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Today Leigh East and Leigh Miners u 18 s played out the final of the Barla youth cup at the Willows , Salford
34 of Leighs finest young men put on an exciting tension filled display of RL
A scoreline of 2 - 0 to East at H/T and then an 80 minutes score of 8 - 8 resulted in 20 minutes of extra time
2 Further scores put East in the driving seat until Miners came back to score with 2 minutes left to set up a last chance to even things up
East kept the Miners out to record an 18 - 12 win
So yes mr Lewis Leigh Centurions youth development might be questioned but what you cannot dispute is that the town is and always will be a RL heartland and hotbed of talent
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Starbug wrote:Today Leigh East and Leigh Miners u 18 s played out the final of the Barla youth cup at the Willows , Salford 34 of Leighs finest young men put on an exciting tension filled display of RL A scoreline of 2 - 0 to East at H/T and then an 80 minutes score of 8 - 8 resulted in 20 minutes of extra time 2 Further scores put East in the driving seat until Miners came back to score with 2 minutes left to set up a last chance to even things up East kept the Miners out to record an 18 - 12 win
So yes mr Lewis Leigh Centurions youth development might be questioned but what you cannot dispute is that the town is and always will be a RL heartland and hotbed of talent
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Eurob0y wrote:Hotbed of talent? How many players are there in SL, who were born in Leigh?
There aren't very many people under the age of 35 who were born in Leigh, never mind Super League players. But since when did player development become dependant on the nearest maternity unit?
Leyther_Matt wrote:There aren't very many people under the age of 35 who were born in Leigh, never mind Super League players. But since when did player development become dependant on the nearest maternity unit?
So instead of saying "hotbed of talent", he should have said, hotbed of participation rates"?
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Birstalltiger wrote:Why is then your School rugby is sh-t and Cas high and Airdale high win every cup every single year if your junior rugby is that good in Leigh.
Im not a leigh fan dude
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Birstalltiger wrote:Why is then your School rugby is sh-t and Cas high and Airdale high win every cup every single year if your junior rugby is that good in Leigh.
I dare say it has summat to do with the rugby talent being spread over a number of local high schools (Lowton, Bedford, Westleigh, St. Mary's and the like) rather than concentrated in one. Certainly can't argue with the performances of Leigh Miners Rangers and Leigh East, both at junior and open age level.
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