London Broncos • Leigh

You don't like Hughes.....

.....everyone sussed that and heard you the first million or so times. This thread, was bravely introduced by Big Time and. IBRC, was about the visit of Leigh. Let's maybe screw back onto that thread.

Dixon is not in the Leigh 21:

1. Caleb Aekins
3. Keanan Brand
4. Nene Macdonald
5. Tom Nisbet
7. Joe Mellor
8. Adam Sidlow
9. Aaron Smith
10. Mark Ioane
11. Joe Wardle
12. Sam Stone
13. Tom Amone
16. Ed Chamberlain
17. Jacob Jones
18. John Asiata
21. Edwin Ipape
23. Krisnan Inu
24. Kai O’Donnell
25. Ben Nakubuwai
26. Blake Ferguson
27. Josh Charnley
30. Lachlan Lam

Can't see Dixon ever playing for Leigh again - or at least not this season!

Nor is it likely that Leigh will nil you by 64 this time, London are a much improved team and it may well be the visitors that ease their foot (feet?) off the gas. Who knows?

It may, or may not interest Londoners to know that Leigh’s first ever game under floodlights was at the White City Stadium in 1934. The home side, London Highfield won 25-8.

Some toff had seen an RL match and decided to buy a northern club and transfer them lock, stock and barrel to London. He also agreed to pay visiting teams’ expenses - shades of the now defunct Toronto there (furthermore he was Canadian!)

6,000 opening gate, later 10,500 in a warm-up for the Ozzies’ tour. The club made a loss in its only season and moved back up north.

There is one thing about this cautionary tale of RL expansionism that will vindicate Dead Cowboys’ grouses; London Highfield played in royal blue jerseys with yellow hoops! A certain late Londoner, Amy Winehouse, would be thinking, “Back to Black”.

It would be insincere to wish you luck this coming weekend. The pressure is off you, all the pressure is on the Shield winners for the idiotic play-offs.

May the best team win!