Coach Darren Bamford takes his players to St Pats on Saturday for the Brothers first outing since the emphatic ANZAC Day victory over the RAN Tridents.

The match will be on Saturday 20th July kicking off at 12:30 pm at St Pats ground
Clarington Park
Harper Street
Wigan
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In their own words St Pats are ‘steeped in over 100 years of history, Wigan St Patricks ARLFC, lives, breathes and sweats Rugby League’ and are ‘probably the most famous amateur rugby league club in the world, providing our community with fantastic Rugby League experiences, on and off the field!’

This will be the third meeting between the two sides with both teams claiming away wins in previous hit ups. The first time the two sides met was in the Powergen Challenge Cup 1st Round in Feb 2006. On the day St Pats were too strong for the Brothers running out 38:16 winners with a brace of try’s for former RNRL Player Mel Alker. Not to be outdone RNRL scrum half Scott Partis bagged two of his own, the first being a 65-yard sprint after intercepting a telegraphed pass which cancelled an early St Pats try. St Pats built on their 20:4 half time lead with three converted scores in the second half, this was matched by two more try’s for the home side including one for Biko Satala on debut.

RN – Mark Ives, Kieran Cagney, James Wagstaffe, Meka Mua, Lee Haggerty, Dave Roberts, Scott Partis, Ryan Hepworth, Steve Lockton (C), Jamie Goss, Jim Barnes, Gareth Sharpe, Danny Johnson. Subs (all used) Matthew Murray, Manoa Satala, Kev Botwood, Lee Hunter.

Scorers: - T Partis (2), Satala
G Partis (2 Conv)

The next meeting between the two clubs was not until March 2015 when the Brothers went up to Wigan to play St Pats who were preparing for the new NCL season. Another fiercely contested match saw the Brothers come out on top by 36:20, Roko Kurusasa running in 4 try’s on the day. A great team performance on the day by Steve Lockton’s side helped set the Brothers up for a triumphant Inter Services campaign later in the season.

RN - Steve Riley, Manoa Satala, Tom Loxam, Silivenusi Buinimasi, Roko Kurusasa, Kev Botwood, Ryan Matthews, James Shaw, Andy Kay, Lewis Taylor, Nathan Lee, Mark Robinson (C) Tommy Wilkinson, Mark Sharp, Rob Conde, Sam Carter, Craig Sutton, Jackson Drury, Tom Marchant, Matt Parrott, Ben Taylor

Scorers:- T Roko(4) Lee, Loxam, Satala, Ben Taylor
G Matthews (2 Conv)

This fixture promises to be another belter and as always if you can make it to Harper Street the Brothers will appreciate your support

Kia Kaha