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NRC final : Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:49 pm  
Incredibly exciting game which had everything - great defence, superb tries and a bit of biff.

North Wales played very well in the plate and had a passionate, sizeable band of followers and then Leigh blew the Eagles away in the last 20 backed by about 60% of the crowd.

All in all a really enjoyable day!

Plaudits too for Mr Leatherbarrow who let the rugby be the star. A SL ref in the making I think.
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:02 am  
4,179 - for a day where there were four competing clubs. Thoughts?
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:29 am  
Hardly a surprise when three of them are Skolars, Crusaders and Eagles.

The location of Fax versus Blackpool no doubt made a difference as well, in terms of the appeal of a family day out.
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:51 am  
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Hardly a surprise when three of them are Skolars, Crusaders and Eagles.

The location of Fax versus Blackpool no doubt made a difference as well, in terms of the appeal of a family day out.


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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:46 am  
The biff during Leigh vs Sheffield was a bit special
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:50 am  
We did our bit, took about 2800 of the crowd. Atmosphere was amazing in the Leigh end.

Enjoyed seeing a few Fax fans wearing their shirts at the game with pride, fair play to them.

If it had been Leigh v Fax/Fev there would have been 7-8k on.
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:14 am  
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4,179 - for a day where there were four competing clubs. Thoughts?


There was a very impressive following from Crus considering the challenges they have endured in recent years. Skolars had a handful of loyal fans who had made the journey north and Leigh fans turned out in numbers, probably 2500+, which considering it is the first weekend of wakes fortnight is pretty good.
Eagles following was an embarrassment and I don't know what else they can do to boost their profile in such a large football city.
What about the main game though? Exciting enough for SL fans to appreciate was it?
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:53 am  
A wonderful day's rugby league with two cracking finals.

Kudos to the small army of Crusaders fans for creating a great atmosphere in the first game and to Skolars for really giving it a go and taking North Wales all the way.

The Leigh-Sheffield contest was a beauty from start to finish and no one could have left the ground feeling short changed. It was a final that ebbed and flowed and had a bit of everything.

The day proved there is nothing wrong with the game on the field at all. The players never let us down and the truism that two evenly matched teams will always produce a decent game was upheld.

What a shame the same can't be said of the game's administrators or 'fans' like Andy Gilder whose immediate response is to complain about the attendance (the lowest-ever for a Northern Rail/Buddies final). Did you go Andy ?

I'd put the crowd-drop down to the powers-that-be for taking it away from Blackpool. A day/weekend in Halifax hardly has the same ring to it does it ? To out it into perspective there were 9400 for the Hull KR-Cas final at Blackpool and it was live on Sky in 2005.

However, I'm glad I went (as a neutral) and its a shame more fans don't show support for this great game we have.

Use it or lose it should be the message. This truly IS the greatest game of all.
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:12 am  
The NL/NRC has rarely produced a poor match, and based in Blackpool it was ripe for promotion as a junior Challenge Cup Final EVENT, IMO more could have been done to encourage more neutral fans to attend

Since losing seasonal promotion the junior cup had taken on more prominence within the NLs/Championships as a fun competition without the double edged joy/disapointment of winning the league, it is and could have become a much more ' Vibrant, worth winning in its own right ' competition
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Re: NRC final : Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:18 am  
Good to see the passion from the Leigh fans over yesterdays victory. It will be a shame when promotion/relegation returns and this is replaced with it being treated more as an irritant on the quest for the promised land of SL.
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