Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:21 pm  

A bit of fun and Without wanting to anger the rugby gods too much and tempt fate, I’m going with the following predictions for the bash.
Fev 14 - 34 Leyth

The rest I’m predicting the winner only.
London to beat Sheff
Batley to beat Dews
Fax to beat Bradford
Widnes to beat Barrow
Whitehaven to beat Worky
York to beat Newcastle

I’m away for the weekend so I’m hoping to find wifi and a radio commentary on ‘t’internet.
Safe journey to all who are traveling and I hope I at least get the Leyth result right, and we come away without major injuries.
Up The Comics

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:24 pm  

No quibble with your winners, Vanners - though after last weekend anything could happen! Bongser will reserve his Leigh score pred until the 17 is out. 21 man squads (ours posted below) don't mean a dashed thing (Green missing again).

The thing to note for this party is that Lam jnr has been allocated the No 30 shirt. Could be wrong but thought James Bell (a fave of yours Vanners so you may confirm) had already played wearing that number this season.

The matchday squad is as follows:

1. Caleb Aekins – sponsored by CatonLloyd Audio Visual Solutions Ltd.

3. Keanan Brand – sponsored by Homes Together Ltd.

4. Nene Macdonald – sponsored by PPS Design + Build Ltd.

6. Ben Reynolds – sponsored by AB Sundecks.

7. Joe Mellor – sponsored by RM Couriers.

8. Adam Sidlow – sponsored by A.D.S. Marquees.

9. Aaron Smith – sponsored by Ask Platt Office Supplies Ltd.

10. Mark Ioane – sponsored by HyrdaMed (Farmigea)

11. Joe Wardle – sponsored by Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Ltd.

12. Sam Stone – sponsored by ADW Electrical and EV Ltd.

16. Ed Chamberlain – sponsored by Cloud 4 Computers Ltd.

17. Jacob Jones – sponsored by CDA Business Services Ltd.

18. John Asiata – sponsored by The Centurion Pub.

21. Edwin Ipape – sponsored by Leigh Fans.

22. James McDonnell – sponsored by Alpha Skip Hire, Leigh.

23. Krisnan Inu – sponsored by Impact Insurance.

24. Kai O’Donnell – sponsored by Paul Lester Transport Ltd.

25. Ben Nakubuwai – sponsored by Alpha Skip Hire, Leigh.

26. Blake Ferguson – sponsored by Homes Together Ltd.

27. Josh Charnley – sponsored by Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Ltd.

30. Lachlan Lam – sponsored by Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Ltd.

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:06 pm  

Wild guess - Brand, Chamberlain, Jones and random forward to miss out

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:07 am  

[quote="Bent&Bongser"]No quibble with your winners, Vanners - though after last weekend anything could happen! Bongser will reserve his Leigh score pred until the 17 is out. 21 man squads (ours posted below) don't mean a dashed thing (Green missing again).

The thing to note for this party is that Lam jnr has been allocated the No 30 shirt. Could be wrong but thought James Bell (a fave of yours Vanners so you may confirm) had already played wearing that number this season.


You are right Bongser. Bell has worn that shirt, most recently against Dewbury I believe, but if anyone is going to wear it as well, if not even better, it is Lachlan Lam. Not a tough prediction, but for anyone who hasn’t seen this lad play, he is going to light up the Championship (and hopefully SL). He is a quality halfback but could we see him play hooker for some minutes when Edwin rests, then switch to a utility back when Edwin is on the field. Any combination from this group, Aekins, Mellor, Reynolds, Inu, Nene, Ferguson and Charnley, linked with Lam and Ipape on at the same time, will be an impossible force to stop. (And you can throw Chamberlain and Brand in there also of course)
I’d love to see Bell back for a few games, but don’t think there is any chance he will be with us for the playoffs so we may not see him again this season as Saints rotate to stay as fresh as possible.

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:29 am  

Judging by the squad, I expect Leigh to go big in the backs (size of units) and big in the pack as usual.
With Featherstone struggling with injuries, I would expect Leigh to try and steamroller Fev.

Expect a big score as Leigh attempt to further demoralise the Flat Cappers in the run up to the Grand Final. If you want to see the state of Fev fans, I suggest looking up the recent Mark Campbell interview.

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Sat Jul 30, 2022 6:24 pm  

Fev 10-46 Leigh

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:42 pm  

That's gone then!

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:17 pm  

Not far off!

Job Done Sticker for Leigh. Five clear at the top - lovin' it.

Counts for neauwt concrete due to the stupidity of the MPG but Fev tried everything this evening and they are coming up increasingly short :

Feb: Fev 28-6
May: Leigh 30-16
June: Leigh 32-12
July: Leigh 46-16

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Sun Jul 31, 2022 3:55 am  

Good win yet again. Points scored for are increasing each time we play them and hold them to similar score against. Keep them scoring under 20 then we beat them every time . My concern if we meet in grand final is that they start pushing the niggle and drawing us in and away from our normal game.

Re: Summer Bash Score Predictions ? : Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:32 am  

Leyther in nz wrote:

Good win yet again. Points scored for are increasing each time we play them and hold them to similar score against. Keep them scoring under 20 then we beat them every time . My concern if we meet in grand final is that they start pushing the niggle and drawing us in and away from our normal game.

That for me is their only card now. A smart coach knows it, and we have a smart coach. I just don’t see Fev beating us (though I know it could happen, but a smart person doesn’t put money on it)
I was able to “find” a stream of the game today and was mostly able to watch it. The lads were very, very good BUT the scary thing is, we didn’t play that well at times. We tried to push it too much a couple of times either side of the half when we were creating clear points gaps and made mistakes that gave them points. I don’t say this to be negative however, just to point out that we can still be better !!!!!
A job very well done today lads