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QUESTION 1 Which Fev players, past or present, were born in the following places? a) Zaria, Nigeria b) Cayenne, French Guiana c) Chatham Islands QUESTION 2 a) Which former Fev player scored a try in golden point extra time to gain Grand Final victory for his club earlier this month? b) Who was he playing for? Clue: He also scored a try at Old Trafford in a Super League Grand Final victory! N.B. Please do not write the answers in by using 'reply' on facebook or 'quote' on Fev Fans page of TotalRL.com. We have been told by some readers that doing so spoils their enjoyment of working them out for themselves. We will provide you all with the answers next week! 

Funny old game that one, but we Fev fans are used to that! From the time that we scored our first try we were always in the lead and on two occasions we were 18 points up but all credit to the resilience of the Doncaster players. They never threw the towel in and by a combination of their never-say-die attitude and some weak tackling by Fev they kept on coming back even though we went into a 14-0 lead after 25 minutes and took those 18 point leads on 48 and 60 minutes. By the 70th minute they had reduced the Fev lead to just 6 points and a nervy four minutes for Fev fans until James Glover scored off a delightful grubber kick from Ben Reynolds. Glover’s two tries brought his tally to ten tries in eleven games. What a good acquisition he has turned out to be. We were never so impressed when he was playing against us. Yes, he was good but not as good as he has been in a Fev shirt. We feel that he is the sort of player who really thrives from playing with quality halfbacks. Sadly, the mos...

       Sixth time we have had this referee in 2025. Above average for penalties, average for yellow cards and no red cards so far in 2025.  

INTRODUCTION There have been loads of players who have played for Fev and also played for international teams. For example, we know of 58 who have played for both Fev and England although only 19 of those played for England at the time when they were at Fev. The questions below are about players who have played for Fev although most of them did not play for the international teams during the time that they were at Fev . In the questions below, to help, we gave you the years when each player was at Fev. In the answers below we include players who were contracted to Fev AND players who appeared for Fev on loan or dual registration. QUESTION 1 There are 5 international teams for whom 2 Fev players have appeared. Can you work out who the players are? THE ANSWERS: QUESTION 2 There are 7 international teams for whom just 1 Fev player has appeared. Can you work out who the players are? THE ANSWERS: How many did you identify?! Nathan Massey's game for the United States is a really odd one....

Head Coach:  Allan Coleman     Allan Coleman took over as head coach at Widnes at the end of 2023 following on from Neil Belshaw who had been acting in a caretaker capacity since John Kear was sacked in June. Allan Coleman joined Swinton as assistant coach in 2019 having previously coached Leigh Miners Rangers in the3 National Conference League and the English Community Lions. In July 2021 he was made caretaker head coach following the departure of Stuart Littler and, just a month later, was confirmed as head coach. Last season he guided Swinton Lions to second place in League One and promotion to the Championship after beating Doncaster 16-10 in the play-off final. We have no record of Allan Coleman having played in the professional ranks.   Captain:  Jack Owens   Jack Owens made his professional début with Widnes in 2011. In 2015 he played one game for Whitehaven on dual reg and then he joined St. Helens in 2016 playing 28 games in his first year. After a...