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  Fev and Wakefield have now both published their 21 Man Squads for Friday.  We find it quite difficult to see the potential shape of the teams in the form in which the clubs publish the squads so we just have to use guesswork, whilst taking into consideration the line-ups in each club's last match, to set them out in the traditional manner running from fullback to loose forward and then subs.

   First time for Fev this year with this referee although we have had him on seven occasions in the last two years. Earlier this month he took charge of his first Super League game.

  Challenge Cup at Leigh For the third match in a row, when last Saturday’s game finished, we felt really proud to be a Fev fan! Against Wakefield we played against opponents that virtually everyone is predicting will easily be this year’s Championship winners and we beat them. Against Batley we were in a big predicament after losing Thomas Lacans in the warm-up and despite going 18-0 down in the first quarter of an hour the team showed amazing resilience and eventually came out winners. So, it was over the Pennines to play a 6th round Challenge cup tie against the holders. We never expected to win this one, but the team gave us a thrilling afternoon and did much better than most people were suggesting. And what great rugby we were treated to. Like the previous week we conceded an early try, scored by Umyla Hanley (son of the great Ellery) who was to go on to score a hat trick in the first half. But not long after we were treated to a really great try from Manoa Wacokecoke who received

        

         

Fev and Leigh have now both published their 21 Man Squads for Sunday, although Leigh have only named 20 players.  We find it quite difficult to see the potential shape of the teams in the form in which the clubs publish the squads so we just have to use guesswork  to set them out in the traditional manner running from fullback to loose forward and then subs.  

         Head Coach:  Daryl Powell The vast majority of Fev fans need no introduction to Daryl Powell who was head coach when Fev won the Championship League in 2010, 2011 and 2012. He left Fev to take over at Castleford in May 2013, but the team he had built was strong enough to complete a fourth successive League win under the stewardship of Ryan Sheridan, Danny Evans and Sean Long. He moved from Cas to Warrington in 2022 and has taken over at Wakefield this season. Daryl played primarily as a halfback or centre although he did also play occasionally at loose forward. He started at Sheffield in 1984 (their first season) and later also played for Keighley and Leeds (where he was also head coach from 2001 until 2003). At representative level he played for Yorkshire, England and Great Britain. It is a bit ironic that Daryl, who was born in Ackworth, has now coached all three of the Wakefield District clubs but never played for any of them.     Captain:  Matty Ashurst   A Second Rower, h