Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Sat May 28, 2022 12:52 pm  

Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup The AB Sundecks 1895 Final between Featherstone Rovers and Leigh Centurions was so much more than a curtain raiser for the Betfred Challenge Cup Final which would take place later in the afternoon at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it was a battle between the top two sides in the Championship and the result would reverberate much further than this one sunny Saturday afternoon out in the big smoke. It was a battle of two experienced coaches with neither Adrian Lam nor Brian McDermott strangers to major finals, McDermott with the upper hand and a record of six major finals wins as a player, and seven as a coach. This was the first time in its three-year history that Leigh have made it to the final, but they were facing a Featherstone side who were defending the Trophy which they picked up last season thanks to their 41-34 win over the York City Knights.  READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup The AB Sundecks 1895 Final between Featherstone Rovers and Leigh Centurions was so much more than a curtain raiser for the Betfred Challenge Cup Final which would take place later in the afternoon at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it was a battle between the top two sides in the Championship and the result would reverberate much further than this one sunny Saturday afternoon out in the big smoke. It was a battle of two experienced coaches with neither Adrian Lam nor Brian McDermott strangers to major finals, McDermott with the upper hand and a record of six major finals wins as a player, and seven as a coach. This was the first time in its three-year history that Leigh have made it to the final, but they were facing a Featherstone side who were defending the Trophy which they picked up last season thanks to their 41-34 win over the York City Knights.  READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 6:10 am  

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 7:31 am  

Well done Leigh

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 11:43 am  

Edwin Ipape is some player. Changed the game completely when he came on, best player on the pitch imo.

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 4:11 pm  

If Fev are the “best of the rest” then I don’t see Leigh having anything to fear at all tbh.

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 6:34 pm  

Another mediocre overly paid McDermott team.
He hasn’t the skill set to turn that around. This is his final job
Where as Lams building a formidable team at Leigh

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Mon May 30, 2022 10:21 pm  

DallasMead2 wrote:

If Fev are the “best of the rest” then I don’t see Leigh having anything to fear at all tbh.

Haven't Fev beaten Leigh in the league already ?

[Wanderer]

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Tue May 31, 2022 8:01 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Haven't Fev beaten Leigh in the league already ?

Yes, early February. Leigh's recruitment since then with the additions of the likes of Krisnan Inu, Blake Ferguson & Edwin Ipape makes them a whole different proposition from what they were on that particular Monday evening.

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Tue May 31, 2022 8:07 am  

wire-quin wrote:

Another mediocre overly paid McDermott team.
He hasn’t the skill set to turn that around. This is his final job
Where as Lams building a formidable team at Leigh

McDermott walked this league with Toronto when money was no issue. Leigh are spending big this season - more than Fev - and will probably end up being promoted to SL.
This has nothing to do with the skill set of the coaches and everything to do with player budget. Swap the coaches around and the result would be exactly the same.

Re: Leigh Centurions Lift 1895 Cup : Tue May 31, 2022 8:46 am  

Nothus wrote:

McDermott walked this league with Toronto when money was no issue. Leigh are spending big this season - more than Fev - and will probably end up being promoted to SL.
This has nothing to do with the skill set of the coaches and everything to do with player budget. Swap the coaches around and the result would be exactly the same.

Interesting thoughts? Who selects which players to buy and builds the team to play a certain way??