Fixtures and Results 2012 - 13 Club President Wolves Vikings Hawks Ravens N1W Bateman Premier RB3S RB5E JON HITCH September 1 ANSELMIANS W Burnage L Burnage W CREWE & NANT’CH W 8 VALE OF LUNE L Macclesfield L W ASHTON ON M W 15 Rochdale L PRESTON GH L MOORE W Macclesfield C Welcomes 22 LIVERPOOL ST H L Vale of Lune L Marple W Whitchurch 29 W LIVERPOOL ST H W BOWDON W FLEETWOOD October 6 LEIGH W L Kersal W SANDBACH W 13 W FYLDE W SANDBACH D Didsbury Toc H W 20 SALE L Lymm L Hope Valley L CONGLETON W Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Rugby Club where we are entertaining Fleetwood 27 Widnes L PARK L W RUFC today. November 3 WIRRAL W Caldy L Glossop L MANCHESTER W 10 SANDBACH The last time we had fixtures with Fleetwood before resuming relations last November was back in the 17 Fleetwood W CHESTER L WIRRAL W Holmes Chapel L 24 CARLISLE L Chester ACTON NOMADS days of the old NW2 league, when Ged Hill was captain in 1998/99/2000. We played them four times, winning on three occasions and losing once, when the match was transferred from the Fleetwood ground December 1 8 Altrincham Kersal L BURNAGE (Cup) L OSWESTRY W Linley & Kidsgrove L to an out of town school venue. The following season the leagues were reorganised and we went our 15 Vale of Lune W SEDGLEY PARK W Ashton on Mersey separate ways. We also met according to Barry Fisher, the stats man who is never wrong, in the 1994-5 22 29 season. It was played on 28th. January 1995 up on the Jim Evison Field, our main pitch being flooded, and I think it must have been an Intermediate Cup match, a competition that was subsequently January 5 ROCHDALE W Liverpool St. Helens L Moore D MACCLESFIELD L 12 Liverpool St. H L LYMM W MARPLE abandoned. Wilmslow won 29-10. I hope this is not an omen as we are hosting the Wilmslow Half 19 KIRKBY L’DALE P Birkenhead Park Bowdon Sandbach Marathon tomorrow and would like some degree of dryness on the pitches otherwise around a 1000 extra 26 Leigh P cars will be clogging up the surrounding area!!!! ( the latest forecast shows a vain hope!). Out of interest February 2 KIRKBY L’DALE W Altrincham Kersal L ALTRINCHAM K W Whitchurch W on the wing for Fleetwood that day was one Liam Botham. His Dad was not watching. 9 MANCHESTER W STOCKPORT W Sandbach L DIDSBURY TOC H W 16 Sale L LIVERPOOL ST. H W HOPE VALLEY W Congleton W 23 VALE OF LUNE W WINNINGTON PARK W HOLMES CHAPEL W Fleetwood, officially founded in 1932, have developed into a very good community club for their area, working hard to develop the club house and to add on new pitches, launching the juniors in the early March 2 WIDNES W Lymm L Warrington 9 Wirral W BIRKENHEAD PARK L GLOSSOP Manchester 1990’s and to run four senior teams. Their first team has had mixed success in the leagues but are 16 Leigh L Birkenhead Park L always a very competitive side. No doubt their proximity to Fylde and Preston GH means that some 23 FLEETWOOD Wirral HOLMES CHAPEL 30 players will drift away but their juniors seem to fill the gaps. My only negative about them, which I

April 6 Carlisle ALTRINCHAM K CHESTER Acton Nomads regret is that they have their own micro climate. Every time I have been there on either business or rugby 13 ALTRINCHAM K Stockport Oswestry LINLEY & KIDSGR’E it has been gale force and b****y freezing!!! I was watching our close game at their ground before 20 Anselmians Vale of Lune BURNAGE Crewe & Nantwich 27 Christmas and complained about the wind to their President. He said it was only a gentle zephyr!!!

Senior Colts (U19s) and Junior Colts (U17s) Back to the Wolves, the season is reaching its end with four games left including today and they are Raging Bull Senior Colts League : Division A Junior Colts League : Division B firmly positioned in the middle. They have had two very good tough close wins against Widnes at home and then away at Wirral, but last week they just didn’t turn up (like ) and lost poorly at Leigh. Seniors Juniors Seniors Juniors At least, the Wolves had excuses with unavailability problems and late cry offs. England had no Sep 2 Wirral L Jan 6 LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE excuse! The Wolves have grown into a good unit with good spirit in the second half of the season and 9 LYMM L Lymm L 13 CALDY HWO Kirkby Lonsdale should be able to consolidate their position in what remains of it. There are no easy games though and it 16 Preston GH W SANDBACH L 20 Chester 23 SANDBACH W Stockport L 27 League Cup League Cup would be a shame if they were to take the foot of the pedal just because they’re neither in the 30 Stockport W STOKE ON TRENT L promotional race nor battling against relegation. Our visitors have nothing to lose either. They know in Oct 7 Macclesfield W ORMSKIRK L Feb 3 Caldy Cup L County Cup which league they’re going to be playing next season and with that monkey off their back, they can in a 14 Liverpool Collegiate L 10 WIRRAL W 21 Caldy W KIRKBY LONSDALE L 17 Chester L sense relax mentally and just go out to play and give it a go. 28 24 Nov CHESTER March League Cup League Cup A bit about England – as I usually do! First of all congratulations (with gritted teeth!) to Wales and I 4 Lymm L LYMM L 3 WEST PARK W League Cup hope Bryn, Mostyn, Ceri and all the other Gaels and Celts, hanging around this club, enjoy their little 11 PRESTON GH L Sandbach HWO 10 Chester League Cup AWO League Cup 18 County Cup Rd 1 County Cup Rd 1 17 Stoke League Cup W County Cup moment of glory! Interestingly, whilst watching the Vikings at Birkenhead Park, last Saturday, the 25 24 crowd of two agreed that they were worried that England where again becoming too formulaic. Early 31 games under Stuart Lancaster showed great promise in that new talent was coming in and seemed to be Dec Sandbach W STOCKPORT Apr 7 League Cup League Cup allowed to play the game ‘as they saw it’, but for me the Welsh game showed that the pressure was too 2 STOCKPORT W Stoke on Trent 14 League Cup League Cup 9 MACCLESFIELD W Ormskirk 21 League Cup League Cup much for them. They didn’t trust their instinct and were reverting back to type. Stuart please read this!! 16 28 League Cup Finals League Cup Finals Pikey send him a copy of the magazine will you! 23 30 Widnes 2nd. March Saturday 2nd. March 2013 North 1 West Wilmslow 27-20 Widnes 2012 - 2013 SEASON Hon. President and Wolves Captain Wilmslow RUFC Club Chairman Mike Black What a difference four months can make. Back in late October, the Wolves had been steam rollered into abject Kings Road Jon Hitch Vice Captain submission by a decent Widnes side, which until the last fortnight had been close to knocking on the promotional Wilmslow Immediate Past President Ben Day race door. The Wolves were determined that in this return fixture, the experience would not be repeated. They SK9 5PZ David Barker Director of Rugby came out bristling with intent into what became an excellent game of rugby, full of endeavour, spikiness and ‘heart in Hon. Secretary Daz Lucas the mouth’ incident. Tel : 01625 522274 Barry Fisher Club Coaches They took the game to their opponents from the outset, scored after just five minutes and then set about building the Hon. Treasurer Rick Jones half time lead, which would be the foundations of victory. It wasn’t to be all one way traffic though as in the second Tony Kersh Richard Hughes half, the fluent Widnes back line got into their stride and set about getting their side back into the game and toso Craig Cooper nearly being able to snatch the spoils. The Wolves, particularly their pack, held their nerve though and it was their Team Manager forceful play, which forced the Widnes forwards into transgressions. Two Yellow Cards and a penalty count, Club Website Mike Blackett significantly in the Wolves favour, enabled the Wolves’ talisman, Bob MacCallum, to steady the ship and to take full www pitchero.com/clubs/wilmslow Vikings Captain retribution. By the end it was his five penalty goals which won the day but it was the belligerence of his forwards, Oliver Mooney countering the threat of the Widnes backs, which had created the opportunities. Hawks Captain Magazine Editor and Club Press Officer : David Pike Matt Tucker The tone was set from the early moment that scrum half Andy Walker booted the ball deep into the Widnes half to Tel : 01625 525616 : 07886 588524 : Ravens Captain herald fifteen minutes of attacking pressure from the home side. Using a steady following breeze judiciously to set [email protected] Jim Senior up several good positions, the Wolves scored a fine catch and drive try from second row Mike Clifford after just five minutes. Briefly Widnes broke out and showed how dangerous they could be when a decent enough Walker grubber was collected under pressure by winger, Paul O’Connor, who found space to elude his pursuers and to put his dangerous mid field away. 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Naturally, much drink had been taken and Jim, Jon and Clive thought they would go for a stroll along the sea front before going to bed. Jon failed to notice that they were on the sea wall and stepped over onto the beach below, a nine foot drop, and smashed his teeth against his knee on hitting the ground. Luckily, the tide was out, so Jim was able to jump down and was sober enough to have the presence of mind to pull Jon’s teeth straight.

We were having a good Cup run that year and Jon had organised a training session on the Sunday morning and had to justify his hangover and severely bruised face to the rest of the squad. The teeth survived.

A week on Monday, Easter Monday, the Club will be hosting the finals of the Cheshire Vase and Bowl competitions. Clubs involved are Sale v Wirral and Winnington Park v Crewe & Nantwich. Kick-offs will In the end it was a be at 1.30 and 3.30. Come along to watch the games without the pressure and anxiety induced by watching desperately close call Wilmslow. between two sides with little to choose between them on the day. In fact, Finally an unknown scribe has passed me the following parody of a John Masefield poem, which I thought the Wilmslow team was you might enjoy. just a tad fortunate to hold on as Stoke mounted Quinquagenarian referee from distant Society, Dirty British forward, with blood caked toe-cap, several late attacks which running down the touchline full of self-esteem. butting through the line-out with his elbows went very close to getting the winning score. With his kitbag full of notebooks, raised. whistles and the law book, With his limbs full of linament, The Wilmslow side can be contact lenses, hair oil and sun-tan cream. Bandages and Vaseline grateful to Tommy Madly making mayhem as he plays half dazed. Wilkinson for a determined Stately stepping centre, straight from university, score midway through the where he used to be the captain for his college second half to put them 16 –12 ahead. He had gone Third. very close just minutes earlier as the photo on the right shows but With his head full of philosophy, not to Referee Daniel’s satisfaction. left-wing politics, motor cars, lack of cash and last night’s bird. Stoke responded immediately with a converted try and a penalty, so when Wilmslow found themselves trailing by six points a few minutes later, it was a clever bit of play from Wilf Noden, playing fly half on the day, that saved the day. A somewhat fortuitous kick and chase had taken play to the Stoke line, where the ball bounced forward off a Stoke player to give the second wave of Wilmslow chasers a chance in front of the posts. Before they could get to it though a Stoke player, who was now clearly offside, couldn’t resist the temptation to go for it. The penalty was called in front of the posts and Noden gathered his team around him to instruct most of them to go out to the left touchline and to gather themselves into a group. This they did, I’m not sure that the forwards amongst them knew what the crafty Noden had in mind but the Stoke boys fell for the ruse as they fanned across to cover the perceived threat. Noden now had plenty of space in front of him to take a quick tap and pass to Rohan Longmore standing unobtrusively on his right. Longmore only had to catch the ball to stroll over unmolested which is what he did. It was a smart bit of play which won the game for Wilmslow. Cunning lad, that Noden, cleverer than his dad when he played!

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Have you ever wondered what an assessor is really doing on The game was never confirmed said the cornered referee,

the touchline whilst the rest of us are shouting advice to the Regulations require that the home side contact me to confirm players and referee or howling in disapproval at some event the match and they didn’t so that’s why I wasn’t there. It’s not or decision. the first time it’s happened with Chester he added.

After the Wirral game as I trudged off the sodden field with It was as if Simon Muckle had deliberately omitted to confirm

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Tries Points Drop Drop Goald referee make any really disastrous decision? No, I answered, chances and had decided that a no referee show was the Jordan Ayrey 17 even though I felt that fifteen penalties to them and only four best way of getting the match rearranged for a time when he Ed Armitage 6 3 7 6 48 to us was harsh. Was it a safe game to play in, he asked could put out a stronger side. Of course, Simon would never Jonny Barltrop 11 next. Yes, it was I replied. Did the players enjoy the game? do such a foul thing but you can see what I mean. Yes, I would have thought so. Wet, muddy, physical, Mike Black 22 2 10 competitive, a bit of niggle and containing just about Prompted by the outcome of the Sharon ‘Sherlock. Shotton Dominic Clancy 13 1 5 everything that a rugby player would enjoy. enquiry, a complaint was now made to the Raging Bull competitions committee about the deceit and duplicity of the Mike Clifford 22 2 10 And finally, did the right side win? I didn’t answer that one Chester club and the affair was promptly escalated to the Craig Cooper 9 3 15 because I didn’t want to appear unduly partisan so he gave highest levels. Their original decision was overturned, Angus Crawford 1 his opinion. I think so he said. The Wilmslow team just Chester were expelled from the competition but allowed to looked as though it had the greater appetite and had looked enter the Vase or Jug or Bowl, whichever one is next in line, Sam Cutts 17 5 25 just the slightly more capable of the two sides. no different from what would have happened if they’d played and lost or just been honest in admitting that there had been Ben Day 23 16 80 Subterfuge and Deception at Chester a cock up. There may have been questions over their Alex Donaldson 10 1 5 When the Senior Colts turned up at Chester a couple of organisational competence but at least their reputation for weeks ago for their Raging Bull League Cup match, they integrity and honesty would still have been in tact. Tom Hall 11 weren’t to know that they were the intended victims of a vile and devious plot to have them eliminated from the The Wilmslow team was justly reinstated in the Raging Bull Jack Harrison 4 1 1 8 competition without the game ever being played. Cup and last weekend advanced to the semi final by scraping Adam Hewitt 3 home 23-22 against Stoke to now face either Lymm, They had arrived in good time, had changed and warmed up Stockport or Preston GH for a place in the final. Good luck to Richard Hughes 19 6 30 and as the 2.00pm. kick off time approached had gathered in them. Simon Irving 9 their changing room. The next knock on the door wasn’t the referee though summoning them to take the field but a 29th. Wilmslow Half Marathon Lawrence James 18 8 40 dastardly official from the home club, who told them that the This year’s race departs from tradition in not being held on referee had just called off, yes, called off less than five the last Sunday in March as this would clash with Easter. So Ben Jones 16 2 10 minutes before the game was due to start. There was it’s a week early this time and will take place tomorrow. As Danny Jones 8 2 10 nobody else available to take his place, it was claimed, so it usual the race will start at 10.30am. at the rugby club. There was either a case of waiting until 3.30pm. to see if a is a full entry list of 5000 intending to run and this year’s lead Rick Jones 21 3 15 replacement could be found, presumably by then burping, charity, which deserves everyone’s support, is the East farting and full of Sunday lunch or deciding the tie by the toss Cheshire Hospice. James Keys 3 of a coin. It was Mothering Sunday and the colt’s coaches Harrison Lewis 2 1 5 thoughtfully didn’t want family arrangements to be interfered Last year’s race was won by the Sale Harrier Anthony Ford in with by a late kick off, so a coin was called for. Nobody 1:04: 54, over two minutes ahead of second placed Tomas Rohan Longmore 15 1 1 3 14 checked whether it was a double headed one or not, that sort Abyu, who won in 2005 and 2007. The leading lady was Ollie McCall 17 4 20 of thing isn’t done at Wilmslow, and the toss was duly won by Catherine Ansell from Herne Hill. Chester. At that stage the Raging Bull committee was Specialists in Domestic Extension Bob MacCallum 18 1 24 35 147 informed and the home side entered into the next round. Rob Down was the first Wilmslow runner home in 73 minutes to win the over 45 category and Diane McVey was the first Johnny Newsom Design 2 Enter Mrs Sharon ’Sherlock’ Shotton, who in the tradition of Wilmslow lady on 86 minutes.. Tom Pearson 1 P J Design, 84 Chapel Lane, Tom Rayner 7 4 20 Alex Taylor 13 1 5 Wilmslow Danny Thomas 2 Tel. 01625 523180 Andy Vassell 12 1 5 Andy Walker 5 Paul Sheridon wishes the Wolves Jack Walmsley 22 1 5 every success in 2012-13 Josh Whiteley 8 Charlie Wilton 5

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Saturday 2nd. March Saturday 16th. March Just as one was thinking that this Wilmslow side was developing nicely into a genuine top half of the table side, along comes Lymm 20-10 Vikings Birkenhead Pk 49-3 Vikings a painful reality check. It didn’t help, of course, that two of the Wolves’ most influential players were missing and that several Warrington 37-7 Developmentals others were carrying the after effects of the vomiting bug. Skipper Mike Black just had to shrug his shoulders afterwards, Crewe & Nantwich 38-12 Ravens saying that right from the preliminaries and pre match warm up, things just hadn’t felt right. Our energy levels weren’t there Saturday 9th. March today, he added. Whatever the reasons, including possibly a reaction to the intense effort put in over the last fortnight against Vikings 15-17 Birkenhead Pk Widnes and Wirral, it was a pale anaemic performance from the Wolves in comparison to the desire and appetite shown in Developmentals 25-17 Glossop Manchester 7-21 Ravens recent outings.

On recent form the Wolves had looked a reasonable bet to continue their winning run at Leigh but the home side was never Bateman BMW Premier league—Conference B going to be any kind of easy pushover. Just one place below the Wolves in the league table, they have enjoyed some notable wins against Carlisle, Sale and Vale of Lune after a slow start to the season and at something approaching full strength are a Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj Birkenhead Park Wanderers decent enough side. They are in a period of transition trying to bring through their next generation but for this game, the 8 7 1 0 273 119 154 30 0 experienced half back hinge of David Wood and Anthony Bentham was in place, Adam Dyson was on the wing, the war horse (2nd XV) Calvin Crompton was occupying the No. 8 berth and in No.12 Ross Shepherd, they had a recruit from Rugby League with a Vale of Lune 2nd XV 8 5 0 3 191 129 62 23 0 bit of gas and the ability to hold off the tackle. Other names on their team sheet showed experienced players who will have Wilmslow 2nd XV 9 4 0 5 178 173 5 21 0 been familiar to their opponents. Altrincham Kersal Cougars 8 3 1 4 192 190 2 18 0 (2nd XV) Round Ash Park was as it always is when Wilmslow are calling. That’s to say it was generally damp with pools of surface Stockport 2nd XV 7 3 1 3 200 116 84 17 0 water lying behind the goal posts and along the touchlines. As kick off approached, a Leigh official armed with a fork was still Lymm 2nd XV 7 2 1 4 129 166 -37 14 0 working on pitch divots. There didn’t look as though there had been any spring growth of grass but to be fair, the pitch was otherwise perfectly playable. Liverpool St Helens 2nd XV 7 1 0 6 88 358 -270 10 0 Division 3 South The opening exchanges consisted of a number of not very well directed positional kicks from both sides and it was from one, a direct kick to touch from outside the twenty two that enabled Leigh to set up their first attacking position after about ten Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Adj minutes. The Wolves first two lineouts were both lost and throughout the game, as Mike Blackett diplomatically said after- Chester 3rd XV 19 18 0 1 942 171 771 73 0 wards, it just didn’t function. Meanwhile the Wolves regularly squandered ball in the contact areas and when a high ball was dropped in front of the posts after about twenty five minutes, Leigh had a perfect attacking position and after winning the Bowdon 2nd XV 21 15 0 6 483 324 159 66 0 scrum and recycling a couple of times, they had all the space they needed to set up a position for left winger Dyson to get the Wilmslow 3rd XV 21 14 2 5 469 365 104 65 0 opening score. Wolves scrum half Andy Burnage 3rd XV 20 14 0 6 555 342 213 62 0 Walker was doing all he could to breathe some life into the team with Warrington 3rd XV 20 11 0 9 403 359 44 53 0 several quickly taken tap penalties but Sandbach 3rd XV 20 12 1 7 467 471 -4 53 -4 when the ball was lost in contact by one Glossop 3rd XV 19 9 0 10 338 441 -103 46 0 or other of his team mates, Leigh were Oswestry 2nd XV 21 9 0 12 336 390 -54 45 -2 on the attack again, earning a penalty just before half time from which full back Hope Valley 21 8 0 13 321 519 -198 45 0 Elliot Ryan added another three points. Marple 2nd XV 20 8 0 12 396 485 -89 44 0 At half time, the Wolves had not once Wirral 3rd XV 20 8 0 12 333 449 -116 44 0 sustained an attacking position in Leigh Moore 2nd XV 21 6 1 14 318 500 -182 39 0 FINE BENGALI & territory. 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On going drainage work on Wirral’s first team pitch meant also that this match had to be transferred to their reserve pitch two hundred yards down the lane on the edge of a large featureless open field. By kick off time, small groups of either the hardy or the foolish, depending on your point of view, had gathered in clusters along the sodden touchlines. Their fortitude was to be well rewarded by a gritty game between two of the most improved sides in the league, lying fifth and seventh respectively.

In taking the spoils and brushing aside both a fifteen to four penalty count in the home side’s favour and a set piece which Just identify yourself as a Wilmslow was increasingly outplayed and dismantled as the afternoon wore on, the visitors from Wilmslow had most to be pleased about. Their players had showed a real appetite for the fray and they showed themselves to be as resilient as their Rugby Club member by producing opponents in every other aspect, arguably more so. They took their chances to score two well created tries from wingers either your valid 2011 - 12 Sam Cutts and Lawrence James and in the decisive act of the match were awarded a penalty try, when Cutts was impeded membership handbook at the in the act of scoring his second try late in the second half. The return of Andy Walker to the scrum half berth has also made a big difference. Walker is an abrasive Scot from Dumfries, who plays like an additional back row forward. He has following retail outlets or the an eye for the gap, passes and kicks well and makes his presence felt by constantly distracting his opponent and getting participating retailer’s card to into his space. Add to this the general belligerence around the field of Simon Irving, Mike Clifford, Mike Black, Alex Taylor, receive substantial discounts off the wily Rick Jones and the rest of the pack and one can see why the Wolves have developed into one of the most awkward sides in this league to come up against. listed prices. Wirral had entered this game on an unbeaten run going back to the start of the year and were looking as though they Chelsea Flowers would be able to continue this streak until the end of the season. Ultimately though, they were undone by apparent over confidence early on, leading to some questionable decision making. They spurned at least two perfectly kickable penalties Chapel Lane, Wilmslow in the first half by opting for scrums from which they got nothing and when in the second half, it became clear that their plan (shop sales only) A for their front men to batter the Wolves pack into submission wasn’t working, they didn’t change their tactics to bring their dangerous looking backs into the contest until it was too late. Their two tries came from their No. 10 and captain Craig Stationery Solutions Harvey, when he was deemed to have burrowed over from a pile up on the Wolves line and a late push over touched down by No. 8 Rob Pearl. Even then, this position had been created by the Wirral outside backs with left winger Ali Baker being Chapel Lane, Wilmslow prominent. (excluding print cartridges) The Wolves had opened the game with an impressive first play. Bob MacCallum’s kick Chapel Interiors off was ideally placed for his forwards to get Chapel Lane, Wilmslow under, to steal the ball and to release the backs who all handled with menace. Walker then put the ball into the corner for a Wirral Loch Fyne Restaurant lineout which the Wolves stole and a simple Brook Lane, Alderley Edge passing move put Cutts in for his first try. Two (a la carte menu only) minutes gone and five points on the board already.

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PO Box 595, Macclesfield SK10 9HF Tel : 01625 500090 FLEETWOOD League North 1 West Wilmslow were exceedingly fortunate back in November to come away from Fleetwood with an 18-16 win, courtesy of a late Bob MacCallum penalty, For much of the game, the 2012-13 Wolves had been outplayed and when they went 13-0 down from a try scored by Adam Crisp from a Mark Stephenson break, early in the second half, you had to fancy that the Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adj TODAY’S home side would get their second win of the season. BY the last quarter though McCall Liverpool St Helens 22 18 1 3 606 260 346 12 86 0 MATCHES and MacCallum had found the range with their kicking and the raised tempo of the Wolves game earned them two tries from Sam Cutts and Mike Black. Even then it took some rank Sale 22 16 1 5 627 288 339 14 80 0 Altrincham Kersal v indiscipline from the Fleetwood side to give MacCallum the chance to land the two penalties which won the game for them. Carlisle 22 15 0 7 553 283 270 14 74 0 Carlisle The Wolves had three bits of good fortune in quick succession, the match report says. Evans missed an awkward but kickable Vale of Lune 22 14 2 6 669 317 352 14 74 0 Anselmians v Leigh pot at goal for Fleetwood and then two of their players got into each other’s way as they went for Ed Armitage’s long drop out, Wirral 21 14 0 7 485 320 165 12 68 0 allowing the ball to go into touch well into the Fleetwood half. They were then ruled to have thrown it in squint at the lineout Kirkby Lonsdale v and the Wolves got a scrum. A few moments later, Fleetwood infringed and showing more dissent gave away a further ten Widnes 22 13 1 8 532 394 138 12 66 0 Manchester yards. As the Wolves dithered as to whether to kick for the corner or to go for goal, coach Brendan Thomas, standing behind the goal posts, earned his money by howling loudly for MacCallum to step forward. It was no gimme of a kick but MacCallum Wilmslow 22 12 0 10 505 481 24 10 58 0 took his time to polish the ball on his jersey and with ice cool composure bisected the uprights. Liverpool St. Helens v Altrincham Kersal 22 10 1 11 478 388 90 13 55 0 Sale On the day, Fleetwood had looked as though they were coming to terms with N1W rugby and I for one thought that they would Leigh 21 11 1 9 362 367 -5 7 53 0 do better and start winning games in the second half of the season. It’s something of a surprise that hasn’t been the case. Rochdale v Widnes Mathematically, they are now doomed to relegation, back into the North Lancs and Cumbrian set up (if that’s what it stays) Rochdale 22 9 0 13 375 432 -57 10 41 -5 after just one season at this level. It happened to Kirkby Lonsdale two seasons ago but they bounced straight back up again this season and look to have done enough to keep their league status this time. It also happened to Wilmslow who went down Kirkby Lonsdale 22 7 1 14 321 532 -211 5 35 0 Vale of Lune v Wirral in 2006/07 but were back up again in 2008/09. Who’s to say Anselmians 22 7 0 15 339 820 -481 1 24 -5 that Fleetwood won’t also bounce back up again in a short Wilmslow v Fleetwood period.

Manchester 22 2 0 20 270 833 -563 3 11 0 Last week, they conceded six tries at Widnes in going down by Fleetwood 22 1 0 21 255 662 -407 5 9 0 38-0. Very similar to our own scoreline at Widnes when we too conceded six tries in a 34-0 defeat. The Fleetwood correspondent reports that the Fleet pack was competitive in League Results—2012/2013 the set piece as it has been all season but despite some determined play from a number of their players, they never HOME looked like breaking down the Widnes defence.

TEAMS With little now at stake for either side, apart from a bit of

prestige, let’s hope for a good attacking game, which both

sides can enjoy but with the Wolves, of course, putting behind the sodden experience they had at Leigh last weekend. And, Carlisle Liverpool ManchesterSt Helens Rochdale Vale of Lune Wirral Altrincham KersalAnselmians FleetwoodKirkby LonsdaleLeigh Sale Widnes Wilmslow of course, it would make a pleasant change to be able to watch a game in a bit of agreeable Spring sunshine if that’s Altrincham Kersal 31-10 53-0 5-8 6-25 62-17 19-18 3-9 12-18 19-15 12-18 possible. Anselmians 20-33 14-13 37-15 22-14 6-29 21-18 14-63 6-63 42-25 23-19

Carlisle 37-19 52-0 47-10 19-8 46-5 5-12 44-12 15-21 12-21 27-20 20-13

Fleetwood 18-24 12-20 12-32 24-28 14-27 29-12 7-27 8-25 13-23 16-18 5-18

Kirkby Lonsdale 15-13 46-13 6-26 30-10 5-15 9-40 13-6 5-22 10-9 5-29 16-24

Leigh 6-43 53-10 19-14 29-14 10-10 22-34 27-3 31-10 16-10 12-18 17-0

Liverpool St Helens 23-23 49-11 15-19 24-15 27-17 44-0 64-13 27-8 18-26 18-8 15-13

Manchester 12-43 14-13 5-38 25-10 15-32 0-27 16-20 17-38 7-38 15-21 22-48 7-27

Rochdale 27-12 53-10 7-26 23-6 8-6 11-20 44-18 13-38 23-11 27-10 13-20

Sale 9-14 69-7 19-12 80-0 3-7 3-17 34-0 26-20 29-25 20-12 19-22

Vale of Lune 49-5 47-3 35-7 59-5 26-20 20-16 59-17 48-10 23-23 17-17 24-25

Widnes 16-14 48-11 15-30 38-0 50-24 44-20 30-13 15-8 0-6 34-0 25-21

Wilmslow 54-22 13-19 23-17 24-15 13-39 59-0 9-6 26-53 34-46 27-20 32-25

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The Dirty Dozen League League N1W Forecasts Sponsored by The Artisan Meat Company The match of the round on 2nd. March was clearly the encounter between Vale of Lune and Sale at Powderhouse Lane. A win for one side or the other would have had a significant bearing on the final outcome of this years’s league. The 23-23 First of all, commiserations with Kiwi, who in Cheltenham festival week has pulled up short of wind with a damaged fetlock. The truth is, I final result, however, left everything at the top still wide open and Vale with a game in hand still in with a chance if Sale drop guess, that he didn’t look like winning any of the major prizes and he’s withdrawn so as to avoid having to collect a bag of prime horse meat any more points. By all accounts it was a fine match. Vale’s Jimmy Moore decided to cancel his recent retirement and for coming in as the back marker. Nor is there any truth in the malicious rumour that one of the prizes is to be a night or two with Jonners and kicked six penalties. Sale got going in the second half with three tries from Perry Alexander, Mike Swetman and Kevin his guitar singing Abbas greatest hits badly. For ʣʥʩʮʡ sake, that would have everyone pulling up! Perry and looked to have the game won before Vale made one last mighty effort from an attacking scrum which yielded an equalising try for No. 8 Gareth Tudor well into injury time. Even then, there was one final twist as referee Chadwick took This week, the remaining punters will be sorted out as only Kirkby Lonsdale, fresh from upsetting their close neighbours last week, and offence at being hit on the head by the ball after the try had been scored and restarted the game from halfway with a Sale Wilmslow look pretty sure bankers. A case can easily be made for any of the sides in the other five fixtures. penalty. Scott Redfern’s kick drifted just wide and that was that. Do Anselmians have what it takes to beat an unpredictable Leigh. Not if Leigh turn up at full strength. LSH and Sale is clearly the match of the day and could go either way. My brain leans towards Sale producing the goods when they need to but nor would I be unduly surprised if The following week two second half penalties from James Hodder, were sufficient to give Vale of Lune the points at a wet LSH were to prevail. I just don’t know. Now that Vale and Carlisle are virtually out of the promotion race, how bothered will they be. Wirral and cold Heath Rd. in Widnes. On the day it was a hard forwards tussle but the smaller Vale pack had been able to hold could easily be the more motivated of the two sides at Powderhouse Lane and AK v Carlisle could go either way. Rochdale v Widnes, a few their place but it all went wrong for them last week at Kirkby Lonsdale. weeks ago you would have chosen Widnes, no doubt at all but that’s less certain now as well. With promotion and relegation all but confirmed, there are two many sides with little or no pressure on them to perform so some funny results could start coming in. Stuart Vernon was at his best in his lyrical account of Kirkby’s famous win against the Vale. Magnanimous in defeat, he was full of praise for the Cumbrian club, who thoroughly deserved their win and their claim to local bragging rights. Even But whatever the teams and players are doing, the punters of the dirty dozen league are doing their damnedest to get it right and to walk away the snow covered fells and the soft glistening spring sun had seemed to smile on Underley Park . Kirkby’s win effectively with the prized Artisan Meat Company’s winners voucher.

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Saturday 16h. March points, whilst Hodder kicked three penalties for a strangely out of sorts Vale side but that’s been their story this season. In

a frantic finish Vale never got close to breaking down the Cumbrian’s defence and when referee Lytgoe blew for no side, there was jubilation all around in the Kirkby ranks. Kirkby Lonsdale v Vale of Lune A A H A A A A A A A H

After defeat for Kirkby at Anselmians, Kirkby had followed up with a draw at an off colour Leigh missing a few old hands Leigh v Wilmslow H A A A A A A A A A H but they had desperately needed that win against Vale. Anselmians, rejuvenated apparently by the return of their Fijians, duly won against Kirkby to briefly set up what looked like a real tussle for the third relegation spot. The Saints led 22-7 at Liverpool St. Helens v Rochdale H H H H H H H H H H H half time, having scored three tries but in the second half ill discipline and a heavy penalty count against them nearly cost Manchester v Altrincham Kersal A A A A A A A A A A A them the game. Unfortunately for them, they lost 52-0 at Carlisle on the 9th., neither club posting a report, and then there was no neighbourly love on offer at Wirral last weekend, where the home side raced into a 17-0 lead, courtesy of tries from Widnes v Fleetwood H H H H H H H H H H H Danny Harvey, Joe Callaghan-Adnams and Ali Baker. Ian Gill and Felli Mafi pulled it back to 17-14 at half time but in the second period, despite a great Anselmian effort, Wirral got the points that mattered from a second Callaghan-Adnams try Wirral v Anselmians H H H H H H H H H H H and one from Craig Harvey. It’s a tough call for the Saints now but three of their last four games are at home against Leigh, Manchester and Wilmslow, all of them winnable against two mid table sides with not much to play for and relegated Manchester, so mathematically they could survive if results go their way. Who’s to say that their fate won’t come down to their last game of the season against—Wilmslow! Points For Week 21 18 21 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Points for Season 434 486 398 460 488 423 476 393 466 495 482 Meanwhile, LSH have won their last three games against Leigh, no surprise there even though the 44-0 margin, in which they scored seven tries without reply, was more than expected. No surprise either that they should get the required five points at doomed Manchester. That wasn’t the cake walk that might have been expected. LSH led through an Saturday 23rd. March unconverted try from Jake Hodson at half time and four more came in the second half from Dave Cunliffe, Hodson again, Altrincham Kersal v Carlisle H A A A A A A H A A No. 8 Mackin and finally the other Cunliffe. Another five points followed last week against Rochdale, thanks to tries from Ian Stanley, Shawn Mackin, Neil Hull and Greg Smith. Smith was in excellent form as LSH went 27-3 ahead after 68 Anselmians v Leigh H A A A A A H A A A minutes before taking the foot off the pedal in the final minutes to allow Rochdale a deserved consolation. These results have taken them clear at the top but today is the day as mighty Sale visit Moss Lane in what surely will decide the league. Kirkby Lonsdale v Manchester H H H H H H H H H H

Liverpool St. Helens v Sale A H H A H A H H A H After the titanic draw at Vale, Sale scored six tries on the 9th. against Rochdale, three from Ben Stelmazek, making his debut and the other three from his brother Sam, Andy Rowley and Mike Swetman. They were unoccupied on the 9th. And Rochdale v Widnes H A A A A A H A A A now lie six points behind LSH and six ahead of third placed Carlisle. A play off looms against any one of Wheatley Hills, Morley or . It would probably be better for all of us if they achieved their aim of back to back promotion, as they’re Vale of Lune v Wirral H H H H H A H H A A really a big club with policies at odds with everyone else in this league, but on the other hand there would be no shortage of Wilmslow v Fleetwood H H H H H H H H H H schadenfreude if they were to slip up.

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