Good news for all concerned

Well done to both clubs.............. Centurions, East and Miners all working together will only make the towns teams stronger.

Very good to hear this positive news.

A united Leigh is a stronger Leigh .

United we stand divided we do s0d all

excellent news

excellent news stuff like this can only make you feel prouder of our home town/rugby

Good news hopefully i will be able to watch most of the home games
like i did last year , the 21,s played some breathtaking Rugby thats for sure...

Keith, is there any developments with the proposed terracing that you mentioned earlier in the year?

Well done everyone involved hope its a fruitful partnership and can only make the teams and people involved go from strength to strength..

That's fantastic - how much more good news can this town take?

fantastic news - that can only be a good thing for all parties. Well done to all for getting around the same table and working together..

How many times as this been said & done?

Personally every new coach has said or planned for closer ties with the Miners, East, etc instead of it being fantastic news shouldn't it be expected.........it's only my view

Logend don't assume, perhaps it should be expected but BARLA and RFL have never seen eye to eye, and every coach that has come in has been under pressure to produce results and despite having long term ambitions, short term thinking has been the key.

I am very encouraged by this closer working. In the past there has been much mistrust... Perhaps we can now put this into motion and who knows, maybe Leigh could be a benchmark club with the links with amateurs who can also bring a lot of different expertise to the the party if a pro-club listens.

It's a three way street, let's through our amateur clubs ensure that Leigh is firmly on the RFL map and kudos to those amateur clubs in Miners and East that have done much spadework down the years and continue to bring through young players that will ultimately make good players.

I'm not knocking it DP I want to see the all TOWNS clubs succeed, but we need to see that it's not all take from the Centurions & the amateur clubs do benefit aswell so it doesn't turn sour

never mind a leigh united! how about LEIGH CITY!

Great news well done to all concerned

Sorry Dave couldn't resist

Its not exactly rocket science is it, the local pro club has a good working relationship with local amateur sides. It is blindingly obvious common sense & should be the norm.The fact that it isnt speaks volumes about past, & some present, personnel at the afore mentioned sporting institutions.

take from the amateur clubs , what can they give in return ?

Many of the big clubs have a particular ' Feeder club ' that they push promising juniors to , Saints have Blackbrook , W1g4n - St pats , I'm sure it happens in Hull and Yorkshire as well

So what can the Centurions give back to the Miners and East ?

Quote of the the Leyther. Love it Fred. Get the T shirts printed.

It should really read

United we win , City get f*** all

You really need to seperate your sports Steve.

Support.................

Free tickets for all registered U16's, Leigh players at their presentation nights rather than those from other clubs, Signed Shirts to raffle off, Club representatives at their major fund raising functions,

No good. Contact with the players that they want to become is what the youngsters need. Have a few nights mixing with them at training will bring the young ones on a treat. A signed shirt is a mile away from rubbing shoulders with their heros.

BUT are they their heros? todays kids want to be associated with the 'Brands' which in this area of RL are Wigan, Saints, Warrington and Salford, don't believe me? take a look around the town centres of Leigh Atherton and Tyldesley and see which sorts shirs are being worn by the 'kids' (if you can find many rugby ones that is.