about games in the week is thatit’s a huge advantage to the home sides, and Isuppose that’s why personally I enjoyed theFriday night games from our point of view lastseason.I am an advocate of Friday nights or Saturdaykick-offs, although I realise that may beunpopular with our older fans. I think it bringssuccess on the field. For example, Sheffieldhaven’t lost a game at home all season whenplayed on a Friday night.Food for thought as always Paul!

Batley’s back three – infantastic form last week.

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TIME TO STOP THE ROTEditor: - Formerly the editor of the Leigh Journal, Mike Hulme currently holds a similar role withthe new local newspaper the Leigh Independent, copies of which can be obtained at any of thesupermarkets in town. Mike possesses a vast knowledge of Leigh Centurions and the world ofRugby League and I am delighted to welcome him back to the pages of ‘The Centurion’.

Mike Hulme

By MIKE HULME

IHAVE had this articlein my head for severalmonths now and as thebusiness end of theseason approaches,perhaps it’s time to airmy views.Let's begin by listing some facts.The Super League competition has no majorsponsor; the chairman of Hull KR hasdecided that he cannot justify losing more ofhis own money, just to rank as a mid-tableteam; London's crowds are going down, notup, despite all of the efforts put in to boostthe game in the capital; there is no sensiblepathway for players to progress to thehighest level; (dual registration has been adisaster in my opinion) and the fact that acity like Hull has not managed to produce ahalf back in the last decade is a sadindictment of our junior development.We can add to all of this that the game'sadministrators are now discussing howmany teams we should have in the SuperLeague competition, less than three yearssince the second round of licenses weregranted to have 14 teams in the topdivision. The majority of clubs are notfinancially sustainable and some things needto change.Unless we do something soon we will losethe majority of our best players, and we willget to a point when we can't call it a SuperLeague.

I will not go on about many of the othermistakes that have been made over the lastfive years, but we have reached the pointwhere a think tank of the best brains in thegame is needed to provide the medicinerugby league needs. It would be neglectful to sit quietly andwatch the game continue its slide intodecline.The growth of rugby union in the UK (whichcan be measured in several ways, howeveryou want to discuss it) and the lure andattraction of the NRL ‘Down Under’, (thesalary cap is increasing there significantly,whereas it hasn't increased significantlyhere in the last ten years) are a massivechallenge to rugby league in this country.Unless we do something soon we will losethe majority of our best players. We will get to a point when we can't call itSuper League.So being positive, optimistic and pragmatic,what do we do? I do think there is a chancefor us to change the way the game is goingand the new chairman, Brian Barwick, joinsthe sport at a pivotal moment. His bold andbrave leadership will define the fortunes ofthe game for the next generation offollowers. I would strongly suggest he listens to theadvice of people such as Ian Lenagan,Eamonn McManus and Gary Hetherington. I also think it would be a good idea to hearfrom people such as David Waite and otherswho have a deep understanding of how thegame should develop. To me, it would makesense to listen to men such as Jon Wilkinand Jamie Peacock and try to understandwhat the whole game needs to grow. There are several examples of clubs andsports turning things around in a three yearperiod but it usually takes a change ofdirection to pull this off. Currently we have several clubs strugglingwhich could quite possibly cease to exist. Iknow this is not exclusive to rugby league,but unlike some other sports we are not big

enough to cope with the loss of a couple ofclubs.

“I do my best to avoid mysteries andany kind of complications. I likeeverything around me to be clear ascrystal and completely calm.” – film producer/director AlfredHitchcock.Oh for an Alfred Hitchcock to be in charge of the RFL,especially when it comes to producing a format for theChampionship play-offs!

I thought last season’sformat, involving sixclubs, was complicatedenough to understand,and rejoiced when Iheard that eight clubswould participate inthis year’s end ofseason jamboree. Atlast, I reasoned,somethingstraightforward, like wehad in years gone by –1v8; 2v7; 3v6; 4v5,with the highest placed

winners then playing the lowest placed ones in succeedingrounds.However the RFL, and Championship clubs, came up with thematrix I have attempted to replicate below. I say ‘attempted’because I am not entirely confident that I have interpreted theRFL’s press release accurately! I wonder how many of theChampionship club representatives understood this, when theyvoted for it? Apparently it models the Sooper Dooper League play-off format, without the added complication of the ‘club call’,whereby the top placed club winning a game in week one canthen select who they want to play in week three.Dave Parkinson and I were discussing the options in producing aprogramme at short notice, for the play-offs. Dave reckoned thatwe would need to do one, and after hours spent studying theformat, I’m reasonably convinced that he was right! Assuming wefinish fourth, then we would have to visit either Sheffield orFeatherstone – depending on who finishes first. If we lose thatgame, we would definitely then be at home in week two, and ifwe won in week one, then we should (I think) get a home gamein week three!Anyway, I’ll leave it to you to decide, as my head is now hurting!Perhaps we should all approach this in a positive frame of mind,even if we don’t fully understand it – as American author NoraRoberts said, “Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.”

A VIEW FROM UNDERA FLAT CAP By ALAN EDGEViews expressed in this article are not necessarilythose of the Leigh Centurions club, or its Directors!

Some of the experts theauthor would like to seeforming a ‘think tank’ on thefuture of the game.

I have already stated that this format mirrors the SL one so, in the interests of completeness, I can inform you that the ChampionshipOne play-off consists of FIVE clubs, (with the top one being exempt) and the Under 20’s play-offs will involve THREE clubs. Nothing likeconsistency, eh?!

Alfred Hitchcock - would have madea good RFL supremo.

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Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 46th - 8th September 13th - 15th September 19th -22nd September Sunday 29th September

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QUALIFYING PLAY-OFF PRELIMINARY SEMI-FINALS QUALIFYING SEMI-FINALS GRAND FINAL (A) (E) (G)1 v 4 Highest ranked loser in (A)/(B) Highest ranked winner in (A)/(B)(B) v v2 v 3 Lowest ranked winner in (C)/(D) Lowest ranked winner in (E)/(F) Winner of (G)

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(C) Lowest ranked loser in (A)/(B) Lowest ranked winner of (A)/(B) Winner of (H)5 v 8 v v

Highest ranked winner in (C)/(D) Highest ranked winner in (E)/(F)(D) 6 v 7

Brian Barwick - new Chairman of theRFL.

David Waite

GaryHetherington

Jon Wilkin

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IN TOWN TODAYDEWSBURY RAMSBy ALAN EDGE

DEWSBURY’s HomesDewsbury have a long and proud history in the sport ofRugby League.

1875 – Sugar Lane. The club was formed, as Dewsbury Footballand Athletic Club, following a meeting at the Saddle Inn, andplayed their first fixture on a field near to Crown Flatt. Their firstrecorded fixture was against Heckmondwike Church Society.

1876 – Crown Flatt. Quickly realising they needed a ‘proper’ground, the club purchased a sub-tenancy at Crown Flatt,opposite their original home. In 1879 the club changed theiroriginal playing strip, of blue and ‘cardinal’, to the eye-catchingcolours of black, crimson and yellow. 1881 saw their first cupsuccess, with a Yorkshire Cup final win over Wakefield.

By 1888, the club, which was gaining a reputation as being thebest equipped in Yorkshire, purchased their ‘Noah’s Ark’ stand,(I’m not sure whether the name relates to the design, Yorkshireweather, or the occupants!) and changed their name to the‘Dewsbury and Saville Cricket and Football Club. In 1895, theywere the only members of the Yorkshire senior Competition, tovote against joining the Northern Union – a decision theyreversed in 1898, after electing to abandon playing rugby union.Crown Flatt was leased from Lord Saville, and the club adoptedtheir current famous colours of ‘red, amber and black.’ (whichpresumably differ subtly from those used in 1879)

In their first Northern Union game, Dewsbury were defeated atNormanton and, by 1901, when Lancashire and Yorkshire leaguesmerged, they found themselves in Division 2.

In 1912, they won their first Challenge Cup final, defeatingOldham at Headingley and, nine years later, beat the Australiantouring team, 13-6. In 1920, the club achieved their highestattendance, of 26,584, when Halifax were the visitors to CrownFlatt. Two years later, when the Northern Union became theRugby Football League, the club changed its name to DewsburyRugby Football Club, and in 1929, they fought their way throughto the Challenge Cup Final, the first ever played at WembleyStadium, only to lose to Wigan. Their next visit to Wembley, in1942/3, brought success, over Leeds, by 16-15.

During the Second World war, under the management of EddieWaring, and including several big name ‘guest’ players, (who saysDual Contracts are a recent thing?) they won the ‘WartimeEmergency League’ – only to be stripped of the title when theywere found to have included an ineligible player.

In 1948, star full back Jimmy Ledgard, was signed by Leigh, fora then-record fee – those were the days! Ledgard returned toDewsbury to finish his career, after a long, distinguished spellwith Leigh, where he earned international honours.

1972/3 saw the clubs only championship (the equivalent ofcurrent day Super League) success, when they defeated Leeds, atOdsal. They had actually finished eighth in the league, but wontheir way through the play-offs!

In 1998, their famous, and recently re-furbished wooden standwas burned down, by three local youths, and the club losteverything, including all their historical memorabilia.

1991 – Mount Pleasant. Following the fire, Dewsbury decidedto move home, into a purpose-built stadium, and ground-sharedwith neighbours Batley, while the stadium was being built.

1994 – Crown Flatt – later to become The Tetley’s Stadium.Dewsbury celebrated their first home game at the new CrownFlatt stadium, in Owl Lane, with a resounding victory overBarrow, by 82-6.

1998 – The stadium was re-named as Ram Stadium. Afterbeing narrowly defeated by Hunslet in the 1999 Northern FordPremiership Final, Dewsbury Rams, as they were now known,went one better the following year, ousting Leigh by one point inanother thrilling final. The sweet taste of success was, however,soured when the RFL decided against admitting Dewsbury toSuper League, citing ‘insufficient ground capacity’ – this despitethe clubs proposal to ground-share with Sheffield, while theirstadium was improved.

2005 – Following a sponsorship deal, the stadium was re-named as The Tetley’s Stadium.

The early years of the new century saw Dewsbury yo-yo betweenthe National leagues, until they were promoted to theChampionship in 2009, and have consolidated there to thecurrent day.

Probably the most notable new acquisition,was that of coach Glenn Morrison. Thepopular Australian had a distinguishedplaying career of over 200 games in the NRL,with Balmain, North Sydney, NorthQueensland and Parramatta, before rackingup almost another century of appearances inSuper League, with Bradford Bulls andWakefield Trinity Wildcats. Morrison cut histeeth in coaching, with a successful stint incharge of the Wildcats’ academy side,prompting first team coach Richard Agar tohand him an assistant role with the SuperLeague outfit. Morrison’s wealth of playingexperience and coaching badges is sure topay dividends at the Tetley’s Stadium.The new coach has made a number ofsignings for this season, following thedeparture of several high profile players fromlast season’s squad, including SteveCrossley, Pat Walker, Ryan Esders, CainSouthernwood, Ayden Faal, and GeorgeFlanagan.In the main, Morrison has opted for youthfulreplacements, as he sets out to build hissquad, although he has blended the youthwith experience in five of his signings,starting with Halifax’ s Papa New Guineaprop, Mikale Aizue, and Leigh forwardTommy Gallagher. Former Sheffield backrow Ryan Hepworth has moved toDewsbury, having clocked up over 100appearances in seven seasons at the DonValley. Hepworth is seen as the tough,uncompromising player that Dewsburyneeded to bolster their pack. Experiencedthree-quarter Karl Pryce was a majorsigning for 2013. Pryce’s ten year career inRugby League has always been at the highestlevel, with two spells at Bradford sandwichingstints at Wigan and Harlequins. In all, Prycemade almost one hundred SL appearances,scoring seventy tries, in the process.Experienced New Zealander, hooker KaneBentley has joined in recent weeks, fromLezignan. Most of Bentley’s career has beenin France, including a three year stint withCatalans Dragons, for whom he turned out39 times, representing the Frenchinternational side twice.The rest of Dewsbury’s signings are distinctlyyouthful. 20 year-old centre Callan Backettsigned from Warrington, where he was aprominent member of the club’s Academyside. Loose forward/half back Aaron Brownis a year older than Beckett, having startedhis career with Oldham-based clubWaterhead, before developing through theprolific Leeds Academy set up. He has the

unenviable task of stepping into the boots offormer Rams’ favourite, and play maker‘Patch’ Walker. Centre Scott Hale, at 21, isanother former Academy star who makes thestep up into senior rugby with the Rams.Scott commenced his career with Haydock,before being snapped up by St Helens, forwhom he made four Super Leagueappearances. Last season he played in theChampionship with Swinton, on a ‘dual’contract. At the time of writing, Hale is theonly ever-present in the squad.Prop Tom Lillycrop (21) opted to link upwith his coach again, despite the overtures ofother Championship clubs, when it wasannounced that he was to leave Wakefield,where he gained recognition in the Academyawards for 2012. Former Wakefield teammate , wing Dale Morton is just a year olderthan Lillycrop, but already has 27 Superleague games to his credit, bagging nine triesin the process. Yet another former Wildcat tofollow his coach, is prop Russ Spiers, (22)who made two appearances for Wakefield in2011. Last season, Spiers played his part inDoncaster’s Championship One Grand Finaltriumph, as a ‘dual’ contract player. HookerRyan Wright, (21) was Morrison’s firstsigning for the Rams, who once again raidedthe Wildcats’ production line to secure theformer Academy Player of the Year. CentreBrad Watkinson was a mid-season signing,from the New Zealand Warriors reserve gradeteam.Dewsbury have formed a partnershipagreement with Bradford Bulls, but the SLclub has been forced to play many of theintended ‘dual’ signings in their SL team.Adam O’Brien and Jobe Murphy are twoof the ‘duals’ to have played for the Rams,who have been forced to turn their attentionselsewhere in Super League for young talent.Inevitably, that has led Morrison to make useof his contacts at Wakefield, andcentre/second row Lucas Walshaw is yetanother Wildcat to try his luck at the Rams.Walshaw is 21, and is currently at Dewsburyon a season-long loan. The 6 foot 5youngster has played ten times in Superleague, where he undoubtedly possesses thephysique to succeed. Half backs KeiranHyde (21) and Bobbie Goulding (20) aretwo more young Wildcats, with Super Leagueexperience, to have represented the Rams thisseason. Goulding has made seventeenappearances, and Hyde fifteen so far. BenJohnston (21) is yet another young on-loanhalf back who has tasted Super League, withhis ‘parent’ club Castleford Tigers.

Karl Pryce - a big capture for theRams this season.

Kieran Hyde seen scoring a Super league try for Wakefield.

Mikale Aizue with new coach Glenn Morrison.

Tommy Gallagher in action for Leigh last seasonDale Morton in action against Featherstone

THE NEW RAMS IN THE FLOCK - 2013


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KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP TABLEas at 24 AUGUST 2013

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Diff Bonus Points Points

1 Featherstone 25 21 0 4 894 354 540 4 67

2 Sheffield 25 22 0 3 786 440 346 1 67

3 Halifax 25 18 2 5 777 458 319 1 59

4 Leigh 25 18 0 7 730 471 259 3 57

5 Batley 25 15 1 9 636 378 258 7 54

6 Doncaster 25 11 1 13 559 574 -15 6 41

7 Dewsbury 25 11 0 14 468 598 -130 6 39

8 Workington 25 11 0 14 465 641 -176 6 39

9 Whitehaven 25 11 0 14 461 742 -281 3 36

10 Keighley 25 8 0 17 478 695 -217 8 32

11 Swinton 25 8 0 17 484 714 -230 7 31

12 Hunslet 25 6 0 19 521 658 -137 12 30

13 Barrow 25 7 0 18 458 778 -320 9 30

14 York 25 6 0 19 477 693 -216 8 26


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Simon Finnigan offloads in heavy traffic.

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Stuart Littler celebrates another try.

Tommy Gouldenmakes a break.

UNDER 2os Focus

Sadly for the Centurions Under-20stheir season is over. Despite notqualifying for the play-offs, it hasbeen a good year for Paul Anderson’syoungsters, each of whom hasimproved his game under the tutelageof the former first team centre.As for the competition, I hope something is done about it! In a lotof respects it has been farcical with some teams treating thecompetition as an under-23s and win percentages being used todecide league placings, like something out of the 1900s.Also unlike previous seasons, that have seen top four or top fiveplay-off systems incorporated, this year sees a two-game, top threeplay-off – all very confusing indeed.Leigh played 19 games in total this season while York played just12 to take 3rd spot (Leigh finished fourth).On a personal level the season has been a triumph for hookerAaron Lloyd and half-back Josh Ward. Both scored 14 triesduring the campaign with Ward, stepping out of last year’s under-18 set-up, also kicking 84 goals for an impressive 224 point haul.Another huge plus from this talented group is Anthony Bate. PaulAnderson plucked him from the first team at Thatto Heath, havingworked with him in the Lancashire set-up, and suggested “he couldstep up as a pro.” We haven’t been disappointed – Bate claimed10 tries and skippered the side before being promoted into the firstteam where he has already appeared nine times and been given acontract for next season.

While Ward was grabbing the headlines, two players who reallyflourished over the season, were Matt Pendlebury and LukeWarburton. Pendlebury was like the glue that kept the sidetogether and played in all but the last two games after injuringhimself in a 16-42 July defeat to Salford. He scored 7 tries andstepped up to goal-kicker superbly in Ward’s absence to add 21goals of his own. For Warburton it was a slow start to the campaignbut he was the sides ‘Mr Fixit’, playing roles at centre, stand-off andloose forward throughout the year, to underline his versatility andvalue to the side.In the backline Andrew Cunningham from Wigan was an everpresent, learning a new role at fullback as the season went on,

while Mitchell Cox improved onhis under-18 campaign lastseason to notch 8 tries and play in16 games.Australian Cameron Pitmanalso cemented a place on thewing after paying his own fareover and coming to the club on atrial basis. The former SouthSydney reserve played it toughthroughout the season and scored9 tries, but his best game of theyear came at Salford when, aftersuffering three previous losses, heinspired the Centurions to arampant 44-10 win over theleague leaders. Pitman made hisfirst team debut at Barrow.Other stalwarts of the sideincluded Brad Ashurst, an oldfashioned prop forward with agood pass who claimed 5 tries,Joe Bullock who has sinceenjoyed a run of six games in thefirst team and secured a contractfor next year, Sam Peet who didwell at centre and second row, and Chris Rowe, who made hisfirst team debut last term and certainly strung some impressiveform together over the last couple of months of the campaign.Other valuable contributors for the season included Adam Barber,who suffered injury midway through the year; James Hill whostepped into the first team before moving with work and taking upa playing offer at Hemel Stags; Danny Waddy who convertedfrom rugby union after being outstanding in 2012/13 with SaleRUFC, and really started developing as a prop forward; and WiganSt Judes’ Tom Breheny who fought bravely for a spot all yeardespite injury.Tyler Spence also looks a good prospect for the future, grabbingthree tries from seven games while Thatto Heath back rower LeonTatlock came into the squad over the final month and a half andreally did make an impact, scoring a hat-trick in that victory atSalford.Dylan James and Adam Simm also look promising while EzeHarper linked up with the side from Eccles over the final monthand looked an assured player.Despite the club’s midseason financial worries, Anderson kept hisside together and got them playing some magnificent rugby. Intheir 19 games, Leigh notched 738 points which included 131 triesat an average of almost 39 points a game.My thanks go to Paul and all the lads for a veryenjoyable season.

By DAVE PARKINSON

Action from one of the four games with SL side Salford.

Chris Rowe came good for thelatter part of the campaign.

MATCH ACTIONv WHITEHAVEN

Leading scorer Josh Ward


CAPTAIN’S LOGNATHAN LAWRENSON TALKS TO TEAM CAPTAIN, ROB PARKERLet’s start as always with lastweek’s result which in this case wasa defeat at Batley…It was a cagey game because there wasquite a lot riding on it and we weredisappointed not to get the win. It was alittle bit scrappy in parts and I guess wejust lost our way a little. We could haveprobably pinched a draw on a couple ofoccasions but it wasn’t meant to be. Fairplay to Batley, they chanced their armtowards the end and got the points tojustify doing that.This week’s game comes in the formof Dewsbury; what are youexpecting from them?Dewsbury went through a tricky patch tostart off with but they seem to be comingquite good. Fair play to Glenn Morrisonthe coach, because he’s assembled agood squad together. There are somestand-out players in that team, who weneed to be aware of. But even so, theyseem to be playing well as a team foreach other. Going to Dewsbury is a toughgame because they always play to theirstrengths. It will be interesting to seewhat happens at the Sports Village as alot of teams enjoy coming here.Dewsbury are currently inside thetop eight but could do with a resultto guarantee a play-off spot. TheChampionship has certainly beencompetitive this season, hasn’t it?I agree with that completely. You’ve seenSwinton turn over Featherstone and tosome extent, Sheffield - being the formteam - being knocked out of the NorthernRail Cup was a shock. The beauty of ourleague is that it’s become a lot strongerand you can see that in the last round ofgames of the season. Most teams needsomething, whether that to be to makethe play-offs or get home advantage. The

last round of the season is always excitingas we’re all still fighting for that finalposition.How vital is it to achieve a wintoday with the play-offs looming? I think I’ve mentioned before that it’smassively important that teams play withconfidence. Getting a win today will reallyhelp us to believe in ourselves andhopefully drive us forward in the play-offs, because our aim is to win the Grand

Final. We believe that’s a realisticexpectation but that it can only beachieved if we do have faith in ourselves. Does it make it a little more specialending the regular season on homesoil?I feel that it’s important for us to win thisgame as it’s our last game before theplay-off and we get to play that in frontof our own fans. They’ve stuck by us thisyear and their support has been vital –notably in the Northern Rail Cup final. Wefeel that if we get the win, it’s a bit of athank you to them.It’s also been a productive seasonfor the club off the field. JohnRoddy was recently announced aspermanent Chairman and the signsoff the field are just as positive asthey are on…It’s a huge appointment for the club.When you first meet someone, there arecertain things you can tell from that firstimpression. When I first met him, I couldtell he has a real drive to succeed andplenty of passion for what he does. He’sbeen inspirational to me in my daily rolein the business side of things and I thinkhe wholly deserves the role. Since he tookover, the club have just got better andbetter both on and off the field. We’vegot players signing and things I can’treally go into yet that are happening offthe field. We’re really investing and herealises that you have to invest in order togrow and move forward. His aspirationnow is to get into Super League and weboth now think that is realistic. That’sreally exciting for me, in whichever role Itake on, because we have an end goal.We’re not just looking to tread water andsurvive anymore; we’re looking to thefuture, to invest in the club, the town andthe sport.

Rob Parker

LOVE RUGBYLEAGUE

Despite last month pointing tothe Challenge Cup final assomething to look forward to, theWembley showpiece failed toprovide the kind of spectacle mostof us were hoping for. Hull fans, of course, went home with hopes dashed (Leighsupporters, I’m guessing, were similarly disappointed!) buteven we neutrals were left unfulfilled by Wigan’s 16-0 win.In part the game was ruined by the weather. The Wembley pitch wasabsolutely sodden by kick off. Watching the highlights of thelunchtime game between Fulham and Arsenal on Match of the Daythat evening showed how bad the rain had been in London in thehours before kick-off, while the game between Charlton andDoncaster was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Yet the numberof handlingerrors wasgreater thanyou wouldexpect even insuch difficultconditions.Hull’s handlingwas especiallyshambolic,destroying anychance of a

comeback. At just 10-0 up and with nearly ten minutes left in thegame Wigan, under pressure, were caught in goal. The resulting dropout, however, was dropped by Daniel Holdsworth, summing up muchof Hull’s afternoon.

This game will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons. Yetjust as the greatness of the most fondly-remembered cup finalsincrease with every re-telling, and are exaggerated as everygeneration passes its memories on to the next, the mediocrity of this

particular finalwill wax evergreater as theyears go on.Indeed, thatprocess hasalready begun.

Collectively wewill remember agame that wasputrid fromstart to finish,

but that hardly tells the whole story. The first half was a genuinelyentertaining affair (at least in my opinion). There may have only beenone try, but Wigan had attacked well and Hull’s defence been up tothe job apart from that one breach. Wigan had had the bulk ofpossession and territory, but Hull had their chances too. Had the AirlieBirds improved after the interval, we could have been talking aboutone of the better cup finals of recent years.

One of the advantages of Twitter is being able to follow peoples’reactions as the game progresses, and at least on my timeline peopledidn’t start to get fed up until the second half. The worst handlingerrors from both sides came in the second period, and most viewersrealised that the game was going to peter out rather than spark into life.

Even then there were one or two memorable moments: Sam Tomkins’try was superbly well-crafted, while Jamie Shaul’s impressive run fromdeep in his own half was matched by Josh Charnley’s excellentdefensive effort. Shaul’s performance throughout gave the impressionthat the 21-year-old full back could have a promising career ahead of him.

Make no mistake: this was a bad game. In what could have been acompetitive outing only one team looked capable of winning – andnot even because they played particularly well – while handling errorsruined the flow of the second half. There’s no point pretending thiswas anything other than a disappointment.

Yet there’s no need for despair – not every game can be great, orevery cup final a classic. One bad game does not mean that theChallenge Cup needs to be scrapped, or the final needs to revert toCardiff, or that rugby league is dying. It means simply this: it was adisappointing cup final, and we hope that the next one will be better.

[email protected]: @Tony_Williams88

Editor: - Tony Williams is a leading journalist on the excellent ‘Love Rugby League’ website.

Iain Thornley registers Wigan's first try.

Tony Williams

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Rob now has a goal of a Super Leaguefuture for Leigh.

Rob in Super League action forWarrington Wolves.

Jamie Shaul's long run came to nothing for Hull.

Sam Tomkins clinches the win for Wigan.


FACTS & STATSBy DAVE PARKINSON

Try Tracker – For Try Tracker – Against0-9 minutes 14 0-9 minutes 810-19 minutes 14 10-19 minutes 1820-29 minutes 17 20-29 minutes 1030 minutes – half-time 22 30 minutes – half-time 1440-49 minutes 15 40-49 minutes 1450-59 minutes 23 50-59 minutes 1760-69 minutes 31 60-69 minutes 970 minutes – full-time 24 70 minutes – full-time 21

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Hello and welcome to another ‘Facts n Stats’. After a couple of shorterversions, I’m hoping to bring you the full nine yards for this one (I saynine because all teams stray offside don’t they!).From a Leigh point of view things are still ticking along nicely, the side has scored160 tries so far this term and moved past 900 points for the season.Some players are also approaching milestones.Stuart Littler edges ever closer to the 100 appearances mark; should he run outtoday it will be his 92nd game for the club.Johnny Pownall is nearing his 50th appearance and recently became a centurionpoint scorer. He currently has 28 tries to his name in 47 appearances.The recent game against Whitehaven also saw Michael Ostick reach his 50thappearance for the club, while congratulations are also due to Steve Maden. Histwo tries in that game took him to ten for the campaign but more importantly 100not out in a lengthy career.Two more points from Martyn Ridyard will see him become only the fifth player inclub history to reach 800 for the club. Currently Ridyard has 798 points in 129appearances, although he still has some way to go in order to overtake ChrisJohnson who notched 1073 points during his time at Leigh.From a dual contract/loan point of view Tom Spencer has made lots of friends atLeigh this past two seasons and he recently played his 40th game for the club.I also thought it would be interesting to look where Leigh players are in relation tothe top point scorers throughout the game this season.Tries1 Menzie Yere (Sheffield Eagles) 402 Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors) 393 Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors) 344 Quentin Laulu-Togagae (Sheffield Eagles) 305 Joel Monaghan (Warrington Wolves) 276 Rob Massam (North Wales Crusaders) 237 Ryan Brierley (Leigh Centurions) 228 = Jarrod Sammut (Bradford Bulls) 21

Kieran Dixon (London Broncos) 21Jessie Joe Parker (Whitehaven) 21

Goals1 Dominic Brambani (Sheffield Eagles) 1482 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 1313 Liam Finn (Featherstone Rovers) 1314 Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors) 1265 Martyn Ridyard (Leigh Centurions) 1146 Tommy Johnson (North Wales Crusaders) 987 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 958 Thomas Bosc (Catalan Dragons) 909 Tom Hemingway (Batley Bulldogs) 8910 Brett Hodgson (Warrington Wolves) 88

Points1 Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors) 3332 Dominic Brambani (Sheffield Eagles) 3173 Liam Finn (Featherstone Rovers) 3084 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 2925 Martyn Ridyard (Leigh Centurions) 2666 Tommy Johnson (North Wales Crusaders) 2407 Steve Tyrer (Halifax) 2288 Dylan Skee (London Skolars) 2149 Brett Hodgson (Warrington Wolves) 21310 Tom Hemingway (Batley Bulldogs) 206

Goal Kickers Goals Attempts %Martyn Ridyard 114 145 79Ryan Brierley 1 3 33Gregg McNally 19 24 79Bob Beswick 0 1 0

Totals 134 173 78

TRY CREATORS Individual Pass Kick Other TotalMartyn Ridyard 4 17 9 0 30Sean Penkywicz 10 11 3 0 24Gregg McNally 5 13 3 0 21Ryan Brierley 8 7 1 0 16Bob Beswick 3 9 0 0 12Simon Finnigan 0 6 4 1 11Sam Hopkins 5 2 0 0 7Tommy Goulden 0 8 0 0 8Matt Gardner 2 4 0 0 6Jonny Pownall 1 3 0 1 5Stuart Littler 1 3 0 0 4Anthony Nicholson 0 2 1 0 3Steve Maden 1 1 0 1 3Scott Taylor 1 1 0 0 2John O'Donnell 0 1 0 0 1Michael Ostick 1 0 0 0 1Ryan Duffy 1 0 0 0 1Thomas Coyle 0 1 0 0 1Greg Burke 0 1 0 0 1Anthony Bate 1 0 0 0 1Iain Thornley 0 1 0 0 1Rhodri Lloyd 0 1 0 0 1

44 92 21 3 160

2013 Leigh Career

Debuted Squad No DOB Apps Sub Tries Goals Drop Points Apps Sub Tries Goals Drop PointsGoals Goals

Martin Aspinwall 2013 13 21/10/1981 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0

Anthony Bate 2013 28/04/1992 3 6 2 0 0 8 3 6 2 0 0 8

Bob Beswick 2012 9 08/12/1984 29 1 5 0 0 20 52 4 8 0 1 33

Ryan Brierley 2012 7 12/03/1992 20 6 22 1 2 92 27 26 47 6 2 202

Craig Briscoe 2010 16 08/12/1992 8 8 1 0 0 4 28 23 8 0 0 32

Joe Bullock 2013 27/11/1992 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0

Greg Burke 2012 12/02/1993 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0

Thomas Coyle 2013 17 10/05/1988 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Dominic Crosby 2013 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ryan Duffy 2013 21 13/05/1993 4 17 4 0 0 16 4 17 4 0 0 16

Simon Finnigan 2013 11 08/12/1981 26 0 11 0 0 44 26 0 11 0 0 44

Matt Gardner 2012 4 24/08/1984 27 0 12 0 0 48 57 0 26 0 0 104

Tommy Goulden 2010 12 30/06/1981 22 3 8 0 0 32 95 10 39 0 0 156

Adam Higson 2008/2013 22 19/05/1987 4 1 3 0 0 12 43 22 16 0 0 64

James Hill 2013 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Sam Hopkins 2011 8 17/02/1990 17 8 10 0 0 40 35 28 26 0 0 104

Jack Hughes 2013 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Stuart Littler 2011 3 19/02/1979 31 0 7 0 0 28 90 1 30 0 0 120

Rhodri Lloyd 2013 22/07/1993 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Gregg McNally 2012 1 02/01/1991 29 0 13 19 0 90 57 0 30 20 0 160

Steve Maden 2004/2008 2 13/09/1982 27 0 10 0 0 40 203 3 73 0 0 292

Anthony Nicholson 2010 18 28/11/1990 2 6 1 0 0 4 19 26 8 0 0 32

John O'Donnell 2013 24/06/1993 6 1 2 0 0 8 6 1 2 0 0 8

Michael Ostick 2012 19 23/01/1988 25 3 3 0 0 12 43 8 3 0 0 12

Rob Parker 2012 10 05/09/1981 15 3 2 0 0 8 36 5 6 0 0 24

Sean Penkywicz 2013 14 18/05/1982 12 16 10 0 0 40 12 16 10 0 0 40

Cameron Pitman 2013 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jonny Pownall 2011 5 22/08/1991 25 0 15 0 0 60 45 2 28 0 0 112

Martyn Ridyard 2009 6 25/07/1986 27 0 9 114 2 266 119 10 62 273 4 798

Chris Rowe 2012 23 08/02/1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Spencer 2012 02/01/1991 12 11 4 0 0 16 23 18 7 0 0 28

James Taylor 2005 20 11/09/1984 4 6 2 0 0 8 148 36 24 0 0 96

Scott Taylor 2013 27/02/1991 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 4

Andy Thornley 2011 15 01/03/1989 8 17 3 0 0 12 24 41 10 0 0 40

Iain Thornley 2013 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

403 124 160 134 4 912 1216 315 481 299 7 2529

Ryan Brierley

and Martyn Ridyard, up among the top scorersin RL this season.

Tom Spencer - over 40 appearances for Leigh.Not bad for a Dual Contract player.

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LISA NEWS From LYNDA PIKEHi everyone, Lynda here.

Next LISA Meeting – The next LISA meeting willtake place this coming Wednesday, 4th Septemberat Leigh Miners Welfare Club, on Twist Lane. Themeeting starts at 8 p.m. and all will be welcome tocome and listen to the latest club news from AndyMazey and Rob Parker. Please note, that the roomis only available from 8 p.m.

Play-Off Coach Travel – As soon as it is knownwhere/when we will be playing our QualifyingPlay-off game, (sometime between Wednesday3rd and Sunday 8th September) details of coachtravel will be announced on the LISA website, aswell as the club website and fans message board)

Tickets will, as usual, be available from the clubretail outlet.

Next Season – As you will be aware, next seasonis a crucial one for the club, with final leagueplacings deciding where the club will be playing,when the new league structure comes into placein 2015. With that in mind, we are looking tofurther increase our membership of LISA, toprovide additional funds for player recruitment.If you haven’t yet joined LISA, membershipapplication forms can be downloaded from theLISA website, at www.leigh-isa.org.uk, or via theLISA link on the club website, atwww.leighcenturions.com

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September BirthdaysHappy September birthdays tothe following Junior CenturionsHarry-Jake Actonis 14 today – 1st SeptemberRoan Van Cuylenburgwill be 7 on 4th SeptemberElliott Hindleywill be 1 on 8th SeptemberHayden Williams will be 4 on 9th SeptemberJayden Wildingwill be 6 on 10th SeptemberCharlie Westwellwill be 9 on 14th September

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THE FINAL STRAIGHTTHE Kingstone Press ChampionshipPlayers of the Year will bedecided using a new format thisseason – and a host of players are incontention in both competitions.In past seasons, the coaches from each league voted forthe main awards, with each selecting a top three ofopposition players. That will again be the case for theYoung Player and Coach of the Year prizes this time – butthe Players of the Year in both leagues are decided in anew way.All season, each coach is contacted every week for their feedbackon which players have performed well at the weekend, formingthe Premier Sports awards that are released each Monday. As part of that, a cumulative table has been running all seasonwith players earning points towards the main awards in theirrespective division. Every week five players are awarded pointstowards the award – with the Premier Sports Player of the Weekhanded five, the next player four and so on.

Those tables will not bepublicised again now,with the remaining votesstaying private until theawards night is staged inLeeds in September.Sheffield Eagles propMitchell Stringer toppedthe Championship tablein the final week ofpublicised tables, a

position he has held for much of the season. Teammate QuentinLaulu-Togagae was two points behind him, having made a latesurge, with halfbacks Aaron Brown, Paul Cooke, Liam Finn, ScottLeatherbarrow, Scott Murrell and Paul Handforth all in pursuit,along with arguably the find of the season, Workington’s youngplaymaker Callum Phillips. His teammate Jarrad Stack,Featherstone prop Steve Crossley and Batley fullback MilesGreenwood made up the front runners with three rounds of pointsstill to be awarded.The ChampionshipOne Player of the Yeartable had joint leaders inMike Bishay – who hasplayed for both HemelStags and London Skolarson dual reg and loanfrom the Broncos –NorthWales Crusaders pairStuart Reardon and AndyMousdale. That table is

even closer, however,with form duo GaryMiddlehurst and RichardLepori just a pointbehind.Also in the top ten goinginto the closing weekswere Skolars duo MikeWorrincy and Dylan Skee,Oldham pair LewisPalfrey and Jon Ford,Oxford centre SeanMorris, Crusaders culthero Jono Smith andRochdale winger GarethLangley.Though the remainingweekly points will not bepublicised – ensuringthat the awards are asurprise on the night – a shortlist will be formedfor both divisions at the end of the league campaign.

Championship Player of the Year Table1. Mitchell Stringer (15 points)2. Quentin Laulu-Togagae (13 points)3 = Paul Cooke (12 points)

Aaron Brown 5 = Scott Leatherbarrow (10 points)

Callum Phillips Scott Murrell

8. Steve Crossley (9 points)9 = Liam Finn (8 points)

Paul Handforth Miles Greenwood Jarrad Stack

Championship One Player of the Year table1 = Mike Bishay (10 points)

Stuart Reardon Andy Mousdale

4 = Gary Middlehurst (9 points)Richard Lepori

6 = Mike Worrincy (8 points)Jono Smith

8 = Sean Morris (7 points)Jon Ford

10 = Lewis Palfrey (6 points)Dylan Skee Gareth Langley

Mitch Stringer - leading the way forChampionship Player of the Year.

Mike Bishay - currently joint leader forChampionship One Player of the Year...

...with Stuart Reardon

... and Andy Mousdale


Date Opposition Comp Result Score Full Back Wing Centre Centre Wing Stand Off Scrum Half Prop Hooker Prop 2nd Row 2nd Row Loose Fwd Substitute Substitute Substitute Substitute Referee Penalties Attendance

FebruarySun 3rd Featherstone Rovers CHAMP Lost 6 - 38 McNally Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 1T, 1G Beswick Ostick Penkywicz Spencer Finnigan Thornley Aspinwall Brierley Hopkins Parker Briscoe Alibert 12 - 10 2841

Sun 10th HUNSLET HAWKS CHAMP Won 40 - 0 McNally Maden Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall Ridyard - 1T, 6G Beswick Ostick - 1T Penkywicz - 1T Parker Finnigan Goulden Hopkins - 2T Brierley - 1T Aspinwall Taylor Spencer Leatherbarrow 6 - 8 1419

Thu 14th Whitehaven CHAMP Won 28 - 14 McNally - 1T Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 1T, 4G Beswick Ostick Penkywicz - 1T Parker Finnigan - 1T Goulden - 1T Aspinwall Brierley Hopkins Taylor Spencer Thomason 6 - 12 763

Sun 24th DONCASTER CHAMP Won 34 - 8 McNally Maden Littler O'Donnell Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 4G Brierley - 1T, 1G Spencer Beswick Parker Finnigan - 3T Goulden Aspinwall Penkywicz - 1T Briscoe Hopkins Duffy Stokes 12 - 9 1522

MarchSun 3rd Keighley Cougars CHAMP Won 46 - 16 McNally Maden - 1T Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall Ridyard - 7G Brierley - 3T Taylor Beswick Spencer Finnigan Goulden - 1T Hopkins Penkywicz Duffy - 1T Briscoe - 1T Ostick Laughton 12 - 9 859

Fri 8th SHEFFIELD EAGLES CHAMP Lost 18 - 40 McNally Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 3G Brierley Taylor Beswick Parker Finnigan Goulden Hopkins - 1T Penkywicz Duffy - 2T Spencer Briscoe Stokes 7 - 8 1581

Sun 17th Dewsbury Rams CHAMP Won 36 - 6 Brierley Maden Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 1T, 6G Beswick Ostick Penkywicz - 2T Parker Finnigan Goulden Duffy O'Donnell Thornley Hopkins Taylor -1T Thomason 19 - 12 935

Thu 21st BARROW RAIDERS CHAMP Won 42 - 30 McNally - 1T Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 1T, 7G Beswick - 1T Duffy Penkywicz Parker Finnigan Goulden Ostick Brierley - 1T Hopkins - 2T Taylor Thornley - 1T Hewer 11 - 9 1290

Fri 29th Swinton Lions CHAMP Won 20 - 12 McNally - 1T Maden Littler Gardner - 2T O'Donnell Ridyard - 1T, 2G Beswick Ostick Penkywicz Parker Finnigan Goulden Aspinwall Brierley Hopkins Duffy Thornley Alibert 6 - 7 1172

AprilMon 1st WORKINGTON TOWN CHAMP Won 42 - 22 McNally - 1T Maden Littler Gardner O'Donnell - 1T Ridyard - 7G Brierley Taylor - 1T Beswick - 1T Parker Finnigan Goulden - 1T Aspinwall Penkywicz Thornley Hopkins - 1T Ostick - 1T Thomason 13 - 9 1446

Sat 6th EAST LEEDS TCC3 Won 50 - 4 Brierley - 2T Maden - 1T Littler - 1T Gardner - 2T O'Donnell - 1T Ridyard - 5G Coyle Ostick - 1T Penkywicz - 1T Taylor Finnigan Bate Parker Parker Finnigan Thornley Higson - 1T Campbell 7 - 7 728

Sun 14th Halifax CHAMP Lost 10 - 60 McNally Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 1G Beswick Spencer Penkywicz - 1T Parker Finnigan Briscoe Hopkins Brierley - 1T Ostick Thornley Taylor Leatherbarrow 3 - 7 2161

Sun 21st Wigan Warriors TCC4 Lost 10 - 60 McNally - 1T Maden Littler Gardner O'Donnell Ridyard - 1G Brierley Ostick Beswick Parker - 1T Finnigan Briscoe Hopkins Penkywicz Duffy Thornley Taylor Thomason 5 - 11 6889

Sun 28th BATLEY BULLDOGS CHAMP Won 20 - 0 McNally O'Donnell Littler Gardner - 1T Hill Ridyard - 4G Brierley - 1T Ostick Beswick Parker Lloyd Briscoe Hopkins - 1T Nicholson Thornley Spencer Duffy Thomason 8 - 9 1635

MaySun 5th York City Knights CHAMP Won 52 - 4 McNally Maden - 1T Littler Gardner Hill Ridyard - 8G Brierley - 3T Ostick Beswick Parker Finnigan - 1T Thornley Hopkins - 1T Penkywicz - 1T Spencer - 1T Goulden - 1T Duffy Brooke 6 - 8 709

Sun 19th Featherstone Rovers NRC Won 22 - 12 McNally Maden Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 1T, 3G Brierley - 1T Ostick Beswick Ostick Finnigan Thornley Hopkins Penkywicz S. Taylor Goulden Duffy Thomason 4 - 7 1745

Sun 26th KEIGHLEY COUGARS CHAMP Won 62 - 12 Pownall - 3T Maden - 1T Littler Lloyd Gardner McNally - 4T, 9G Beswick - 1T Ostick Penkywicz Burke Finnigan Goulden Hopkins Nicholson - 1T Briscoe S. Taylor - 1T Duffy Hewer 11 - 5 1551

June Sat 1st FEATHERSTONE R CHAMP Lost 8 - 23 Pownall Maden Littler Hughes Gardner McNally - 2G Nicholson Spencer Beswick Briscoe Finnigan Thornley Hopkins Penkywicz Goulden Crosby Duffy-1T Stokes 13 - 9 2077

Sun 9th Workington Town CHAMP Lost 22 - 26 Pownall Maden - 1T Littler Lloyd Gardner McNally -3G Beswick Ostick Penkywicz Spencer Finnigan - 3T Goulden Hopkins Nicholson Thornley Briscoe Duffy Turley 9 - 8 725

Sun 16th WHITEHAVEN NRC QF Won 34 - 18 McNally -5G Maden Littler Gardner Pownall - 3T Coyle Beswick Ostick Penkywicz - 1T Spencer Finnigan - 1T Goulden Hopkins - 1T Nicholson Thornley Bate Duffy Leahy 12 - 12 1320

Sun 23rd YORK CITY KNIGHTS CHAMP Won 42 - 20 McNally - 1T Maden - 2T Littler - 1T Gardner Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 5G Nicholson Ostick Penkywicz Bate - 1T Finnigan -1T Goulden - 1T Hopkins Penkywicz Thornley Bullock Duffy Thomason 6 - 7 1373

Thu 27th BATLEY BULLDOGS NRC SF Won 23 - 6 McNally Maden Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall Ridyard - 3G, 1D Brierley - 3T Ostick Beswick Bate - 1T Finnigan Goulden Hopkins Penkywicz Thornley Spencer Duffy Leahy 6 - 5 1807

JuLY Sun 7th Doncaster CHAMP Won 36 - 30 McNally - 1T Maden - 1T Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 6G Brierley Ostick Beswick - 1T Burke Finnigan Goulden Hopkins - 1T Nicholson Spencer Thornley Bullock Laughton 3 - 6 595

Sun 14th Barrow Raiders CHAMP Won 34 - 22 McNally Pitman Littler - 1T Higson - 1T Pownall Ridyard - 5G Brierley - 1T Ostick Penkywicz Parker - 1T Thornley Goulden - 1T Hopkins Nicholson Spencer - 1T Bate Duffy Hewer 9 - 6 972

Sat 20th Sheffield Eagles NRC F Won 43 - 28 McNally Maden Littler - 2T Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 7G Brierley - 1T, 1D Ostick Beswick Spencer - 1T Finnigan Goulden - 1T Hopkins Penkywicz - 1T Thornley Parker Bate - 1T Leatherbarrow 8 - 6 4179

Sun 28th Hunslet Hawks CHAMP Won 19 - 12 McNally Maden Littler Gardner Pownall -1T Ridyard - 3G Brierley - 1DG Ostick Beswick Parker Thornley (1T) Burke Briscoe Penkywicz Spencer - 1T Duffy Bate Hewer 7 - 5 432

Wed 31st HALIFAX CHAMP Won 11 - 4 McNally - 1T Higson Littler I. Thornley Pownall -1T Ridyard - 1G,1D Brierley Ostick Beswick Spencer Finnigan Goulden Briscoe Penkywicz Thornley Bate Bullock Hewer 11 - 4 1773

AugustSun 4th SWINTON LIONS CHAMP Won 32 - 22 McNally Higson Littler - 1T Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 1T, 4G Brierley Ostick Beswick - 1T Duffy Finnigan - 1T Goulden - 1T Briscoe Penkywicz Thornley - 1T Bullock Spencer Bloem 7 - 7 1614

Fri 9th Sheffield Eagles CHAMP Lost 8 - 20 McNally Maden Littler Gardner Pownall Ridyard - 2G Brierley - 1T Ostick Beswick Duffy Thornley Goulden Briscoe Penkywicz Spencer Aspinwall Bullock Thomason 12 - 15 1012

Sun 18th WHITEHAVEN CHAMP Won 44 - 6 McNally - 1T Maden - 2T Littler - 1T Higson - 1T Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 1T, 6G Brierley - 1T Ostick Beswick Spencer Finnigan Goulden Bullock Penkywicz Thornley Aspinwall Duffy Laughton 12 - 9 1523

Thu 22nd Batley Bulldogs CHAMP Lost 18 - 24 McNally Maden Littler Gardner - 1T Pownall - 1T Ridyard - 3G Brierley - 1T Ostick Beswick Spencer Thornley Goulden Aspinwall Penkywicz Briscoe Bate Hopkins Merrick 7 - 6 704

SeptemberSun 1st DEWSBURY RAMS CHAMP

FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2013Key: CHAMP = Championship; TCC = Tetley's Challenge Cup; NRC = Northern Rail Cup

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DEWSBURY RAMSSQUAD - 2013 HEAD COACH - GLENN MORRISON

Referee: Mr J Bloem

Touch Judges: Mr P STOCKMAN, MR P WARD

BOBBY GOULDINGLeading Points SCORER WITH 88

SCOTT HALEEVER PRESENT

1 James Craven

2 Dale Morton

3 Scott Hale

4 Greg Scott

5 Jamaine Akaidere

6 Aaron Brown

7 Jy-mel Coleman

8 Tom Lillycrop

9 Ryan Wright

10 Russ Spiers

11 Rob Spicer

12 Josh Tonks

13 Tommy Gallagher

14 Matthew Tebb

15 Dario Esposito

16 Ryan Hepworth

17 Johnathan Schofield

18 Elliot Cosgrove

19 Callan Beckett

20 Michael Platt

21 Austin Buchanan

22 Ben Jones

23 Scott Spaven

24 Adam O�Brien

25 Stephen Nash

26 Karl Pryce

27 Bobbie Goulding

28 Lucas Walshaw

29 Jobe Murphy

30 Brad Watkinson

31 Kieran Hyde

32 Makalie Aizue

Kane Bentley

Ben Johnston

Jon Molloy

DEWSBURY 2013up to and including 22nd August 2013

Appearances: (Maximum 29)29 – Hale; 28 – Morton, Scott; 27 – Pryce; 25 – Aizue, Hepworth; 23 – Gallagher; 21- Brown, Lillycrop, Nash.

Tries: (Total 104)9 – Brown, Morton, Scott; 8 – Craven; 7 - O’Brien, Hale; 6 – Walshaw; 5 – Coleman; 4 – Akaidere, Gallagher.

Goals: (Total 79)42 – Goulding; 21 – Morton; 9 – Hyde; 5 – Coleman; 2 – Spaven.

Drop Goals: (Total 2)1 – Coleman, Schofield.

Average Home Attendance 2013 800 (all competitions) 828 (Championship)

Average Home Attendance 20121,072 (all competitions) 1,134 (Championship)

Highest Home Attendance 20131,396(v Halifax – Championship)

Highest Home Attendance 20121,703(v Batley – Championship)

Lowest Home Attendance2013404(v Myton Warriors – ChallengeCup) 693(v Swinton – Championship)

Lowest Home Attendance2012606(v Thatto Heath – Challenge Cup) 835(v Swinton – Championship)

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