Match 28: Leigh Centurions (Home - Qualifiers)
fevnut's musings
Leigh Centurions -
again!
At the end of last season there were quite a number of Fev
supporters who were quite glad to see Leigh promoted. That was solely because
they were glad to look forward to a season without playing them. That’s because
we have lost seven successive matches against them. But it’s not all doom and
gloom. Through history we’ve actually beaten them more often than they’ve
beaten us. A lot has been made of Leigh chairman, Derek Beaumont, saying that Fev
are the biggest threat in the Qualifiers. We choose to totally ignore that
because it seems to us that Beaumont is constantly playing mind games and it is
very difficult, therefore, to judge whether he really believes his own
utterances!
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So proud to be Fev
What an incredibly great weekend many of us had recently in
Toulouse. We got off the bus from the airport and were about to start finding
our hotel when we became aware of a mass of people singing. Looked up and
it was the Fev supporters at ‘The Melting Pot’ over the road. For the
uninitiated, The Melting Pot is the place where RL supporters gather in
Toulouse. So, the next day it was down to the Stade Ernest Argelès. We got there easily with a €2 bus journey. Unfortunately many
others took taxis and got delivered to the wrong stadium, arriving late at the
match!
It
was truly amazing, there we were over 700 miles from home, and the noise and
atmosphere in the stadium was totally dominated by Fev supporters. We felt so
proud to be a part of the Fev community. It was also a tremendous match. Those
there will never forget that 15 minute spell in the second half when we were
constantly defending our line without conceding a try. In the end we lost but
we played really well and the deciding try came in the last minute from Kuni
Minga, Toulouse’s brilliant winger, whose job was made easier by the weakening
of our right flank caused by injury to Luke Briscoe.
Another
full day then spent in Toulouse which included a boat trip on the river and
canal and enjoying some lovely French food and fantastic ice-cream!
Any
Fev fans contemplating a trip to France for a future map. It’s really well
worth it!!
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And a bit embarrassed
too
Featherstone
Rovers Ladies team have been undergoing major rebuilding this year after the
departure of coach, Brenda Dobek, and losing many players too. So they did
really well to reach last Sunday’s Challenge Cup Final played in York. It
proved a step too far and after taking an early lead they were somewhat taken
apart in the second half with Bradford Bulls eventually winning 50-16. The
standard of the women’s game is constantly improving and is now unrecognisable
from a few years ago. There was a wonderful performance from Bradford Bull’s
second rower, Shone Hoyle.
But
it wasn’t the scoreline that embarrassed us. No, it was the dire attitude of
Fev folk to our women’s team. There may have been one or two more but we only
saw 8 Fev supporters there (including us) and we didn’t see any Fev officials
at all. In contrast there were about 300 supporters of the Bulls. They brought
two coaches, several mini-buses, a drummer and a trumpeter and gave great vocal
support to their team throughout the match. It was a bit like the Fev support
in Toulouse. Our Ladies team have won numerous trophies over recent years but
the support they are given by both the club and supporters is frankly pathetic.
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