Re: O/T War of the Roses : Sat May 31, 2014 10:00 am  

I would like to see such a fixture played - I'd be behind the White Rose of course being a Keighley lad. Just as an aside, take a look how your county has been violated by interfering politicians and their administrative boundary changes...
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All these clubs are historically in the county of Lancashire, their current administrative status in brackets:
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1. Widnes (Cheshire)
2. Warrington (Cheshire)
3. St Helens (Merseyside)
4. Salford (Greater Manchester)
5. Leigh (Greater Manchester)
6. Swinton (Greater Manchester)
7. Wigan (Greater Manchester)
8. Rochdale Hornets (Greater Manchester)
9. Oldham Roughyeds (Greater Manchester)
10. Barrow Raiders (Cumbria)
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The following clubs are in present-day 'Lancashire'...

That's correct - NONE.

Don't know about you but I think this is a disgrace. From Widnes to Barrow, remember your roots and fly the Red Rose flag high.

Re: O/T War of the Roses : Sat May 31, 2014 11:18 am  

I was talking to someone who is quite well connected in the game about a Lancashire v Yorkshire game just the other day.

Our opinion was that when we tried it last time the venues were wrong. Leeds and Wigan were just too big. If it was to be reinstated we should start off at smaller venues first (our suggestions were Cas and Leigh) and try to build it from there.