Putting Superleague to one side for a moment i think its worth mentioning what tremendous rugby league has been on offer in the past few days involving our local amateur teams.

For £2 we got to see an absolutley belting game between Ince and Judes followed by Wednesday nights game between Judes and St.Pats which was free of charge.

In terms of value for money you really couldnt ask for much more.

In particular i thought that both stand offs for both Pats and Judes were great to watch and in all seriouseness some of the skills on display were outstanding, particularly when you consider the weather conditions on Wednesday evening.

Thank the lord for amateur rugby league in Wigan.

I think it's also worth mentioning the crowds they got. They would put some of our NL2 sides to shame.

They should get up there then

2000 at the very least for each game and the weather on Wednesday was not the best.

IF we changed the name of one of our local amateur clubs to 'Cardiff' or 'Birmingham' or 'London' they'd be fastracked into superleague.

They might have to re-locate though

Personally I think the level that amateur RL is at around Wigan and Leigh is nothing short of incredible.

The talent on show is fantastic and the support is second to none. I watched Ince/Judes, Pats/Miners and Miners/East and they were fantastic matches. If only some of our players played with the courage and heart some of these players do.

This is the RFL, They'd never check.

went to the ince vs judes game and while i agree there was a good crowd the figure quoted of 2000 is laughable there was between 500 to 600 on
the standard was decent and both teams palyed very hard although the match was spoiled a bit by the sending off{ref had no choice}and the morons sat on the garages behind the fencing who constantly hurled foul and disgusting abuse at the officials and judes players and supporters,while technically they are not on bridges property they really were an emabarresment to the club.

I love watching amature games next sat will be shevington sharks v st pats if the 2 games they played last season are anything to go by it will be a cracker

I don't know "Who" quoted 2000 as I only saw the round up in the post and Observer and they said "4 Figure" but there were over 850 paying Speccies on at the game!

As for the "Morons" behind the Fencing, rather than call them an embarrasment to the club, I would consider it more of an embarrassment to the society you and I have to live in!

The club have had this discussion and TBH despite numerous suggestions there is not a great deal they can do!
If, as at most other grounds, these people were inter mingled into the crowd then you would get a whole different situation arising and something the club could control easier.

jukesays comment about the idiots being a product of the society we live in is a fair one,and i agree theres probbably not a lot the club can do about it as technically they are not on bridges property but they are still a cause of embarresment to bridge,however this is only one negative against all the positives a strong amatuer sports club brings to a local community.