Stats from around the RFL - prior to tonights game

WINNING RUNS


WIGAN WARRIORS have won five successive matches, all in the Engage Super League. Their last and only defeat this season was 22-20 at Bradford Bulls on 5 March.

FEATHERSTONE ROVERS have won eight successive matches, consisting of all five Co-operative Championship matches, two Northern Rail Cup and a Carnegie Challenge Cup-tie. Their last and only defeat this season was 36-6 at Leigh Centurions in the Northern Rail Cup on February 14.

LEIGH CENTURIONS have gone nine successive matches without defeat, including a 20-20 home draw against Barrow Raiders in the Co-operative Championship on February 25. They have won their last seven Cup and League matches. Their last and only defeat this season was 13-12 at York City Knights in the Northern Rail Cup on February 7.

BLACKPOOL PANTHERS have won a club record seven successive matches, including all four Co-operative Championship One matches. Their last defeat was 34-8 at Barrow Raiders in the Northern Rail Cup on February 7. Blackpool’s previous best winning run was four last year.

OLDHAM have won five successive matches, including all four Co-operative Championship One matches plus a Carnegie Challenge Cup-tie. Their last defeat was 24-22 at home to Sheffield Eagles in the Northern Rail Cup on February 22.

LOSING RUNS

HARLEQUINS RL have lost six successive matches, all in the Engage Super League. Their last and only win this season was 16-4 at home to Catalans Dragons on February 14.

LONDON SKOLARS have lost 22 successive matches, including all 11 this season. Their last win was 24-18 at Workington Town on May 17, 2009.

DEWSBURY RAMS have lost five successive matches, all in the Co-operative Championship. Their last win was 42-10 at home to amateurs Drighlington in the Carnegie Challenge Cup third round. They have lost all six Championship matches.

MILESTONES

LEE BRIERS of Warrington Wolves needs two tries for a career century of Super League touchdowns (not including play-offs). All of the half-back’s 98 tries have been scored for Warrington, having played three times in Super League for St Helens without scoring.

PAUL SYKES of Bradford Bulls needs 19 points for a career total of 1,000. The utility back has scored 772 points for London Broncos/Harlequins RL, 169 Bradford plus 40 in representative matches, including a try for Great Britain.

LEADING SCORERS

ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE
(League matches only)
Tries

Pat Richards (Wigan) 13
Amos Roberts (Wigan) 12
Chris Riley (Warrington) 12
Darrell Goulding (Wigan) 11
Leroy Cudjoe (Huddrsfld) 9
Kyle Eastmond (St Helens) 9
Francis Meli (St Helens) 9
Chris Hicks (Warrington) 8
Matt King (Warrington) 7
David Hodgson (Huddrsfld) 7
Danny McGuire (Leeds) 7

Goals

Pat Richards (Wigan) 51
Kyle Eastmond (St Helens) 44 (1)
Michael Dobson (Hull KR) 32 (1)
Danny Tickle (Hull) 28
Michael Witt (Crusaders) 25
Chris Bridge (Warrington) 21
Joe Westerman (Castleford) 20
Matt Orford (Bradford) 20 (2)
Danny Brough (Huddrsfld) 19
Brett Hodgson (Huddrsfld) 19
( ) Drop goals included in total

Points

Pat Richards (Wigan) 154
Kyle Eastmond (St Helens) 123
Michael Dobson (Hull KR) 75
Danny Tickle (Hull) 64
Leroy Cudjoe (Huddrsfld) 60
Michael Witt (Crusaders) 58
Joe Westerman (Castleford) 56
Chris Bridge (Warrington) 50
Matt Orford (Bradford) 50
Danny Brough (Huddrsfld) 50

CO-OPERATIVE CHAMPIONSHIP AND CHAMPIONSHIP ONE CLUBS
(All matches, including Carnegie Challenge Cup and Northern Rail Cup)
Tries

Johnny Campbell (Batley) 14
Shad Royston (Halifax) 13
Lee Waterman (York) 12
Damian Munro (Blackpool) 11
Jesse-Joe Parker (Featherstone) 10
Anthony Thackeray (Widnes) 10
Wayne McHugh (Hunslet) 10
Rob Worrincy (Halifax) 9

Goals

Shane Grady (Widnes) 54
Gareth Moore (Batley) 51
Lee Paterson (Halifax) 51
Jamie Rooney (Barrow) 47 (1)
Lee Waterman (York) 46
Kyle Briggs (Featherstone) 41
Mick Nanyn (Leigh) 40
Danny Jones (Keighley) 37 (1)
Matt Ashe (Oldham) 34
Scott Kaighan (Workington) 33

Points

Shane Grady (Widnes) 140
Gareth Moore (Batley) 122
Lee Paterson (Halifax) 122
Lee Waterman (York) 114
Mick Nanyn (Leigh) 112
Jamie Rooney (Barrow) 109
Kyle Briggs (Featherstone) 102
Danny Jones (Keighley) 89
Matt Ashe (Oldham) 88
Wayne McHugh (Hunslet) 86

The Big Stat Update 2 (1995-96)

Below is the list of players, their appearances, tries, goals, drop goals and points from the Centenary Season.


Ball, Rob 7A 3S 2T 0G 0D Pts 8
Bannister, Shaun 19A 0S 5T 0G 0D Pts 20
Blakeley, Mike 1A 2S 2T 6G 0D Pts 20
Brown, Shaun 3A 0S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Burgess, Barry 7A 1S 7T 0G 0D Pts 28
Cain, Alex 1A 3S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Cheetham, Andrew 16A 0S 12T 0G 0D Pts 48
Costello, John 6A 2S 1T 0G 0D Pts 4
Daniel, Paul 4A 0S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Davies, Glyn 15A 2S 13T 4G 0D Pts 60
Edwards, Mike 4A 1S 6T 0G 0D Pts 24
Fletcher, Tim 0A 1S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Grainey, Gary 0A 1S 0G 0D Pts 0
Hadcroft, Alan 10A 0S 2T 0G 0D Pts 8
Hall, Darren 1A 1S 1T 0G 0D Pts 4
Hill, David 15A 0S 4T 0G 0D Pts 16
Ingram, David 5A 2S 4T 0G 0D Pts 16
Jukes, Neil 9A 3S 4T 0G 0D Pts 16
Lay, Steve 4A 0S 1T 0G 0D Pts 4
Liku, Tau 19A 0S 7T 0G 0D Pts 28
McGughan, Mark 9A 2S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
McLoughlin, Paul 5A 0S 2T 0G 0D Pts 8
Marsh, Paul 7A 1S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
O'Loughlin, Jason 18A 2S 6T 0G 0D Pts 24
Parkinson, Joe 3A 3S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Perigo, John 11A 4S 3T 0G 0D Pts 12
Riley, David 0A 1S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Robinson, Jeff 4A 0S 2T 0G 1D Pts 9
Sarsfield, Mark 3A 1S 1T 0G 0D Pts 4
Stazicker, Ged 19A 1S 5T 0G 0D Pts 20
Tuavao, Harmoni 3A 1S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Veikoso, Jimmy 8A 0S 6T 2G 0D Pts 28
Weall, Jerome 1A 0S 0T 0G 0D Pts 0
Wilkinson, Chris 19A 0S 5T 74G 7D Pts 175
Wilson, Christian 7A 2S 2T 0G 0D Pts 8
Wynne, Steve 10A 0S 4T 0G 0D Pts 16

The big stat update 1 (1994-95)

Since Mike Latham's excellent book "Leigh Rugby League Club - A Comprehensive Record 1895-1994" was brought out, I have been keeping statistics on the team.


I'm not sure how this will come out here but we'll give it a whirl.

Hopefully you'll be able to view this in an excel type document shortly but if not please see below.

Here is the list of players, appearances and scorers from the 1994-95 season.

Baldwin, Simon A8 S0 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Ball, Rob A9 S1 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
Bannister, Shaun A20 S0 T5 G0 D0 Pts20
Bannon, John A1 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Blakeley, Mike A13 S0 T5 G50 D1 Pts121
Booth, John A9 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Bridge, Russ A11 S4 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Cawley, Steve A17 S0 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Cheetham, Andrew A3 S0 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
Costello, John A18 S4 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Cottom, Lee A3 S2 T2 G0 D0 Pts8
Daniel, Paul A15 S2 T3 G0 D0 Pts12
Davies, Glyn A15 S2 T3 G4 D0 Pts20
Fanning, Sean A13 S3 T8 G35 D0 Pts102
Griffiths, Steve A4 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Gunning, John A6 S5 T1 G1 D0 Pts6
Halsall, Ian A4 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Hill, David A25 S1 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Ingram, David A14 S2 T7 G0 D0 Pts28
Jones, Ken A5 S4 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Jukes, Neil A0 S2 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Lever, Dave A4 S4 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Liku, Tau A14 S1 T9 G0 D0 Pts36
McCulley, Steve A2 S1 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
McLoughlin, Paul A18 S4 T6 G0 D0 Pts24
Maloney, Sean A10 S1 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Marsh, Paul A12 S1 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Martin, Scott A22 S0 T11 G0 D0 Pts44
Meadows, Mark A17 S4 T2 G0 D0 Pts8
Measures, Neil A17 S4 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
O'Loughlin, Jason A18 S3 T4 G0 D0 Pts16
Pratt, Gareth A9 S1 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
Reeves, Bob A3 S0 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
Riley, David A0 S1 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Rowley, Paul A10 S0 T6 G0 D0 Pts24
Sarsfield, Mark A21 S0 T13 G0 D0 Pts52
Stazicker, Ged A6 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Tanner, David A6 S0 T2 G4 D0 Pts16
Tuavao, Harmoni A2 S5 T1 G0 D0 Pts4
Weall, Jerome A1 S0 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Webster, David A5 S3 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Wilkinson, Chris A5 S0 T2 G17 D1 Pts43
Wilson, Christian A11 S2 T2 G0 D0 Pts8
Winstanley, Paul A3 S2 T0 G0 D0 Pts0
Wright, David A19 S0 T2 G0 D0 Pts8
Wynne, Steve A7 S0 T3 G0 D0 Pts12

Team Total: 126 tries, 111 goals, 2 DG, 728 pts.