Bulls out of the cup.

James Lowes will say it's a distraction, and not important!

Sounded a cracking game....

Have Bradford not won in their last 3 games then? Draw against Leigh, draw against Batley, 1pt loss against Dewsbury.

Lots of close matches! The Championship looks a lot tighter this year. To be where we are with the fixtures we have played and the problems we have had to contend with is looking more impressive with every result. No easy games this year.

Well done Dewsbury.

Do you not think that your good cup run last season caught up with you in the middle 8s ?

Yes. So what? Are you suggesting it's a good idea to lose? And now I will say, well done Dewsbury.

Hope we go out tonight don't need a cup run let's concentrate on the real job this season but with the team we are putting out can't see it.

If you lost tonight how would that affect the team mentally? I know that last years run eventually took some physical toll, but also bad team selection didn't help, I'd say that the cup run though gave a sense of good feeling and euphoria through the whole club. Your club thought they were unbeatable and the cup run helped with this and I pretty much think you were in the league.

Don't underestimate the power of a good cup run.

Our cup run 4 years ago threatened to derail our entire season.
Between those 2 memorable performances against cas and wigan were big losses against fax and the dee dars at home....
The cup is sadly now relegated to a distraction from the main event.
Same in association footy.... will people remember this season for who wins the fa cup or for Leicester city's attempt on the title....
Conversely I remember Ian Porterfield's goal in the 73 final with great relish as Sunderland won the cup....




Times have changed

That would be the ideal result tonight, wouldn't it? Just imagine what victory would do for Workington tonight, especially as they then play us at home, next weekend!

No way, will any team play to lose a match. I expect a torrid evening for Workington, even without Higham, Moimoi and Emmitt in our ranks.

I haven't seen the team but for me, Higham, Hanson, Patterson & Riddy should all be rested, all have either just returned from or have been playing with injuries.

Put Ben Reynolds in at 6 for the full 80 & see how he goes & give Acton & Spencer a run.

I am hoping for a quick exit from the CC this year ...
Get our lads back to full fitness & protect them as much as possible for the hard league & 8's slog.

Fans pay their money to see the lads give 100% in return, whoever is selected

We should try and win every game in every competition. If it causes problems down the line then so be it, we will just have to manage the squad better to cope with it.

Would go out to win 100%. The Cup matches last season were brilliant. The massive comeback against Wakefield was one of the best games of the year.

Who wouldn't want to see the North Stand absolutely packed like this again?



Or take another away following like this somewhere?

Would like us to try a few different things - no penalties , no passes to invisible man no silly offloads - the discipline we will need in the 8's - and much longer kicks when we win a penalty - Corey had trials with NFL as a kicker apparently has a range of 75 yards!

Swinton were 18-0 up at Sheffield, now 10-18 at HT.

Sheffield won 32-28 Batley 37 Whitehaven 36

05/07/15 Workington Town 12-50 Leigh Centurions
08/07/15 Leigh Centurions 72-6 Hunslet Hawks
12/07/15 Leigh Centurions 52-18 Featherstone Rovers
19/07/15 Bradford Bulls 36-36 Leigh Centurions
22/07/15 Leigh Centurions 40-24 Dewsbury Rams
26/07/15 Leigh Centurions 66-10 Donacaster Rovers

Six games in three weeks.Points for 316,points against 106.

Next up was the middle 8's.

Didn't look like a team that lacked rotation or management to me.How's about we look at reality and the fact we just played too many games.

Let's not forget we had a fortnight's rest before the Super Eights last year. We were also beating (thrashing?) Hull KR at HT and ahead against Wakefield. Admittedly, playing the three SL teams straight off didn't help but we lost those two games through poor game management in the second half of both. Much as I enjoyed the way we played last season our play-off record (apart from 2014) had been abysmal for years and so it proved again last year. The cup run and burn out are just an excuse in my humble opinion.