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Dewsbury --------------

 ------------ will be no pushover on Sunday, but if we show the spirit that's was there in buckets at Keighley, I'm confident we can send the Rams home bleating! They've got a record of P4, W3 so far...

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Today's Game

I reckon the five point margin was just about right over the 80 minutes of action, but.............. Had we scored again after we went 12-0 up, it could have been different, but it didn't materialise,...

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We're Getting There!

Proud to be a Lion yesterday, coz............................... To come away from (unbeaten) 'Fax with a bonus-point, is no mean feat, and make no bones about it, we (more than) merited it as well!...

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Allsorts!

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooo! So we're still awaiting to find out who's gonna slip into Steve Mac's shoes! Will he be in situ for the Doncaster game? Who is it eh kids? I know who I'd like it to be,...

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The Donny Match ----------------

------------------------- and yet again, the team that scored first, lost! That's happened in all our games so far this term, which is remarkable! But.................. After they'd crossed for that...

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So -------------------

 ------------------ now we know, and.............................. Could I offer the warmest of welcomes to Gary Chambers as our head coach? I'm sure he'll get the backing of the players and the fans...

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A Message ----------------------

 --------------------- to the doom-mongers! We've got a new coach, he's SWINTON'S coach! The coach of your team, our team, my bloody team! So to shoot him down, when he's not yet seen a ball kicked in...

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This Year's Walk ----------------

--------------------- will be prior to our game with Halifax on June 2nd, and hopefully the weather will be a bit better than it is, as I bash this blog out! We'll be walking from Worsley Court House,...

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The Weather's --------------

------------ not good is it? It's Easter (yes Easter, not Christmas!) on Friday, yet today we've had our game at Batley postponed again! Summer Football? Global Warming? Would somebody please me tell...

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Lions v Leythers

A bonus-point, and that's all we deserved I'm afraid! Rowley's Rabble looked nowt special, but apart from Holland's try right near the end, did we make a break against 'em? And why did we "run" that...

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Fev v Lions

38-18 this afternoon at a freezing Big Fella's Stadium. Far from the monumental stuffing we suffered last year, but we were still second best, and the 20 point margin margin doesn't flatter the hosts...

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I've slept on it -----------

 -------------- so as to avoid putting out a knee-jerk reaction on here, but......................... Yesterday was the PITS! Toulouse are (from what I saw) a decent outfit, and (from what I saw) could...

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Brad Dwyer

On loan to the Giants eh? This kid is a genuine talent, and when we played the Wire youngsters, pre-season, last term, he stood out like a sore thumb! Tony Smith is no mug, faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar...

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The Hunslet Game

A win's a win, and we're now on the the fringes of a play-off place, but...................... We don't do it easy do we? 28-6 up  at the interval, and coasting, but we weren't the same team after the...

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This Weekend --------------

 -------------------- sees some highly interesting (and difficult to call) games in our league. The stand-out fixture is Fev v 'Fax, and the way Karl's Crew have been playing of late, I fancy they...

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Three out of Three ---------------

------------------ of my predidictions went right out of the window yesterday! During last last week I went for 'Fax winning at Fev, Batley getting the better of Leigh, and us coming away from Craven...

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The 'Haven Game

Wow! Good crowd, good entertainment, and three badly needed points! That final play seemed to go on for ever, as the visitors tried to secure a last-gasp draw, but in the end we held out, and I reckon...

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Batley on Sunday ----------------

 -------------- won't be the easiest game we'll face this season, but after coming through that thriller against 'Haven, I reckon we're in with more than a shout! I must confess that I was expecting to...

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Discipline -------------

----------------------- or lack of it, in our case! Hammered (deservedly) in the penalty-count yesterday to the tune of 11-3. Why? Let's takes Batley's first set of six as an example. We do four...

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The New League Structure

Hello there fellow Lions! Yeah, this proposed new set-up for our beloved game come 2015. What do I think of it? Read on mes amis! From what I've read, the top tiers will be two leagues of twelve clubs,...

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