I can go on about how bad Widnes were tonight, however Leigh were just as good as we were bad. We are in SL but a lot of work needs doing on the field. You have a cracking squad there and i can see you doing very well over the next couple of seasons. vocal crowd and cant argue with the result. Well done

Thanks for the comments.Not often you here from a good loser

Well played lads, fully deserved win.

well done leigh, played brilliant rugby league, reminded me of fax over the last few seasons the way you played.


p.s. please stop now before come to fax as we are dire at the moment.

can't believe the final score. 6-18 down, then Macgraff was inches from making it 22-6 with a kick to come. Brilliant result, after a very sluggish start.
I AM ONE HAPPY BUDGIE !!!

Great game, great team, great win.

Not a weak link from 1 to 17 some of the attacking play was breathtakin..

46 unanswered points last time,44 unanswered points this time,doesnt come much better than that.i thought the introduction of mills stiffened the pack up,mitchell looked more at home in the second row.
then we bring govin on and things speeded up they couldnt live with us.all this with players to come back from injury yet.well happt tonight and ho.superb vocal support.must say to the widnes fans on here saying well done you are true rugby fans.

Amazing win, amazing atmosphere. Proud to be a Leyther.

Credit to the Smoggies on this thread and all.

Very gracious. Thankyou.

Fully enjoyed the match

Great support from both teams tonight. Well done to the Leythers and the Widnes fans too. We really got behind our lads and no other team would have brought half as many as widnes did tonight.

Great atmosphere tonight, I had 5 new fans with me tonight and they bloody loved it



Well done everyone

Fantastic win - how sweet was that! When's the semi-final?

Just said well done on the other thread. You will walk the league and probs win the cup but where was leighs support tonight? Until last 10 mins didnt hear a thing or was that just that widnes atmosphere was that good that i couldnt hear? The crowd was extremely disappointing!!

Hope you win the competition and well played.

But Widnes are annoying me at the moment and Betts needs to be sacked.

he will but not just yet










No need for Mr O Connor to waste money, hell be gone at the end of the season or just before, but keep your hands off Basil

When Dave Mills went over for his first try Dennis and his counterpart in the dugout were having a right go on the walkies.

When he went in for his second the widnes FANS were doing the walkies

He's loving it too Millsy. Him and Chris Hill put in long stints on the field tonight. Did you see Hilly when he came onto the field in the second half he was bouncing. They were far bigger than us and we owned them. Don't care if I get a warning for going tonight. It was worth it.

just gettin some practise in for next year i think

I know i might get some stick off widnes fans for this but... I have still never seen Thackeray put in anything like a good performance against leigh. I've seen him have a good match on TV once or twice against other sides but he is consistently awful against us. Ridyard plays him off the pitch every single time and Ellis did too tonight. His defence is terrible, his dummy-and-step is predictable and his kicking game is average at best. They are on about taking him to SL with them! Is it just Leigh who he can't play against? Because I don't get the hype at all and I haven't for years.

Ive always called him a 'one trick pony' and your right he has never had a good game against us, but thats because we know how to handle him and their coaches can't.

i read the thread earlier about people thinking maybe this could be widnes turn to beat us, and i could lie and say i was 1oo% comfident, but i had a niggling doubt that just maybe we would blow it on the night, well what a fool i am, and i should know better, especially with this group of outstanding players we have in this current squad. Lads you were immense this evening, 2nd half especially, i should never of had such doubts, in 33 years of watching my beloved team i can't remember a more committed, and skillful bunch of players, especially when you consider we have spent less than last year, i take my hat off to you, a very proud leyther.

ps to many great performances to mention everyb player, but just one bit of praise for david mills, awesome.

Thackeray is a decent support player but that's not any good when getting thumped at half back, never mind the forwards.

Mills was pure class tonight, what an effort from the big man. Has anybody asked him if he will let Danny Sculthorpe out of his pocket anytime soon?

There is only one Mick Govin. Can't go to bed yet brilliant.