TIP-TOP DOUBLE IN STORE AT FEV
Talking Grassroots
with PHIL HODGSON
GET to Featherstone early on Saturday for the National Conference League’s huge end-of-season special.
There should be a big crowd for what will be a massively entertaining double-header, and if there isn’t, there must surely be something amiss with Rugby League fans who, in that event, will be much less discerning than they often make out, especially as it’s just £5 admission, and £3 concessions.
Most attention will naturally be on the Grand Final, in which League Leaders’ Trophy winners Siddal take on West Hull.
That match kicks off at 2.30pm, although the action starts at 12.30pm, with the Division One Promotion Final between Ince Rose Bridge and Stanningley.
I’m not the biggest lover of play-offs, but I certainly have plenty of time for them when promotion is at stake, given teams currently in fine fettle find themselves elevated and should, you would think, carry that form into a higher tier.