Quote ="poplar cats alive"The family of rugby league shown at it's best yesterday. The raising of £12K just shows that the family spirit of our game is as strong as ever. The respect that was shown towards the Whitehaven team was a credit to our club.'"
100%, and the 'Haven team and fans deserve respect for honouring the spirit of the game and fulfilling the fixture despite overwhelming odds - and in the process holding out against a much superior team for 20 minutes AND scoring a decent try late on. They deserve the respect shown to them at the ground and, I'm told, by the many fans of other clubs who bought tickets with no intention of turning up for the game.