Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:47 am  

Cronus wrote:

Didn't play in our fixture against them but I believe they've a couple of decent players mixed in with quite a few inexperienced lads.

We've no game until Little Hulton on 27th July now. Last week was postponed after Chester advised their pitch had been double-booked, they offered a 5pm or Sunday ko but we couldn't do either. I think the RU club they're based at cocked things up. It'll be a month off by the time we play again.

Wild Boars are in a similar situation no game for a period of 5/6 weeks, we are currently looking for friendlies so if you guys want a run out just give our club a shout.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:12 pm  

No league game but a great day for us nonetheless - we held a memorial fundraising day for a former player who passed recently, with 2 games at home.

A team of our 'A's & former players were due to take on Hope Valley in a memorial game but 2 cars didn't show so Hope only had 4 lads! Ended up being Hope + former and some current players vs the 'A' team. Good fun and finished Bury 'A's 36 - 20 Hope/Bury. Big shout to the Hope lads who played despite being let down.

Then our 1sts took on East Manchester Rangers. Problem was, 7 of us had just done 80 minutes in the other game (myself included)! Despite that, we started strong and stormed into a 26-0 lead at half time before over a terrible 20 min spell we conceded loads of penalties and made errors to let East Manc back into it to 26-16, before we took control again to finish 38-22. East Mancs are a young side with some strong runners but defensively a little inexperienced. Good tough game though, thoroughly enjoyable.

Tell you what, after 160 minutes today I will sleep tonight.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:59 am  

Tiger really turned the screw on Chester this weekend. A sluggish start but we scored 40 unanswered points in the second half to win 58-6. Played some fantastic rugby and now with competition for every spot and a 12 match winning streak we will take some beating! Aiming to go into the playoffs strong with the Bulldogs seamingly having the league leaders sewn up.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:43 pm  

Bury 40-10 Little Hulton

Great win for us in the big derby today after receiving a few 'digs' from a couple of LH boys on various social media through the week. Took control early on, scoring a length of the field try on 2 minutes and never looked back, running in several nice tries to lead 28-0 at half time (with kicks could have been 36). Second half was more even as LH had the slope and upped their running, and a sloppy bit of defence let them in to score but we never looked like conceding many. Their big lads (and they have a few) kept going but seemed to drop off as the game wore on.

Nice to do the double over our friends at LH.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:27 pm  

Latchford A have conceded our game tomorrow - looks like the 82-0 result last time put them off.

Our A team have got Eccles A in the 'Rail Life' Cup so we'll be off to support them.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:10 am  

Come to Aston and watch a proper team

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:32 pm  

Ashton Bears A 32-22 Widnes Tigers.
The Bears deservedly got revenge for an 18-0 loss earlier in the season in another bruising game. Lots of big hits & brutal tackling from both sides. It's a pity the ref was so inconsistent in letting the hits get too high at times. Credit to the Tigers who went down to 11 men for a spell & still kept their line intact. A big local derby for us next week as we entertain near neighbours Wigan Bulldogs.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:51 pm  

Morning Glory wrote:

Ashton Bears A 32-22 Widnes Tigers.
The Bears deservedly got revenge for an 18-0 loss earlier in the season in another bruising game. Lots of big hits & brutal tackling from both sides. It's a pity the ref was so inconsistent in letting the hits get too high at times. Credit to the Tigers who went down to 11 men for a spell & still kept their line intact. A big local derby for us next week as we entertain near neighbours Wigan Bulldogs.

Without wanting to pour scorn on Ashton's victory yesterday, we were 8 players out yesterday(myself included) who would almost certainly have featured. This was the one week we knew would be tough on our numbers and one we couldn't really afford to lose, however the previous 12 game unbeaten run we were on shows how far we have come since the first few weeks of the season, and I am also confident that this was just a blip. Now looking for a strong finish to the season and a positive playoff series!

Orrell pasted Wigan yesterday, that surprised me as IMO Wigan are a better outfit.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:18 pm  

Widnes Tigers ARLFC wrote:

Without wanting to pour scorn on Ashton's victory yesterday, we were 8 players out yesterday(myself included) who would almost certainly have featured. This was the one week we knew would be tough on our numbers and one we couldn't really afford to lose, however the previous 12 game unbeaten run we were on shows how far we have come since the first few weeks of the season, and I am also confident that this was just a blip. Now looking for a strong finish to the season and a positive playoff series!

Orrell pasted Wigan yesterday, that surprised me as IMO Wigan are a better outfit.

I watched this game yesterday and Widnes Tigers were a disgrace to themselves. You came with a game plan to bully a young Ashton team and came unstuck when this plan didn't work. Your tackling technique, if that's what you could call it, was simply just attack the opponents head. Can see why you may have won 12 on the trot at this level but as you progress up the leagues you may want to concentrate on trying to play rugby rather than knocking skulls! Full credit to Ashton who took everything that was thrown at them (literally) and played some excellent rugby.

Re: NW Mens Div 4 : Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:22 pm  

Don't you worry about us Millsy, we have a fine disciplinary record and play a good brand of rugby. After all, this isn't tiddlywinks. I'm not defending any of the players yesterday by the way, I have been told some let themselves down and I assure you this isn't the case week on week and certainly isn't how or why we had won 12 on the spin, I'm also confident that had we been able to field our strongest side, we would have dispatched Ashton comfortably.