Come on West Bank your being to reserved on Div2 forum,wats happened to you,u been on the chill pills pal,

He's all posh now he goes to play against posh clubs

It's a bit hard for him to have banter on his own!

Don't know how Adlington were unbeaten before Saturday but they got their loss in the end. Anyone dare to bet against the 3 Widnes teams being the top 3 come the business end of the season...? All 3 have settled squads and dont rely on players from elsewhere (Wizards etc)

Discuss.....

If that's a dig at Woolston, unfortunately we're the only team in Warrington who don't get many players from the Wizards come the end of their season. We had one lad who has played with Woolston since being a junior and he may be joined by one other! For sone reason Bank Quay appears to be team they all choose to play winter rugby for.

Id say the 3 Widnes teams have excellent chances of finishing at the top. We, Woolston, as Coley has stated, have never and will never rely on Wizards players. We are our own club.

Our start to the season has seen us playing catch up almost immediately. We have had a bad start to the year with injuries and unavailability which has seen us playing lads totally out of position and leaving us light "upfront" ie our back row has been filled with centres, etc

That said West Bank thoroughly deserved to beat us but we were very poor against Askam and woeful against Adlington, not taking anything away from those 2 teams though!!

Not at all a dig fella, I was just using the Wizards as a local example. It happens to teams across the NWC mate. As for Woolston, I always thought you were a good side, do you think a year in D2 will serve you well, before hoping to push on for next season? What are your u18/u17's like? West Bank are obviously doing well at the minute, but the weather conditions (at places like Adlington, Askam etc) will be a stern test for anyone.

What are people's opinions on 18-0 walkovers in D2? I think its disgusting, there are teams in D3, D4 who would get a side every week would defo fulfil fixtures, My Opinion is they should be thrown out!

I don't think ANY are coming Bank Quay
Who is coming BQ from the Wizards

Will Alan Reddicliffe not be returning? Suppose you could count Scott Davidson and Danny Shaw but I appriciate they've been injured etc. Was more making the point that they don't all return to Woolston, thinking about it Rylands will probably inherit a couple of lads, tink, Wilson etc.
Although we've played no where near our potential yet this season it's clear it's going to be a much tougher league.
The tough games are great, really enjoyed our game with west bank last week, it's the eye gouging of Adlington I'm not too keen on.

I don't think Reddicliffe is playing winter
think Rylands have the bulk of em this season
Wilson
Yii
Johnno ( I think )
Tink

Bad up there mate. I have seen things up there I have never seen in 15 years of rugby league. We all like it tough but blantant leg break attempts elbows to jaws gouging is par for the course up at their hole. When you play them at your place you might want to play on a big pitch instead of one of your small ones!

Aye, we (Woolston) had 2 players gouged at Adlington away but what can you do?

Unfortunately, we are governed by the local Parish council who will not let us use the main pitch on bennetts rec hence us using the one over the road. We have absolutely zero say in that.

We would much rather use a bigger and wider pitch.

Interestingly Adlington had one of thier player having to leave the field coughing up blood after the second elbow in the throat not picked up by the referee, your no angels boys, I was there

Unfortunately foul play breeds that foul play. I'm not at all condoning elbows and foul play, however it's very difficult to keep your cool when the other team is playing so dirty. Speaking from a personal point of view, I've never been sent off in an almost 20yr playing history but I did find myself rising to the foul play on that occasion, the odd punch in a tackle or whatever doesn't bother me but when there's fingers purposely going in eyes it crosses a line. At the end of the day were all in the same boat, we all have to get up for work on a Monday morning, that kind of thing could very easily ruin a blokes life. But I suppose you've got to accept there will always be stupid people who don't have a brain to think about it like that.

Like I say, what can you do? Stick up for yourself and your teammates?

20yr playing history?? I honestly didnt realise you started playing when you were 17 mate?? Fair play

playing against adlington will be tough but discipline will win any team a match like that one.
as for the widnes sides finishing top 3 it would be nice but dont rule out the likes of woolston dalton and askam they will all be very good at home and woolston will win the away games to will be up there in contention.
oh and woolston from what i played against last week had no wizards player but did have lymm players but i new they were woolston players anyway.

Once they pull on the green and gold (or white and green with a bit of yellow) they are Woolston players. I don't care what they did last summer, last year or any other time!

Well said Milly.......Thats an excellent point!!

Who gives a rats ass what they did in the off season, once they sign for a club they play for that club

Tough game today with Dalton, good set of lads and glad we managed to get the win! Left it a little bit too late tho!
The one downside to the game was the referee who failed to control the game and gave some ludicrous decisions for both teams. Unfortunately a blatant raised elbow in a tackle which resulted on one of our lads having 25 stitches went unpunished! Absolute joke!! I'm not having a go at Dalton there though because that was the only bit of foul play I saw!

Yeah good bunch they were. At 34-18 up after 50mins though we should have closed the game out and won comfortably but credit to Dalton for coming back.

The elbow was as clear as day, the ref said it was self defence when I went on the pitch to attend our player?????????? Work that out?!?! 25 stitches in his lip. How is an elbow self defence???

A great game of rugby league though by 2 teams wanting to play open rugby league ruined by a tool with a whistle.

So...this week...

Adlington Rangers V Askam Askam by 4 - how good is their FB btw?
Dalton V Latchford Albion Dalton by 18 - Latchford are finished i heard
Orrell St James V Halton Farnworth HF by 12
Widnes St Maries V Wigan St Jude’s WSM by 16
Widnes West Bank V Ince Rose Bridge WB by 18
Wigan St Patrick’s V Woolston Rovers WR by 18

St Pats v Woolston called off by Pats

Watched West Bank take the unbeaten Clock to pieces last week, can they be beaten?

Tough game in the Semi of the Lancs Cup but fair play to them, they shouldn't be worried about any team right now!

And I say that trying not to choke with envy

They will take some stopping West Bank will, I was stunned to hear they'd turned over clock.